Kannetty
Village in Kerala, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Village in Kerala, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kannetty is a village situated on the outskirts of Karunagappally, Kollam district, Kerala, India. Kannetty is famous for the Vallam kalis conducted in the backwater of the same name.[1] old Kothukumukku bridge is situated in kannetty.[2]
Kannetty
കന്നേറ്റി | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 9°3′16″N 76°32′7″E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kollam |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 690518 |
Telephone code | +91 (0)4762 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
Vehicle registration | KL-23 |
Nearest city | Kollam (27 km) Karunagappally |
Sex ratio | 999 ♂/♀ |
Literacy | 94.26% |
Climate | Am/Aw (Köppen) |
Avg. annual temperature | 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) |
Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
Avg. winter temperature | 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) |
The main geographic feature of the village is the backwater named Kannetty kayal. It is linked to National Waterway 3 by feeder canal. Several Vallam kalis are conducting in this backwater.
Several Vallam kalis including Sree Narayana trophy vallamkali, Ayyankali trophy vallam kali, etc are conducting in the Kannetty-kayal.[3]
Sree Narayana Trophy Vallamkali is one of the main Vallam kali in Kerala is conducting annually on Chathayam day of Onam.[4]
This vallam kali is conducting as a memorial of Ayyankali, a social reformer in Kerala.[5]
Kannetty is a part of chavara legislative assembly and Kollam (Lok sabha constituency). Currently N.K Premachandran is serving as the Member of parliament of Kollam.
Malayalam is the native language of Parakode.
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