About Village
Chavara is situated on the shores of the Arabian sea and the major freshwater lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi, which flows through it.
Demography
Chavara is a Census Town city in district of Kollam, Kerala. The Chavara Census Town has population of 42,655 of which 20,396 are males while 22,259 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 4089 which is 9.59 % of total population of Chavara . In Chavara Census Town, Female Sex Ratio is of 1091 against state average of 1084. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Chavara is around 1024 compared to Kerala state average of 964. Literacy rate of Chavara city is 95.17 % higher than state average of 94.00 %. In Chavara, Male literacy is around 97.15 % while female literacy rate is 93.37 %.
Geography
Chavara is situated on the shores of the Arabian sea and the major freshwater lake in Kerala, Ashtamudi, which flows through it. Chavara has many lakes and lagoons.
Socio-Economic
The village has a high supply of mineral sand, mainly Titanium in its beaches. IRE (Indian Rare Earths Ltd) is a public sector unit located in Chavara. The Premo pipe factory which started production in 1961 and was closed in 1997 following adverse market conditions. Later the premises was used for the formation of Indian Institute Of Infrastructure And Construction. The main occupations of the people of this village are agriculture, fishing, making of coir and its byproducts etc.
Ecology
The mining and processing of rare earth minerals along the coastline of Chavara has been a significant step in self reliance for the country in terms of being a strategically important industry.
Tourism
The Kottankulangara Devi Temple is located in this village where the famous ritual Chamaya Vilakku was held in every year is a major tourist attraction.