Keeriparai is a hillock area in Kanniyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. It is located at an altitude of about 267 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 8°23′35.2″N 77°24′35.6″E / 8.393111°N 77.409889°E (i.e., 8.393100°N, 77.409900°E). Boothapandi, Vadasery, Nagercoil and Kulasekaram are some of the important neighbourhoods of Keeriparai. (Government-run) Arasu Rubber Corporation has a rubber factory in Keeriparai.[1][2][3]
Keeriparai | |
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  Keeriparai Keeriparai (Tamil Nadu) | |
| Coordinates: 8°23′35.2″N 77°24′35.6″E / 8.393111°N 77.409889°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| Elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil, English |
| • Speech | Tamil, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 629854 |
| Telephone Code | +914652 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 74 yy xxxx |
| Neighbourhoods | Boothapandi, Vadasery, Nagercoil and Kulasekaram |
| Corporation | Nagercoil Municipal Corporation |
| LS | Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency |
| VS | Nagercoil Assembly constituency |
| MP | Vijay Vasanth |
| MLA | M. R. Gandhi |
Keeriparai area falls under the Nagercoil Assembly constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is M. R. Gandhi. Also, this area belongs to Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency. Vijay Vasanth won the 2019 elections, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency.
References edit
- ^ "TNFOREST :: Tamil Nadu Forest Department". www.forests.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "No relief, Arasu Rubber Corpn workers' protest on for nearly a month". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau (4 December 2022). "Rubber plantation workers' demand should be met: Thirumavalavan". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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