Vilakkupara
| Vilakkupara | |
|---|---|
| village | |
| Coordinates: 8°56′31″N 76°59′06″E / 8.942°N 76.985°ECoordinates: 8°56′31″N 76°59′06″E / 8.942°N 76.985°E | |
| Country |
 India
|
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Yeroor Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 691312 |
| Telephone code | 0475 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-25 |
| Literacy | 98 %% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kollam |
| Civic agency | Yeroor Panchayat |
| Website | [[1] www |
Vilakkupara (Malayalam: വിളക്കുപാറ) is a village in Kollam District, Kerala State, India. Vilakkupara lies 58 km to the east of Kollam, the District headquarters, and 12 km to the southeast of Punalur on Kollam-Thirumangalam National Highway (N.H-744). It is 72 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the State Capital. It is belongs to Yeroor Gram panchayat, Punalur Assembly Constituency, and is part of Kollam Lok Sabha constituency.
Vilakkupara, a compound word made up of the words "Vilakku", meaning "Lamp", and "Para" meaning "Small Hill", literally means "Stone Lamp" in Malayalam "Kalvilakku".
Main agricultural products of this township include rubber, palm oil, black pepper and other spices. The chief commodities of export here are the hill produces, pineapple, pepper products and timber. The main markets near to Vilakkupara is Anchal & Punalur.
Oil Palm India Limited was established in the year 1977 with the objective of propagating oil palm cultivation in the country and more particularly in Kerala. From 1983 onwards the Company started functioning as a joint venture of the Government of Kerala and Government of India with share participation of 51% and 49% respectively. The production Unit is Situated at Vilakkupara. The paid-up share capital of the company is Rs.11.78 Crores. Oil Palm India Limited has got a total planted area of 3646 Hect. of plantation spread over in three estates viz. Yeroor, Chithara and Kulathupuzha in Kollam District, Kerala. The total employee strength is 948.
Oil Palm is the richest source of oil. While Oil Palm can give around 3 to 5 Tons of oil per hectare, the yield per hectare of oil seeds like ground nut, sun flower, soyabean etc. would come to about 1 ton only. The cultivation of Oil Palm is commercially very much viable in comparison with other commercial crops like Rubber, Coconut etc.
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