Pathanapuram

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Pathanapuram
പത്തനാപുരം
pathu - aana-puram
town
Pathanapuram is located in Kerala
Pathanapuram
Pathanapuram
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Country  India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Languages
 • Official Malayalam
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 689 695
Telephone code 0475
Vehicle registration KL-02 & KL-25

Pathanapuram (Pathanāpuraṁ) is situated in the eastern part of the Kollam District of Kerala State of India. It is the headquarters of Pathanapuram Taluk.Taluk Office was inaugurated on 13.01.2014. It is a part of the Western Ghats and the area is predominant with Spice and Rubber cultivation. Pathanapuram town is about 44 km from the district headquarters of Kollam. Pathanapuram is a mountainous area of 248.32 km2 and has a population of about 165,762 people.

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The history of Pathanapuram goes back to Thenmala Desom, a small Principality under a local ruler. Capital was at Pathanapuram. Later, Thenmala Desom became a part of Elayidathu Swaroopam having its capital at Kottarakkara. Pathanapuram was the capital of one of the two districts of Elayidathu Swaroopam. In 1764, King Marthandavarma conquered Elayidathu Swaroopam and annexed it to Travancore. Most parts of Pathanapuram taluk were inhabited since before the Indus Valley Civilization, and civilization may have existed in and around Pathanapuram beginning the 1st Century. The name Pathanapuram may have evolved from the fact that the area had a sizeable elephant population and elephants were caught and trained/tamed for work at the elephant cage/camp at the Town. The Old police station area used to be the elephant Camp. The name can be translated as Path =(10)+Ana = (elephant) + Puram = (Town) == Ten Elephant Town. Pathanam means palace or house. Puram means town. Thus the word Pathanapuram means Town with Palace (of the king of Thenmala Desom)or Town with lot of houses.

Geography

Major townships around Pathanapuram
 Kayamkulam Konni/PathanamthittaKalanjoor Chittar/Sabarimala
Pattazhi/Enath/Maloor AchankovilPunnala
  Pathanapuram  
Kottarakkara/Kollam Kunnicode/Kilimanoor/Thiruvananthapuram Punalur/Tenkasi

Taluk

There are seven panchayats in Pathanapuram Taluka viz, Pathanapuram, Piravanthoor, Thalavoor, Vilakkudy, Pattazhy, Pattazhy Vadakkekkara, Punnala (New Panchayat):[1][2]

  • Pathanapuram Village, 2011 population 31,715
  • Pattazhy Village, 2011 population 17,342
  • Pattazhy Vadakkekara Village, 2011 population 14,775
  • Piravanthoor Village, 2011 population 23,336
  • Thalavoor Village, 2011 population 23,572
  • Vilakudy Village, 2011 population 32,677
  • Punnala Village, 2011 population 12,558
  • Pidavoor Village, 2011 population 10,087

There are 8 villages in Pathanapuram Taluka. Total population is 1,65,762. There are 40042 houses in this taluk:[3]

  1. Pattazhy - 4,282 Houses
  2. Thalavoor - 5,655 Houses
  3. Vilakudy - 7,524 Houses
  4. Pidavoor - 2,460 Houses
  5. Pathanapuram - 7,495 Houses
  6. Pattazhy Vadakkekkara - 3,649 Houses
  7. Piravanthoor - 5,836 Houses
  8. Punnala - 3,141 Houses

Banks & Finance

1. State Bank of Travancore 2. The Federal Bank 3. Indian Bank 4. Central Bank of India 5. Canara Bank, Pidavoor 6. South Indian Bank 7. Union Bank of India 8. Kerala Gramin Bank 9. Kollam District Co-operative Bank 10. ICICI Bank 11. State Bank of India 12. Pathanapuram Co-operative Bank 13. Kundayam Co-operative Bank 14. Muthoot fincorp 15. Muthoot Finance 16. Vasakkeparambil Finance 17. Gokulam chits 18. Reliance mutal fund 19. Koshamattam Finance 20. Western union money transfer 21. Uae exchange 22. Thekkedathu Finance 23. Santhosh Finance 24. Pathanapuram Karshaka Gramena Bank


Proposed Banks: 1. Bank of Baroda 2. HDFC BANK

Transport links

Rail: The nearest rail links to Pathanapuram are situated in Chengannur, Kollam, Kayamkulam, Punalur and Avaneeswaram; all of which are broad gauge rail stations.

Air: Pathanapuram is situated 89 km from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.Cochin (Nedumbassery) Airport is 170 km. away.

