Thalanadu
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Thalanadu തലനാട് Thalanad |
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| Rural village | |
 Thalanadu
 Thalanadu
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| Coordinates: 9°45′0″N 76°46′0″E / 9.75000°N 76.76667°ECoordinates: 9°45′0″N 76°46′0″E / 9.75000°N 76.76667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 686580 |
| Telephone code | 04822 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-35 |
| Nearest city | Erattupetta |
| Literacy | 90% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kottayam |
| Climate | rain season (Köppen) |
Thalanadu (Malayalam: തലനാട്) is a Southern Indian village, situated in the eastern part of Kottayam district in Kerala, between Vagamon, Moonnilavu and Teekoy
Thalanadu is a typical Kerala village, which is a mixture of the features of both midland countryside and the Malanad hill area, enveloped in greenery with a clean and unpolluted atmosphere. It is a small panchayat in Poonjar Vadakkekara Village, but quite long, stretching about 25 kilometres including Adukkom reaching up to the Vagamon and Munnilavu Panjayahthu area, at about three thousand and five hundred feet above sea level. This place is known for its agriculture and landscape. It is full of hills and valleys in the middle of which flows the Meenachil river (made famous by Arundhati Roy's novel, The God of Small Things).
Large scale settlement in Thalanadu began more than 85 to 90 years ago. It has resemblance to a tropical rain-forest area with all kinds of trees like teak, jackfruit, etc., found in the Western Ghats region growing profusely besides coconut, latex rubber, arecanut and other crops. It is a very fertile area. Here most of the people are farmers and they cultivate rubber, elachi, ginger, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, turmeric, pepper, cashew and other spices. Considerable variety of medicinal plants also grow here which have been used in making the traditional home remedies. Most of the people are Christians, Muslims and Hindus. The literacy rate in this village is above 90% with very less unemployment recorded. There is a voluntary job training institute named TIES established in 90's is the best example for the peoples dedications towards the development of the village. This institute provided free training for thousands of young people there to get a job in the Government public sector. Their fraternity within people makes this place graceful.
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