Chavara

Chavara ചവറ
Suburb & Taluk
Govt. HSS, Chavara Govt. HSS, Chavara
Chavara Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	691583
Telephone code	476
Vehicle registration	KL-23
Nearest city	Kollam
Lok Sabha constituency	Kollam

Chavara is a village in Kollam district, Kerala, India .It is a part of Quilon Lok Sabha constituency. The MLA of the constituency is currently Mr. Shibu Baby John.

Location and tourism

Chavara is situated on the shores of the Arabian sea and the major freshwater lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi flows through chavara. Chavara is a place blessed with lakes and laggoons like Sasthamkota lake.Popular tourist destinations are St Andrew's Church, Kovilthottam, Kottankulangara Devi Temple , Kovilthottam beach and lighthouse and area around Ashtamudi lake.

Industries

The village has a high supply of mineral sand, mainly titanium in its beaches. For the processing of titanium , India's first titanium sponge plant (TSP) was developed by KMML ( Kerala Minerals and metals Ltd) here, inaugurated in 2011 by the then Defence Minister of India, AK Antony . IRE (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) is another public sector unit located in Chavara.Kerala Premo Pipes a govt company(under KWA)in Chavara has been lying closed for the past 18 years.The Premo pipe factory which started production in 1961 and was closed in 1997 following adverse market conditions.Though an MOU was signed between KWA and HLL in the year 2011 for starting PVC pipes, same is yet to be materialized.

References

Kottankulangara Festival