Sasthamkotta
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Sasthamkotta is a village
in the Kunnathoor Tehsil
of Kollam district
in the state of Kerala
, India
. It is 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from Kollam
, the district headquarters. It is the location of the Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
.
, Sasthamkotta had a population of 32330 with 15818 males and 16512 females.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Kunnathoor Tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
of 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...
in the state 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 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) from Kollam
Kollam
Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...
, the district headquarters. It is the location of the Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
Shri Dharma Sastha temple is a Hindu temple located at the village Sasthamcotta, Kerala, India. It is surrounded three sides by the largest fresh water lake of Kerala, Sasthamkotta lake....
.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Sasthamkotta had a population of 32330 with 15818 males and 16512 females.