Peringammala is the first largest panchayat in

Thiruvananthapuram district Thiruvananthapuram District () is the List of districts of Kerala, southernmost district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananth ...

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. There are two places named Peringammala, the other one is between

Balaramapuram Balaramapuram is one of the panchayats that form the city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India. It is the most urbanized panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram. Balaramapuram is the centre for production for traditional varieties of ...

and Venganoor which is on the southern side of the

.There is two villages

Peringammala Peringammala is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is 3 km away from Venganoor and Pallichal. There are two places named Peringammala in Trivandrum city, the other Peringamala is the second largest ...

and Thennoor. Beautiful tourist place in there including

Ponmudi Ponmudi (the Golden Peak) is a hill station in the Peringamala gramapanchayath of Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala in India. It is located 22km west of Vithura town, 53 km north-east of Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram City, ...

, Mankayam, Brimore, etc. Festival Palod Mela also there.

History

The verdant village of Peringammala is located in the valley of the Ponmudi hills. It owes its name to the Tamil/Malayalam word, Periyamala meaning The Big Mountain. In the olden days this area was reputed for various forest produce like honey.

Geography

Peringammala panchayath (an administrative unit) consists of two villages namely Peringammala and Thennoor. Peringammala is the largest panchayth in Thiruvananthapuram district and is the second largest in the state of Kerala. Peringammala shares its east boundary with Tamil Nadu.

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 ...

, Peringamala had a population of 21477 with 10361 males and 11116 females. The majority are tribal people and agriculture is the main occupation. 1. Name of Grama Panchayath : Peringammala
2. Village : Peringammala, Thennoor
3. Block Panchayath : Vamanapuram
4. Thalook : Nedumangadu
5. Legislative Mandalam : Vamanapuram
6. Parliament Mandalam : Attingal
7. District : Thiruvananthapuram
8. Breadth : 217.94km2
9. Boundaries
10. East : Ambasamudram(Tamil Nadu)
11. South : Vamanapuram River
12. West : T.S. Road
13. North : Ammayamblam Pacha
(Kulathupuzha Reserve Forest) 14. Population : 39792
15. Female : 20688
16. Male : 19104
17. Tribal people population 18. Scheduled cast Sect : 6147 19. Male : 3041
20. Female : 3105
21. Scheduled Tribe Sect : 3289
22. Male : 1588
23. Female : 1701
24. Block Panchayath Divisions : 2, (Idinjar, Palode)
25. District Panchayath Division : 1, (Palode) ----

References

{{Thiruvananthapuram district Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district