Aryanadu is a village town in
Thiruvananthapuram district
Thiruvananthapuram District (), is the southernmost district in the Indian state of Kerala. The district was created in 1949, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, which is also Kerala's administrative centre. The present d ...
,
Kerala
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,
India
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, lying under the
foothill
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s of the
Agastyarkoodam of the
Sahya mountains. The village is spread along the sides of Karamana River in the western ghats of Agasthya Mountains. The Aryanad Panchayath has border with Uzhamalakkal, Vellanad, Poovachal, Kuttichal, Vithura, Tholickode panchayaths. Aryanad is residing
Nedumangad Taluk and
Aruvikkara Legislative Assembly. It is situated around 25 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
G. Steephen is the current sitting MLA of Aryanad (Aruvikkara Constituency).
History
Old agers quotes "Aryanmarude (Aryas) Nadu" which literally means "Land of Aryans" is the abbreviated form of Aryanadu.
Geography
The town is a Grama Panchayat consists of 17 wards. It is situated nearly 25 km east from
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
, 10 km south from
Nedumangad
Nedumangad is a town and municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area of Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala, and is the headquarters of Nedumangad tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division (RDO). It is a suburb ...
and 10 km north from
Kattakkada
Kattakada is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. It is situated 13km north of Neyyattinkara town, 18km south of Nedumangad town and 20km east of Capital City Thiruvananthapuram.
There is also a Tehsil/Taluk called Kattakada. It co ...
. 3 km north from
Kuttichal
Kuttichal (formerly known as Mannoorkara) is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. The Kuttichal panchayath has borders with Aryanad, Poovachal, Kallikkad, panchayaths and Thiruneveli District of Tamil Nadu In ...
One of the river originates from the South Western Ghats region the Karamana river, which is the main drinking water supplier to the Thiruvananthapuram city, flows through Aryanadu. Through Aryanadu the State Highway road Nedumangad-Shorlakkodu (Tamil-Nadu) runs.
Demographics
India
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
, Aryanad had a population of 27398 with 13037 males and 14361 females.
Economy
Aryanadu is a typical Kerala model village. This is purely an agricultural oriented Panchayath; coconut, rubber, banana, and vegetables are the main farming items.
Main sights
There are several heritage sites, for example temples such as Tholoor Chempakamangalam Devi Temple, Ayyankala Madam, cherukkunnil sree annapoorneswari temple choozha and some historic places of interest like "kottas" (walls) and the legendary site "Thoongan para" (hanging rock).
There are also major educational institutions like Govt.ITI, Vocational & HS Schools, Govt. hospital, Police Station, KSRTC bus stand, PWD Guest House located here.
Politics
Ariyanad assembly constituency is part of
Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency)
Attingal Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, ആറ്റിങ്ങല് ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. This constituency came into exist ...
.
References
Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district
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