Edakkidom

Edakkidom
Edakkidom
	village
	Edakkidom Location in Kerala, India Edakkidom Edakkidom (India)
	Coordinates: 8°57′0″N 76°44′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Village	Kareepra,Ezhukone
Block	Kottarakara
Government
• Type	Village Administration
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Distance from Kollam	21 kilometres (13 mi) north
Distance from Ezhukone	3 kilometres (1.9 mi)

Edakkidom is a village in the Kollam district, in the Indian state of Kerala, located about 21 km (13 mi) north of Kollam city. The main attraction is Thettikkunnil Sree Mahadevi Devaswam.

Geography

Edakkidom is located among many surrounding villages:

Kottarakkara : 8.1 km
Paravur : 23.3 km
Ezhukone :3 km
Kundara : 8.4 km
Chathannoor : 14.8 km
Odanavattom : 7.2 km
Nedumankavu:5.8 km
Ayoor:21.3 km
Kadaikodu (3.2 km)

Some notable nearby settlements are Kollam, Kottarakkara, Ezhukone, Odanavattom, and Punalur.

Demographics

This village has a majority population of Hindus and Christians.

Economy

The primary occupations are in growing agricultural products, including rubber, black pepper, cashews, rice and plantain.

Other employers include Kareepra Cooperative Bank, Edakkidom & SupplyCo Maveli Store at KSN Building, Sodiac Tiles (BK Agencies), SLS wood industries, Mother rubber manufacturers. Rajan cashews, Ambalakara cashew factory, 11 KV Substation (KSEB) AM Junction Edakkidom North, S.R. Agencies and Chaithanya Digital Studio.

Education

The primary school is Govt L.P. School Edakkidom. SNGSHS Kadaikode is an aided Sanskrit secondary school. Other schools include KNS memorial S N Central school (CBSE), St George vocational higher secondary school, Sree Sankara Sanskrit vidyapeetam (BA, MA in Sanskrit), S.S.V.U.P.S and Akshya computer education centre.

Temples

Edakkidom Thettikkunil Sree Maha Devi Devaswam
Munnur Indilayappan Temple
Valayikkodu Karthikeyapuram Temple
Gurunadan Mukal Temple
Malanada Temple
Mannoor Thevar vishnu temple
Thevarpoyika Mahavishnu Temple Edakkidom.
Nalannil Sree Nagaraja Kshethram, Valayikkodu, Edakkidom

Government

Edakkidom is a part of the assembly constituency Kottarakara and Lok Sabha constituency Mavelikkara.CPI(M). The Indian National Congress is the major working political party.

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References

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