Kavalkinaru Junction

Kavalkinaru Junction adds to Kavakinaru’s growth in many ways. National Highway 7, which connects Varanasi and Kanyakumari, bypasses through the center of this junction, making it a trade point in the entire region. Almost all basic facilities can be availed from the junction. It is the main stop for almost all the buses running through it. There is a vegetable market, 'Kamaraj Market', situated besides the Junction, which attracts traders from all the regions of Tamil Nadu, making it a prime hub for trade and distribution to the Tirunelveli district and vegetables are loaded to adjacent states of Kerala. Because of growing trade and revenue, banks have set up their branches in Kavalkinaru. There are other businesses like transportation, hotels, bakery, lodges, agencies, Internet cafe and many quick stalls have come up near the junction.

Moreover, there is a modern flower market with state-of-the-art facilities such as cold storage facility and electronic auctioning system on 7.40-acre poramboke land at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 crore, for which then Minister for Local Administration M.K. Stalin laid the foundation stone on May 10, 2008.

The market has an office with Internet and electronic display board to display daily rates of flowers, agriculture support centre to render technical assistance to farmers and sell agriculture inputs to them, garland-making units of self-help groups, toilets, dormitory, etc. But still this market is not fully operational due to various reasons.
As Kavalkinaru is set in the high tunneling-effect region in the Western Ghats it has enabled this entire region to be a huge Wind Power generation region in India. Hence, there are thousands of Windmills deployed in this region to generate safe energy. The Central Government of India has constructed the test facilities for Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, a part of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), on the lower slopes of the Mahendragiri mountain near Kavalkinaru. Kavalkinaru has a well constructed Railway Station where the Chennai-Kanyakumari line runs on; passenger trains used to stop at Kavalkinaru Railway Station in its early days. There are two ponds in Kavalkinaru both the ponds usually are full during the Monsoon, these ponds are not used for drinking water but they are used for irrigation and cleaning the Cattle. Many Marriage Halls are also built in and around Kavalkinaru as many house-hold functions/parties are frequently organized in a big way. Dr. S. A. Raja the Founder Chairman of the Rajas Group of Institutions had built 'Rajas Dental College' in the heart of this junction; hence hostel facilities are present in this junction for students coming from nearby states of Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
Today Kavalkinaru has crossed many leaps and bounds, in development and prosperity. The younger generations of Kavalkinaru are simply doing a remarkable work in pursuing professional courses such as Engineering, Oil Rig Drilling Technology, Oil Platform Technicians, Computer Technology, Medical Sciences, Nursing Science, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Aeronautics, Agriculture, Business Administration, Law, etc. In addition, Kavalkinaru is quite famous for its dominance in Volleyball in the Tirunelveli district.

Today the Panchayat of Kavalkinaru is the biggest one, when compared with the other adjacent areas. Kavalkinaru enclaves four hamlets under its Panchayat and treat them equally. There are one High School and six Middle Schools and many Colleges. Kavalkinaru Post-Office is attributed as the Main Post Office with Postal Code as 627105. The people of Kavalkinaru have great admiration for the legendary Indian National Congress leader and the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna K. Kamaraj, and hence they have unveiled his two statues, one in the centre of their landscape and the other statue at Kavalkinaru Junction. The growth of the village is also supported by local leaders like M. Appavu, who once taught in the schools of Kavalkinaru. The other M.L.A of this region is S. Michael Rayappan a film producer by producing films like "Naadodigal", "Goripalayam" and "Sindhusamaveli" under Global Infotainments banner. Tamil movie Kovil (film) was also shot in Kavalkinaru and in its Sacred Heart Church.