Chirakkara

Chirakkara is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Chirakkara is 16 km away from the town of Kollam and 8 km away from Paravur Town, which is famous for festivals, estuary, backwaters and beaches.

Administration

Ward No	Ward name	Member	Party	Alliance
1	Kochalummoodu	Bindu Sunil	CPI
2	College Ward	Usha Jagadeesan	CPI
3	Kannetta	Maya Suresh	CPI
4	Eram South	Sreekumar	CPI
5	Uliyanadu	Ambili Rajendran	BJP
6	Edavattam	Ullas Krishnan U S	Independent
7	Chirakkara	Sajana S	INC
8	Kulathoorkonam	Ramya M	BJP
9	Chirakkara Temple	Arya M	BJP
10	Chirakkarathazham	Kiran A S	INC
11	Kuzhuppil	Devidas	BJP
12	Polachira	Prameela	INC
13	Ozhukupara	Saritha	CPI
14	Nedungolam	Ajitha Biju	INC
15	Malakkayal	Ratheesh M R	BJP
16	Nedungolam West	Rajani Sajeev	BJP
17	Vilappuram	Ajitha Kumari	INC

Demographics

India census, Chirakkara had a population of 17342 with 8007 males and 9335 females. Chirakkara is a village formed by dividing Meenad Village of Kollam Taluk of Kollam District. Likewise, Chirakkara is a Grama Panchayath formed by dividing Chathannoor Grama Panchayath. The developing tourist spot Polachira is at Chirakkara Grama Panchayath. Panchayath headquarters is at Chirakkarathazham. The place named Chirakkara is here where famous Devi Temple situates. Chirakkara is a rural area.

Transportation

Chirakkara is just 2 km from Paravur-Parippally road.
The nearest railway station is Paravur Railway Station, which is 8 km from Chirakkara. There is bus service from kottiyam through Chathannoor to Chirakkara.

Temples

1) Chirakkara Devi Temple
2) Vilappuram Bhagavathy Temple
3) Kottekkunnu Subrahmanya Swami Temple
4) Chirakkara ayiravilly Temple
5) Yakshippura sreebhagavathi temple
6) Gurunagappan Temple Chirakkara-chirakkarathazham
7) Uliyanadu Mahadevar Temple
8) Ayyappa Temple, Kotheri
9) Mahadeva Temple, Chirakkarathazam
10) Vevukkonnam Temple, Chirakkara
11) Polachira Sree Mahavishnu Temple
12) Chamundeshwari deviTemple Kunnathoor
13) Vevukonam temple, Chirakkara
14) NagatharaMoorthy kavu, Chirakkara

Institutions

1) S.N. College, Chathannoor
2) Government H.S., Uliyanad
3) Government H.S., Chirakkara.
4) Government H.S., Nedumgolam
5) Anandavilasam Library, Vilappuram
6) Chirakkara public library
7) Kairali Vayanashala
8) Chirakkara Co-operative Bank
9) Indian Bank Chirakkara
10)DVLPS Puthenkulam

Places of interest

Anathavalam: The famous Anathavalam is just in its border.
Polachira: The best sight seeing place and foreign bird sanctuary.