Perumbavoor
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Perumbavoor പെരുമ്പാവൂർ |
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| Suburb | |
Electricity Board Perumbavoor
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 Perumbavoor
 Perumbavoor
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| Coordinates: 10°07′59″N 76°28′59″E / 10.1330°N 76.4830°ECoordinates: 10°07′59″N 76°28′59″E / 10.1330°N 76.4830°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Municipal Chairperson | Sathy Jayakrishnan |
| • Municipal Vice Chairperson | Nisha Vinayan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.61 km2 (5.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 28,110 |
| • Density | 2,065.4/km2 (5,349/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Telephone code | 0484 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-40 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Kochi |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
| Website | [[1] www |
Perumbavoor is a municipality in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies in the North Eastern tip of the Greater Cochin area and is also the headquarters of Kunnathunad Taluk. Perumbavoor is famed in the state for wood industries and small-scale industries. Ernakulam lies 33 km southwest of Perumbavoor. The town lies between Angamaly and Muvattupuzha on the Main Central Road (MC), which connects Thiruvananthapuram to Angamaly through the old Travancore part of Kerala. Perumbavoor lies in the banks of rivers Periyar and Muvattupuzha.
Perumbavoor has many immigrants from other parts of India, including West Bengal, Orissa, and Uttar Pradesh. Most work in the plywood or other industries. Tamils and Nepalese have special colonies of their own.
Perumbavoor municipality was formed in 1936. It was one among the 4 Panchayats sanctioned by Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer (Diwan-Thiruvithamcore). The others were Paravur, Nedumangad and Boothapandi.Kandanthara is the nearest place from town & which is the largest populated muslim jama-ath in Ernakulam district, History of kandanthara has been also discussed by many newspapers earlier.The name perumbavoor comes from perumba+oor , where 'perum' means 'big' and 'oor' means 'place'. It is also believed that the name comes from perumbambu+oor 'perumbammbu' means'pythons'-a non venomous snake and 'oor' means 'place' were Many years back, Most of the region contains dense forest landscape, full of pythons. The Tamil people hunt pythons to make sidha medicines and to use the snake meat as well as snake fat.
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