Perinjanam is a village in

Thrissur district Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...

in the state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, India. It is one of the smallest villages in Kerala. The coastal village is just half a kilometer wide. National Highway 66 passes through Perinjanam. The neighbouring villages are Mathilakam, Padiyoor and Kaipamangalam. It is bordered by

Canoli canal Conolly Canal, sometimes spelled as Canoly Canal, is the part of the West coast canal (WCC) network of Kerala and the canal was constructed by combining the rivers and streams along the coast with the intention of creating a vast waterway from K ...

in the east and Arabian Ocean in the west.

Etymology

Perinjanam is just 12 km from Kodungallur and 13 km from Triprayar.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Perinjanam had a population of 20340 with 9375 males and 10965 females.

References

External links

* http://www.perinjanam.com Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub