Eramalloor

Eramalloor ezhupunna
village
9°49′0″N 76°18′0″E / 9.81667°N 76.30000°E / 9.81667; 76.30000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
• MLA	Adv. A.M. Arif (2006-2011, reelected in 2011)
Population  (2001)
• Total	28,223
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	688537
Telephone code	0478
Vehicle registration	KL32
Nearest city	Kochi
Literacy	100%%
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Aroor
Climate	Monsoon (Köppen)

Eramalloor is a village in Ezhupunna Grama Panchayat in the Cherthala taluk in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Eramalloor had a population of 28223 with 14187 males and 14036 females.^[1]

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 Alapuzha, and is situated next to Ezhupunna near the model tourism village at Kumbalangi and the beach at Chellanam.

Administration

Administratively, Eramalloor falls under the Ezhupunna panchayat (local village administrative body) of the Alapuzha 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

See also

• Kakkathuruth

References