Mararikulam

Mararikulam
—  village  —
Mararikulam Location of Mararikulam in Kerala and India
Coordinates	9°36′0″N 76°18′0″E / 9.6°N 76.3°E / 9.6; 76.3Coordinates: 9°36′0″N 76°18′0″E / 9.6°N 76.3°E / 9.6; 76.3
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Alappuzha
Nearest city	Alappuzha
Parliamentary constituency	Mararikulam
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Telephone • +0478 • Vehicle • KL-32

Mararikulam is a beach village in the district of Alappuzha. Mararikulam is the fertile land of communism and it has a very beautiful beach which is known by the name Marari Beach or Mararikulam beach. There are two village panchayts for this village, Mararikulam South and Mararikulam North. Mararikulam North consists of parts of Mararikulam, Perunormangalam, Kanichukulangara, Beach, Poklasheri and Chennaveli. The South Panchayat consists of parts of Mararikulam, ‎Kattoor, Pollathai, Valavanadu, Preethikulangara, Omanapuzha, Kalavoor, Pathirapally, and Chettikadu,

Location

Mararikulam is connected by rail and has a railway station by the same name. It is also well connected by road. NH 47 passes through S.L.Puram, which is 5 km to the east of Mararikulam. Nearest airport is Cochin International Airport. Sri(late). S. L Puram Sadanandan, Sri(late). M.N.Kurup, former Indian volleyball team captain Udayakumar are from Maraikulam.

Administration

Mararikulam is one of the Kerala State Assembly Constituency.

References

http://ceokerala.nic.in/erolls/pdf/malayalam/099/Index.pdf