Alagappa Nagar is situated at

Amballur Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Amballur had a population of 11757 with 5763 males and 5994 females. Location Amballoor is located about 20 km from the downtown Kochi. It ...

Village in Mukundapuram Taluk in Thrissur District in Kerala State. Alagappa Nagar is 12.7 km far from

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

city. It is 221 km far from the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. There is a Textile Mill factory in this town named ''Alagappanagar Textile Mill Factory'' Originally build by Dr

Alagappa Chettiar Sir Alagappa Chettiar (6 April 1909 – 5 April 1957) was an Indian businessman and philanthropist. He received the Padma Bhushan award (the third highest civilian award in India) in 1956. Early life Chettiar was born in Kottaiyur in the ...

. In 1937, Dr.

started Cochin Textiles, later Alagappa Textiles at

near Thrissur in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a 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 regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. The township for Cochin textile staff was named "Alagappa Nagar". There is also a Polytechnic called Thiagarajar Polytechnic College having engineering departments of Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

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Cities and towns in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub