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Thalavoor Talavūr | |
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Village | |
 Navarathri Mandapam | |
 Interactive map of Thalavoor | |
| Coordinates:9°2′40″N76°49′46″E / 9.04444°N 76.82944°E /9.04444; 76.82944 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.67 km2 (13.00 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English,Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 691508 |
| Telephone code | +91 475 ....... |
| Vehicle registration | KL-80 |
| Nearest city | Kollam |
| Nearest town | Kottarakkara |
| Sex ratio | 1069 : 1000♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 90.61% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mavelikkara |
Thalavoor is a village located in the district ofKollam in theKerala state ofIndia. It is 77 km to the north of the State Capital,Thiruvananthapuram, and 28 km to the east of District Capital,Kollam. Thalavoor village is bordered byPattazhy village to the north,Pidavoor village to the north-east,Vilakkudy village to the south-east,Melila village to the south andMylom village to the west. Thalavoor is a part ofPathanapuram Block Panchayat
In earlier times, this land was a part of Elayadathu Swarupam, a principality ruled by a branch of theTravancore royal family.[citation needed]Kottarakkara was the capital of Elayadathu Swarupam.
Up to 18th century, this land was a part of "Ilayidathu Swaroopam". At that time, most of the leaders (Malayalam: Thalavanmaar) in the Ilayidathu Swaroopam were from this place. They headed various departments of this royal dynasty. Hence this place came to be known as "Thalavoor", meaning "Thalavanmaarude Ooru" i.e. "The Place of Leaders".[citation needed]
Latitude: 9°2'40"N
Longitude: 76°49'46"E
The land of thalavoor is traditionally divided into six zones.
Thalavoor, like other parts of India, is governed by different levels of government such as the three tiers of 'Panchayatraj', namely Village, Block and Jilla and, of course, the state and central governments. The revenue and land administration has the village as the basic unit.
Wards of Thalavoor Gramapanchayath;
| Ward no. | Ward name | Ward member |
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| 1 | Pandithitta | Anu Xavier Kadakampallil |
| 2 | Ambalanirappu | Rajesh V. |
| 3 | Tathamangalam | Shinu |
| 4 | Meleppura | Annamma Philip |
| 5 | Parankimammukal | Vatsala A. |
| 6 | Pazhanjikkadavu | Ponnachan O. |
| 7 | Panampatta | Biju T.M. |
| 8 | Pidavoor | Radhamohanan G. |
| 9 | Aruvithara | Radhakrishnan N. |
| 10 | Kamukumcheri | Santhosh Kumar K.R. |
| 11 | Chittashery | Suresh Kumar K.R. |
| 12 | Neduvannoor | Sheena Murali |
| 13 | Manjakkala | Geetha Kumari |
| 14 | Nadutheri | Vijaya Lakshmi |
| 15 | Randalummoodu | Jyothi Lakshmi |
| 16 | Njarakkadu | Thalavoor S. Rakesh |
| 17 | Aringada | Deepa Teacher |
| 18 | Vadacodu | Ambili Dasappan |
| 19 | Alakkuzhi | Vijaya Kumar R |
| 20 | Kura | Jalaja Gopinath |
Chundamala malanadakavu, Randalummoodu
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