Road: The area is well connected to the rest of Kerala by bus services. K. S. R. T. C. operates about 60 services from Pathanapuram Sub Depot. They include Pathanapuram - Mananthavady Super Fast, Pathanapuram - Sulthan Bathery L/S FP, Pathanapuram - Thrissur L/S FP,Pathanapuram - Eranakulam FP, Pathanapuram - Trivandrum FP (3), Pathanapuram - Trivandram Super Fast (monday), Pathanapuram- Guruvayoor Super Fast, Pathanapuram- Amruta Hospital FP , Pathanapuram - Trivandrum Medical College FP & Pathanapuram - Kollam FP. Ordinary services are available to Kollam, Kayamkulam, Adoor, Kundara, Kottarakkara, Kunnicode,Valakom, Punalur ,Kulathupuzha, Punnala, Poomkulanji, Pattazhy, Enath, Chakkulathucavu, Padam, Pathanamthitta, Kumaly, Chengannur, Mancode, Achankovil, Ayoor, Adoor, Thiruvalla, Pothupara etc. A. C. Low floor bus is running between Kollam-Pathanapuram, Pathanapuram- Kayamkulam, Pathanapuram - Trivandram AND Eranakulam.There is one non A.C.Low floor bus in Pathanapuram depot.

There are two daily volvo multi axil services to Bangalore viz, Kallada G4 & S L S. There is one daily service to Coimbatore, Manglore, Velamkanni by A1.

Educational and charitable institutions

  • University Institute of Technology
  • St Stephen's College, Maloor
  • Mount Tabor Girl's Higher Secondary School
  • St. Stephen's School, Pathanapuram
  • Thoma Mar Dionysius Higher Secondary School, Maloor
  • C.A.M. High School, Salempuram, Kurumpakara
  • HB High School, Nadukkunnu
  • St: Mary's Residential School (ICSE)
  • Al-Ameen public school (CBSE)
  • Mother Susan Memorial English Medium School
  • Gandhibhavan, Kundayam
  • College of Engineering, Pathanapuram
  • K.P.M Arts & Science College,Pathanapuram
  • N. M. U. P. School
  • Govt. N. M. L. P. School
  • Mount Tabor Training College
  • Mother susan memorial English medium school
  • Sree Narayana Central School, Maloor
  • BJM English Medium school, Puthuval
  • Indira Gandhi Memorial Vocational Higher Secondary school,Manjakala(I.G.M.V.H.S.S)
  • Edathara Muhammaden Govt.higher secondary school
  • Asha Bhavan, Pathanapuram

Theatre, art, music and cinema

  • Seema DTS UFO Theatre

Politics

Pathanapuram assembly constituency is a part of the Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.[4] Kodikunnil Suresh is the MP as of 2012 after winning the elections in 2009. Pathanapuram is also the home constituency of actor turned politician K. B. Ganesh Kumar. He has won from this constituency in the 2001, 2006 and 2011 Assembly elections.[5][6] He is the current M. L. A. from Pathanapuram. He was the Minister of Forests, Sports & Cinema till April 2013.

Places of worship

Pathanapuram contains Christians, Hindu, & Muslim places of worship.

Mosques include the Edathara Juma Masjid, Nedumparambu Mosque, Thekekkara Mosque(Pathirickal),Nadukkunnu Pallimukku Mosque, Maloor Mosque, Kundayam Mosque, Mancode Mosque, Misbahuhuda Arabic College Edathara, Padam Mosque,Islamic center (Karammoodu).

Hindu Temples include Pathirickal Sree Dharma Shastha temple(2 km away from Pathanapauram town) Elikkattoor Sree Mahadeva temple(9 km from town), Kamukumchery Thiruvilangonappan, Sree kailasam Ardhanareeswara Chindha-mani temple, Sree Sankara Narayana Swami Temple (Kurumpakara),[7] Mancode Oripuram Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, Pathanapuram Kavala Devi Temple, Pattazhi Devi Temple,[8] Kundayam Sree Mahadevar Temple, Vellaramon Bhagavathy temple, Kavil Bhagavathy Temple, Manchaloor Madathil Shree Durga Devi Temple, Manchaloor Sreekrishna Swamy Temple and Chekom Mahadevar Temple, Kadumangalam Avaneeswaram Mahadevar temple (9 KM towards Kottarakkara direction)

Churches include the Bethel Assemblies of God (Chenkilathu), Pathanpuram Assemblies of God, Kallumkadavu Assemblies of God, IPC Salem Church (Salempuram), Church of God (Salempuram), Heavenly Feast Worship Center, Immanual Marthoma Church (Nr. Govt. Hospital Pathanapuram), St. Stephen's Mount Tabor Orthodox church, The Salvation Army Church Pathanapuram, Bethel Gospel Assembly (Pathanapuram), IPC Elim Church (Puthuval), St. Stephen's C.S.I. Church (Puthuval) and Kalanjoor Brethren Christian Church, Mar lazarus Orthodox vallyapally. St. Thomas Marthoma Church (Puthuval), St. Annes Catholic Church (Salempuram), Malankara Catholic Church (Kallumkadavu), St. George orthodox Church (Kalanjoor).

Place to visit

Pathanapuram lies on the border of the Periyar National Park.

Nearby Settlements

  • Pathanapuram Town
  • Nedumparambu
  • Puthuval
  • Udayonmuttam [1]
  • Kurumpakara [2]
  • Edathara
  • Kundayam
  • Manchalloor
  • Pidavoor
  • Kalanjoor
  • Mancode
  • Padam
  • Salempuram
  • Mallankuzha
  • Kanchod
  • Pallimukku
  • Nadukunnu
  • Karimpaloor
  • Punnala
  • Chachippunna

References

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