Iverkala is a rural village in Kollam district

Kollam district

-Climate:Kollam's temperature is almost steady throughout the year. The average temperature ranges from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius. Summer usually runs from March until May; the monsoon begins by June and ends by September. Kollam receives an annual average rainfall of around...

 of Kerala state in India. The famous Kallada river flows through the village from east and south. On the other side of the river, Attuvasseri is in the east and Thekkumchery is in the south. West side Kadampanadu

Kadampanadu

Kadampanadu is a village in Pathanamthitta district in the state of Kerala, India.-Demographics: India census, Kadampanad had a population of 26839 with 12769 males and 14070 females....

 and North Mannady.

Etymology

There is no historical evidence for the formation of the name. Iver means "five persons" and kala means "place". Locals believe that the five Pandava brothers of epic Mahabharata

Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

 lived in this place, but there is no evidence yet that Kerala is connected to Mahabharatha.

Economy

The economy is mainly dependent upon agriculture but now most of the paddy fields are abandoned by farmers due to the shortage of workers as the new generation is not engaging in the agriculture field because of the low return. Educated youths are seeking government jobs or overseas jobs which are more profitable.

Environmental problems

A large quantity of the land area has been converted from vegetable farming to rubber estates so inhabitants of this area is gradually becoming dependant on other states for food items. The village does contain some brick factories and one cashew-processing factory, however. Sand mining from Kallada

Kallada

Kallada is a village in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. Maharajah Marthanda Varma of the Kingdom of Travancore was born here.*The famous Chittumala Sree Durga Devi temple is situated here....

 river was one source of income but this is totally controlled by authorities due to environmental problems.
ATTUVASSERY
attuvassery is a village in kottarakkara taluk, Vettikkavala block, near Tekkumcheri and Mavadi, Attuvassery is a beautiful village has number of good sceneries like "kattakkuzhi,kalathattu etc.."

Behind the name

Attuvassery, the land laying in the mouth (va) of kalladayar, so as it call as attuvacheri, then it changed to Attuvassery. Another mythological story was based on mahabharatha
Noottavar was staying here once up on a time, then the land called as Noottuvassery, which again changed to attuvassery. However, now the village known as Attuvassery.

Iverkala the name indicate 'IVER', Pandavas were lived in river bank during the 'Vanavasa' period."Attuvassey Kalathattu",an ancient resting place of travellers, is historically known since this kalathattu had given refuge to Raja Raja Sree Marthanda Varma ,while he was being chased by his rivals in Thiruvithamkoor.The Fable is that he had played Chathurangam with villagers here who did not identify the Maharaja.

Human resources

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Temples

Attuvassery has two temples on it. Both are very old temples about 1500 years old. Both have vigraha that are very powerful. The villagers give respect to both.
Dharma Sasthavu is the main prethishttah in Dharma Sastha Kshethram.
The temple
is the administration under N.S.S.
Rudhira Bhayankari Khshetram
Kaalee devi is the main prethishttah in this temple . A Kaavu is located near the temple. This temple has a pond located in the front of the temple

Agriculture

Till some years ago people in Attuvassery cultivated paddy in the fields. But people now mostly depend upon rubber and banana plants. 73% of the people in attuvassery has rubber in their own land, 18%people cultivate banana,on Attuvassery's land, 9% vegetables.

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Industry

There are two brick company in Attuvassery. Again one brick factory will uplift in Attuvassery's land soon.

Educational institutions

All of all people in Attuvassery are literate.
s.v.n.s.s.u.p.s.
There is only one school in Attuvassery. It is S.V.N.S.S.U.P.S. It offering L.K.G to 7. All classes in this school get computer training. About 275 student are studying in this school. (97% people who live in Attuvassery studied in this school. The school's administration is under N.S.S. Karayogam.

angan vadi
There are two Anganvadies in Attuvassery. One is in Poykayil Mukku and another is near Kuryapra.