Akathethara is a census town and suburb of
Palakkad
Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...
city,
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
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. It is located about 11 km from the city centre and 5 km from renowned
Malampuzha
Malampuzha is a town in the Palakkad district of Kerala, India. It is located about from Malampuzha Dam and from Palakkad city.
Transport
* Nearest railway station: Palakkad Junction - 15 km
* Nearest airport: Coimbatore Internatio ...
dam. Sabari Ashram also called as Kerala's Sabarmati is located here where
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2October 186930January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalism, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethics, political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful Indian ...
made his visit three times.
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 ...
, Akathethara had a population of 28592 with 13862 males and 14730 females.
References
Villages in Palakkad district
Suburbs of Palakkad
Cities and towns in Palakkad district
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