Karicode

Karicode or Karikodu is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in India. It is about 5 km away from Kollam city centre. Karicode is the 23rd ward in Kollam Municipal Corporation council.^[1] The place is very famous because of the educational institutions by TKM Group(Thangal Kunju Musaliar Group). Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering in Kollam is the first self-financing engineering college in Kerala state. The college, established in 1958, is to be considered as the pioneers in engineering education in Kerala.^[2] TKM Arts & Science college is also situated at Karicode.^[3]

Karikode
Neighbourhood
Karicode
TKM college in Karikode
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Coordinates: 8°54′57.3480″N 76°37′57.7220″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam district
Municipal Corporation	Kollam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691005
Telephone code	0474
Vehicle registration	KL-02
Website	Kollam Municipal Corporation

Importance

Karicode is one among the cashew processing hubs of Kollam.^[4] It was a part of Kilikollur panchayath before. Kilikollur has the largest number of cashew processing factories in India. When Kollam Municipality was upgraded as city corporation in the year 2000, Karicode also merged with Kollam along with Kilikollur.^[5][6] The congested stretch of National Highway 744 passing through Karicode makes the place a traffic black-spot in Kollam city. So many accidents happened in Karicode area because of the congested, under developed NH stretch.^[7]

Kilikollur railway station is situated in Karicode. It is the first railway station from Kollam in the railway line from Kollam to Tenkasi.

Transport

Karicode is situated on National Highway 744 connecting the city of Kollam with Tamil Nadu. Nearest railway station is Kilikollur railway station, situated at Karicode. This gives connectivity to Kollam Junction railway station situated at a distance of 6 km from here that connects to all the major cities of India.

Educational Institutions in Karicode

The following Educational Institutions are located in and around Karicode.

• T K M College of Engineering ^[8]
• T.K.M. College of Arts and Science ^[9]
• Sivaram NSS Higher Secondary School ^[10]
• T.K.M Higher Secondary School ^[11]
• MEA English Medium Higher Secondary School ^[12]
• Amrita Vidyalayam ^[13]
• Chathinamkulam MSM Higher Secondary School ^[14]
• Karicode Gvt Lower Primary School ^[15]
• TKM Centenary Public School ^[16]
• T.K.M. Kindergarten