State Highway 7 (Kerala)


The SH-07 / T.K.Road is the life line of the Central Travancore.
It is also known as Thiruvalla-Pathanamthitta-Kumbazha Highway.
This State Highway origins and ends within the Pathanamthitta District.
It covers a total distance of 32.8 km.
It interconnects the townships of Thiruvalla, Kozhencherry and Pathanamthitta. It starts at SCS Junction, Thiruvalla and ends at Kumbazha. Till the 1990s, it was called Thiruvalla-Kozhencherry Road and ended at Kozhencherry.

The nomenclature

The first letters of Thiruvalla and Kumbazha forms the nomenclature of the road as T.K.Road

The route map

SCS junction, Thiruvalla - Manjadi - Meenthalakara - Kattode - Thottabagom - Vallamkulam bridge- Nellad - Eraviperoor junction - Kumbanad Pullad

The significance

The T.K.Road connects M.C.Road to Main Eastern Highway.The T.K.Road has the richest townships en route. It can also be called as "the N.R.I. Highway of Kerala". Not only the main townships of Thiruvalla and Pathanamthitta, but all the small towns and villages through which T.K.Road passes through are major contributors towards India's Foreign Currency. The diaspora is spread across the world, mainly U.S., Middle East and Europe. The Highway also has great cultural significance too. The main trunk road to Sabarimala, Kerala's Largest Pilgrim Centre starts from Pathanamthitta. The annual Christian convention at Maramon is held near Kozhencherry which is on T.K.Road. The traditional Snake Boat race conducted during Onam celebration is at Aranmula which lies near to T.K.Road / S.H.-07. The District Headquarters, Pathanamthitta is connected to Cochin and Northern Kerala by T.K.Road. It connects the South Eastern townships of Kerala to M.C.Road. It is the shortest route to Cochin from Punalur, and in turn from the Tamil Nadu townships Tenkasi and Tirunelveli.

Districts connected by T.K.Road / S.H.-07

Though T.K.Road / S.H.-07 passes only through the Pathanamthitta District, it connects the district to the neighbouring districts of Kottayam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam.
It also connects the Alappuzha and Kottayam districts to the eastern parts of Kollam district

Townships on the T.K. Road / S.H.-07