Eramalloor is a village in

Ezhupunna Ezhupunna is a village in the taluk of Cherthala in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies between Alappuzha and Kochi, India, Kochi, near National Highway 66 (India), National Highway 66. There is also a railway station, wh ...

Grama Panchayat in the

Cherthala Cherthala is a municipality in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India and acts as a satellite town of Kochi. It is located north of the district headquarters in Alappuzha and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 20 ...

taluk in

Alappuzha Alappuzha (, आलप्पुळ) or Alleppey is a municipality and town on the Laccadive Sea in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the district headquarters of the district, and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvana ...

district in the

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n 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 ...

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 ...

, Eramalloor had a population of 28,223 with 14,187 males and 14,036 females.

Geography

Eramalloor is a place in Ezhupunna village located on the NH66 Highway linking Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Mangalore, Goa, Panvel (Mumbai). It is near the coast, with a landscape characterised by salty ponds (known locally as "Kandom") and larger ponds used for fishing (known as "Chaal"). It lies along the backwaters of

, and is situated next to

near the model tourism village at

Kumbalangi Kumbalangi () is an island village in the outskirts of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. Situated amidst backwaters, around 12 km (7.5 mi) from the city center, Kumbalangi is a major tourist attraction and is famous for i ...

and the beach at

Chellanam Chellanam is a village and a suburb of Kochi city in the Indian state of Kerala. History Chellanam formed the southern border of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Cochin. In 1510, Goa was captured by the Portuguese general Alfonso Albuquerque fr ...

Administration

Administratively, Eramalloor falls under the

panchayat (local village administrative body) of the Alappuzha District.

Industry and economy

The village is famous for sea food processing industries, such as Torry Harris, Premier, AFDC and Diamond Seafoods. Agriculture has declined in the past years, with the paddy fields giving way for shrimp cultivation or to be reclaimed for housing.

Educational Institutions

* NSLP (Kattisseri) School * ECEK Union, Chammanad * Santa Cruz Public School

Places Of Worship

* Thottappalli Sreekrishna Temple * Paingakulam Sree Partha Sarathi Temple * Konanadu Devi Temple * Subramania swamy temple * Sree Dharma Shastha Temple, Chammanadu * Kannukullangara Temple * Kanjirathinkal Sree Khandakarna Devi Temple * Chammanad Devi Temple * Kizhakke Chammanad Devi Temple * Sree krishna temple Sreenarayanapuram * Saraswathi Temple * Balasubramanya Swamy Temple * St. Jude Church * St. Joseph Church * St. Francis Xavier's Church * Masjid Rifai

References

{{Alappuzha district Villages in Alappuzha district