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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Killikolloor
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| settlement_type = Zone & Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Kilikollur railway station building, Kollam.jpg
| image_caption = Kilikollur railway station entrance
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kollam, India
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Kerala|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Municipal Corporations in Kerala|Municipal Corporation]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam]]
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| government_type = Councillor
| leader_party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = [[V. Rajendrababu]]
| leader_title1 = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader_name1 = Vijaya Francis
| leader_title2 = Corporation Commissioner
| leader_title3 = [[District collector]]
| leader_name3 = T. Mithra, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 11.24
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 691 004
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in India#Fixed (landline) numbers|0474]]
| registration_plate = KL-02
| website = {{URL|http://www.kollam.nic.in}}
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'''Killikolloor''', also known as '''Killikollur''', is a neighbourhood in [[Kollam]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ksudp.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=268&Itemid=70 |title=Building Permit Management System -Kollam Corporation |access-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> It is a center of the [[cashew]] industry in the area,<ref>[http://www.cashewindia.org/php/searchResults.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904003423/http://www.cashewindia.org/php/searchResults.php |date=4 September 2014 }} Expoters Directory - The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India</ref><ref>[http://www.pincodedata.com/KERALA/Kollam/K/Kilikollur] Pincode of Killikolloor, Kollam</ref> and is also a hub of automobile production.

[[National Highway 744 (India)|National Highway 744]] passes through Killikolloor. It is served by [[Killikolloor railway station]], a stop for trains to and from [[Kollam]], [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]], [[Punalur]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kanyakumari]], [[Ernakulam]], and [[Guruvayur]].<ref>[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/kilikollur-klq/7327] Trains from Kilikollur - Indiarailinfo</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Six-new-stops-for-Punalur-Guruvayur-train/articleshow/28223596.cms] Six new stops for Punalur - Guruvayur train : TOI</ref>

[[Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering]] is located in Kilikollur.<ref>[http://www.tkmce.ac.in/html/contactUs.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927060743/http://www.tkmce.ac.in/html/contactus.html |date=27 September 2014 }} TKM College of Engineering, Kollam</ref> A zonal office of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]] is also located in the neighbourhood.

==Merging of Kilikollur with Kollam City Corporation==
Kilikollur was a panchayath and was formed in 1953. It was included in [[Anchalumoodu]] block of [[Kollam district]] with an area of 11.24 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://www.quilon.com/Html/administraion.htm] Welcome to the Land of Cashews - Kollam</ref> Kollam has been a commercial center in India since at least 851 AD.<ref>[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/18996/12/12_chapter%202.pdf] Methodology - Conceptual framework of the problem</ref> When [[Kollam]] Municipality was upgraded to a city corporation in the year 2000, it was merged with Killikollur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/16-Kollam-Draft-Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182244/http://jnnurm.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/16-Kollam-Draft-Report.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-14 }} Rapid Baseline Assessment - Kollam City</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20140903133118/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/26/stories/2004112603510500.htm] Residents' associations hail UDF panel decision - The Hindu</ref>

==Location==
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]] - 5.5 km
* [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand]] - 6 km
* [[Kollam KSRTC Bus Station]] - 6.5 km
* [[Kollam Port]] - 8 km
* [[Chinnakada]] - 5.5 km<ref>[http://www.keralatourism.org/routes-locations/kilikolloor/id/6901] Kilikollur, Kollam - Kerala Tourism</ref>
* [[Thangassery]] - 8.2 km

== See also ==
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]] 3KM
* [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand]]4KM
* [[Kadappakada]]2KM
* [[Chinnakada]]3KM

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kollam |state=expanded}}
{{Cashew business in Kollam}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]
[[Category:Cashew processing hubs in Kollam]]

Kilikollur - Revision history

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