Pattambi is a town,

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, and

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in the Palakkad District of

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. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Pattambi Taluk. Pattambi Town near bus stand

History

Pattambi was originally a part of the Nedunganad Swaroopam dynasty, which was ruled by Nedungadis, who held sway over a large part of present-day Pattambi and Ottapalam

s. By the end of the 15th century CE, Nedunganad came under the leadership of the

Zamorin of Calicut The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edi ...

, who was also the main ruler of the

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region. The Zamorin appointed his local chieftain at Kavalappara Kovilakam to rule this area. It was a part of the Walluvanad taluk in the

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Revenue Division of the

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during the

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, and later became part of the Ottapalam taluk. Now Pattambi is the headquarters of Pattambi Taluk, formed on 23 December 2013.

Demographics

Density of Population in Palakkad District

In the 2011 census of India, the total population of Pattambi Village Panchayat was recorded to be 28,632. * 14,049 males (49%); 14,583 females (51%). * Number of households: 5,897 * Scheduled Caste population: 3,471 (12%) * Scheduled Tribe population: 37 (0% ). * In the age group 0–6 years: 3,534 (males: 1,837, females: 1,697) * Literacy: 83% (23,888 literates and 4,744 illiterates) * 8,561 individuals were employed. It includes 1,657 people with irregular employment. Pattambi Town1

Notable people

* Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri * Anoop Krishnan * Anumol * C. P. Mohammed * E. P. Gopalan * E. Sreedharan * Govind Padmasoorya * Kalamandalam Gopi *

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* M. G. Sasi * Major Ravi * Manikandan Pattambi * Muhammed Muhsin * P. Raman * Shafi Parambil *

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* V. T. Balram * V. T. Bhattathiripad

References

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Notable people

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