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Pampady
Pampady is a large town in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is situated midway between the backwaters of western Kerala and the mountains of the Western Ghats. Etymology According to Malayalam Dictionary, '' Sabdatharavali'' of Sreekandeswaram means "The Land of Lord Vishnu". The area where a Sreekrishna Temple was located was named Pampady, possibly influencing the town's current name. History Vennimala, on the western border of Pampady was once the Capital of Thekkumkur. In 1749, Marthanda Varma of Venadu captured Thekkumkoor and annexed it into Travancore. After 1956, Pampady became a part of the Travancore-Cochin state. Old records dating back to ME 352 (AD 1176), kept with Kaithamattom Illam in Velloor, shed light on the history of Pampady. It details human inhabitation roughly 1,000 years ago. Up until the middle of 16th Century, Pampady was ruled by the king of Thekkumkoor. Pampady had three portions, Velloor, Pampady and Thekkan Pampady. Major areas of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallickathode
Pallickathodu, also spelled ''Pallikkathodu'' which includes Anickadu village, is a town in eastern Kottayam district, Kerala, India. It falls under the Kanjirappally assembly constituency. Economy Pallickathodu has a predominantly agricultural economy. The major products include: rubber; banana; and pineapple with rubber constituting the largest share. Government institutions Pampady Block is situated at Pallickathode. BSNL Telephone Exchange, Government Treasury, Post Office, Village Office, Panchayath Office, Agricultural Office, Animal Husbandry Dispensary etc. are also there. Educational institutions The village has two high schools, one higher secondary school, NSS Higher Secondary School and two CBSE affiliated schools, Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School which is managed by CFMSS sisters and Aravinda Vidya Mandiram Senior Secondary School (since 1990) run by Aravinda Charitable trust which is also affiliated to Bharatheeya Vidyanikethan, a kerala unit of Vidy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kottayam District
Kottayam () is one of List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Kerala, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. Situated in the south-central part of Kerala, Kottayam shares its borders with Ernakulam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha districts. It is the only List of districts in India, district in Kerala that does not border either the Arabian Sea or another Indian state. The district is bordered by hills in the east, and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. The area's geographic features include paddy fields, highlands, and hills. As of the 2011 census, 28.6% of the district's residents live in urban areas, and it reports a 97.2% Literacy in India, literacy rate. In 2008, the district became the first tobacco-free district in India. Kottayam registered the lowest Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kottayam
Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of 489,615 people, and a population density of . The total Kottayam Metropolitan area (the combined area of Kottayam municipality and its adjacent suburbs) has a population of 802,419 people, and a population density of . Kottayam is also referred to as "the City of Letters" as many of the first Malayalam daily newspapers, such as ''Deepika (newspaper), Deepika,'' ''Malayala Manorama,'' and ''Mangalam Publications, Mangalam,'' were started and are headquartered in Kottayam, as are a number of publishing houses. Etymology The royal palace of the Thekkumkur ruler was protected by a fort called ''Thaliyilkotta''. It is believed that the name ''Kottayam'' is derived from a combination of the Malayalam words ''kotta'' which means fort (''Thaliyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 183 (India)
National Highways 183 (NH 183) is located in India. It connects Kollam High school Jn in Kerala with Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. Starting from Kollam it runs northwards to Thiruvalla and turns east at Kottayam and runs along the northern border of Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary before crossing the border into Tamil Nadu and end near Dindigul, where it joins NH 83(Coimbatore - Nagapattinam). This highway was previously known as NH 220. Check the NH 183 videos. Route Kerala Kollam H.S Jn. → Thevally → Thrikkadavoor → Anchalumoodu → Perinad → Kundara (Elampalloor) → Perayam → Chittumala → East Kallada → Bharanikkavu → Sooranad North → Thamarakulam → Charummoodu → Chunakkara → Mankamkuzhi → Kollakadavu → Kodukulanji → Pennukkara → Chengannur → Kallissery → Kuttoor → Thiruvalla → Changanassery → Chingavanam → Kottayam → Manarkadu → Pampady → Vazhoor → Ponkunnam → Kanjirapalli → Podimattom → Mundaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponkunnam
Ponkunnam is a town in Kerala, India, part of Kottayam district under Kanjirappally taluk. Nearby towns are Kanjirappalli, Pampady, Manimala and Pala. Ponkunnam literally means ''golden mountain'' (''ponn'' = gold, ''kunn'' = mountain). Ponkunnam is one of the busiest towns along the NH 220 comprising key administrative institutions of Kanjirappally taluk such as the Kanjirapally Munsif Court, DySP office, and Regional Transport Office. It is a part of Kanjirappally State Legislative constituency and Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. The town is also home to many educational institutions and healthcare facilities. Part of the Syrian Christian belt, there are many Syrian Christian agrarian families that reside here. Geography This part of Kerala is famous for its fertile land and rubber plantations. It is at an altitude of above mean sea level. The town is at the junction of two major roads in Kerala: NH 183 and Main Eastern Highway. The climate is moderate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venad (historical Region)
