Poyya is a village in

Thrissur district Thrissur (), anglicised as Trichur, is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is situated in the central region of the state. Spanning an area of about , th ...

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. The panchayath office is situated in Pooppathy. The distance from Poyya to

Kodungallur Kodungallur (; formerly also called as Cranganore (anglicised name), Portuguese language, Portuguese: Cranganor; Mahodayapuram, Shingly, Vanchi, Muchiri, Muyirikkode, and Muziris) is a historically significant town situated on the banks of Per ...

is only 7 km and Poyya to Mala is 5 km. A part of Thrissur district ends at Poyya.

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 ...

, Poyya had a population of 10478 with 5003 males and 5475 females.

Transport

Major roads in Poyya: *

- Kodakara road *

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

road *

North Paravur North Paravur (; formerly known as Paravur or Parur), is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located north of the district collectorate in Thrikkakara and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. N ...

- Mala road

Education

Schools in Poyya: * N.S.S.L.P School madathumpady * A.K.M.H.S.S Poyya * St. Mary's LP School * AIM Law College Poyya * St Thomas U P School poyya

Hospital

* Government Hospital, Poyya * Ayurveda clinic madathumpady

Religious

Temples in Poyya: * Madathikavu bhagavathy temple * Madathumpady durga bhagavathy * Karthikakkavu Bhagavathy Temple * Narasimhaswamy Temple * Vishnupuram SreeMahavishnuTemple * Sree Bhairava Temple Churches in Poyya: * St. Sebastian's Church * St. Ephraim's Church * Christ The King Church * Little flower Church

References

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