Vithura is a small village situated 36 km from 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...

, capital of the 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....

 state in 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...

. Vithura is the crossroads to various tourist, cultural, and religious centres. Surrounded by the Western Ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

 (Sahyadri), Vithura is a prime tourist spot. The Village is rich with scenic beauty and good climate. There are several rubber plantations. Prominent tourist spots include Ponmudi

Ponmudi

Ponmudi is a hillstation in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala in South India. Its located 61 km north-east of Trivandrum city at an altitude of 1100 m. It is a part of the Western Ghats mountain range that runs parallel to the Arabian Sea.-Tourism:Ponmudi is connected to...

, Peppara Dam, Meenmutty Falls

Meenmutty Falls

Meenmutty Falls may refer to:*Meenmutty Falls, Thiruvananthapuram, a waterfall in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala*Meenmutty Falls, Wayanad, a waterfall in Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala...

, Bonacaud

Bonacaud

Bonacaud is the base station of the famous peak, Agasthyarkoodam in the Agasthya hills. The Agasthya hill range is famous for its abundance of rare herbs and medicinal plants.There is a tea estate in Bonacaud, established by Britishers...

 and Agastyakoodam. It is situated in the Block/Panchayat area. The 2001 census reports a population of 26,927