Kollam Cantonment

Kollam Cantonment
Neighbourhood
Model road and Railway overbridge in Kollam Cantonment
Model road and Railway overbridge in Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment is located in Kollam
Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment
Location in Kollam, India
Kollam Cantonment is located in Kerala
Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment (Kerala)
Kollam Cantonment is located in India
Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment (India)
Coordinates: 8°52′52″N 76°35′57″E / 8.881160°N 76.599078°E / 8.881160; 76.599078
Country India
StateKerala
CityKollam
Time zoneUTC+5.30 (IST)
Area code0474
Lok Sabha constituencyKollam
Civic agencyKollam Municipal Corporation
Avg. summer temperature34 °C (93 °F)
Avg. winter temperature22 °C (72 °F)
Websitehttp://www.kollam.nic.in

Kollam Cantonment (originally Quilon Cantonment) is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Kollam. It arose as a cantonment of the British Raj in the 17th century. It is now a thickly populated area of the city of Kollam. Some of the important business centres, shopping complexes and Government offices are located here.[1] Kollam Junction railway station is also located in the cantonment ward of corporation.

  1. ^ "Kollam cantonment - Pincodes.info". Retrieved 25 November 2014.