Venad was a medieval kingdom between the Western Ghat mountains of India with its capital at city of Quilon.Noburu Karashmia (ed.), A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 143-44.Narayanan, M. G. S. 2002. ‘The State in the Era of the Ceraman Perumals of Kerala’, in ''State and Society in Premodern South India'', eds R. Champakalakshmi, Kesavan Veluthat, and T. R. Venugopalan, pp.111–19. Thrissur, CosmoBooks. It was one of the major principalities of Kerala, along with kingdoms of Kolathunadu, Zamorin, and Kochi in medieval and early modern period.Menon, T. Madhava. ''A Handbook of Kerala.'' Vol 1. Trivandrum: Dravidian Linguistics Association, 2002/ref> Venad outlasted the Chera Perumals of Makotai, Chera Perumal kingdom, gradually developed as an independent principality, known as the Chera kingdomThapar, Romila'', The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300.'' Penguin Books, 2002. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Changanasseri Railway Station
Changanasseri railway station (station code: CGY) is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It is the second largest railway station in Kottayam district, Kerala, and is located in the Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kollam line. History The first train running from Changanassery railway station was established in 1958. Though Railway traffic was set up at Ernakulam and Trivandrum in the form of Kerala, these connections were not directly connected. In 1956, the metre-gauge was constructed from Ernakulam to . Then in 1958 it was extended from to Changanassery and linked with and . The metre-gauge line from Changanassery was changed to broad gauge and the railway transportation was started in 1976 by Chief minister of Kerala C. Achutha Menon. Location Changanasseri Railway station is located 1 km away from Changanassery town. Distances from various public transport stations are given below: * Changanasser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kottayam Railway Station
Kottayam railway station (station code: KTYM) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Kottayam, Kerala state, India. Kottayam lies on the busy rail route between Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam. It is an NSG 3 category station. The station is served by several long-distance trains connecting most major cities in the country on a daily basis like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Bhopal, Pune and Mangalore. Trains connecting extreme ends of india also passes through the station like Jammu tawi, Dibrugarh etc. It is one of the busiest station in Thiruvananthapuram central - Ernakulam route due to ease in accessibility of Sabarimala temple. Kottayam railway station is the halt station for passengers to Sabarimala temple, Vagamon, Kumarakom, Illickal kallu - high range, St. Alphonsa's tomb, Pala and so on. Station has 2 passing platforms - (1 & 2), and 4 termina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karukachal
Karukachal is a fast-growing town in Changanassery Tehsil, Taluk in Kottayam district of Kerala States and territories of India, state in India. The name "Karukachal" was coined from the words "Karuka"(''Karukapullu'' in Malayalam) which is a type of grass which grew in plenty and "chal" meaning a small body of flowing water. Karukachal in Changanacherry-Vazhoor Road which is almost a century old. The next nearest town, Changanassery, Chanaganasserry, is 14 km (8.7 mi) & Kottayam is 20 km from Karukachal. Schools and Colleges *NSS Higher Secondary School karukachal *Subhash Memorial U P School Champakara *Sarada Vidya Mandiram Champakara *Rajahamsasrama VidhyaPeedom *St Joseph's U.P School Champakara *L P School Panayampala *CMS High School, Nedungadappally *CMSLPS, Nedungadappally *St. Philominas, Nedungadappally Hospitals # Government Hospital (PH Centre) # NSS Hospital # Mercy Nursing Home # Royal Med Care Centre Religion Hindus and Christians constitute majority of the pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pala, Kerala
Pala () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Pala has a population of 22,056, and a population density of . Pala is situated on the banks of the Meenachil river, Meenachil River and is a major hub of St. Thomas Christian, Syrian Christian culture in Kerala. Etymology Demographics Indian census, Pala had a population of 22,640. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Pala has an average literacy rate of 98%, higher than the national average of 73%: male literacy is 98.5%, and female literacy is 97.8%, still much higher than the state average. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Christians make up 65.09% of the population, Hindus 34.19%, Muslims 0.1%, Jain 0.00%, other religions 0.05% and 0.15% not stated. Cuisine of Pala Appams, kallappams, or vel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanjirappally
Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, in southwestern India. Etymology Climate Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest amount of summer rains, winter rains and northeast monsoons (Thulaam Mazha) in Kerala, making it one of the very few places in the country with equatorial rainforest type climate, with no distinct dry season. The well-distributed rainfall pattern of Kanjirappally is the primary reason for the phenomenon of high yield of latex from Rubber plantations in and around the town. The average annual rainfall is 4156 mm. Transportation National Highway (old NH 220 Kollam - Theni now NH 183) connects Kanjirapally to major nearest cities. The K. K. Road ( NH 183: Kollam- Theni) (Kottayam-Kumily Road) connects Kanjirapally to nearest towns like Mundakkayam (), Kottayam (), Kuttikkanam (), Kumily () and Kattappana (). * Pamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
