Poonthura is a suburb of Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

, the capital of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is on the landing path of flights to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.

Location

A bypass of National Highway 47 passes through Poonthura, on its way to Kovalam

Kovalam

Kovalam is a beach town on the Arabian Sea in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala, India. It is located around 13 km from the down town of Trivandrum.-Etymology:...

. Buses, both private and owned by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation is the state-run bus company in Kerala, India. It is one of the oldest state run public bus transport services in India.-History:...

 ply to Poonthura from East Fort

East fort

The East Fort is located at the heart of the CBD of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital city of Kerala- a South Indian state.-History:East Fort got its name from the eastern entrance to the fort built by the Kings of Travancore. The old city was all inside the fort on four sides with the Sri...

. It is also connected by bus to other parts of the city.

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is around 6 km from Poonthura.

Places of interest

• Karamana River
  Karamana River
  Karamana river is a river flowing through the Thiruvananthapuram city , Kerala, India. The river starts from the southern tip of the Western Ghats at Agastyar Koodam. The river flows 68 km westward and merges into the Arabian Sea at Panathura area near Kovalam...
  
   falls into the Arabian Sea
  Arabian Sea
  The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
  
  at Poonthura Pozhi. This is a breath-takingly beautiful place.
• Puthanpalli Mosque - an important Muslim shrine.

Only 4km different to railwaystation

Economy

It is basically inhabited by fisherfolk. A good number of people are employed in foreign countries, especially in the Persian Gulf.Our M.L.A is Mr:V.S.SHIVAKUMAR.He is now kerala trasport and devasom minister.