Chengalam is a village situated in the east of

Kottayam District Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...

in India.

Location

The town is on the border of

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

Kanjirappally Kanjirappally is a taluk and a town in Kottayam district situated about away from the district capital, in the state of Kerala, India. Climate Kanjirappally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest amount of sum ...

and

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Taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

. Chengalam is well connected by road to urban areas like

(15 km),

(14 km), Ponkunnam (9 km),

Paika Paika is a small town from Palai on the Pala-Ponkunnam road of Muvattupuzha - Punalur SH:08, in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. It is part of Meenachil Taluka, known as one of the most fertile agricultural regions of Travancore. The town is ...

(5 km) and

Pallickathode Pallickathodu, also spelled ''Pallikkathodu'' which includes Anickadu village, is a town in eastern Kottayam district, Kerala, India. It falls under the Kanjirappally assembly constituency. Economy Pallickathodu has a predominantly agricultura ...

(4 km). It is located 26 km from

, the district capital.The nearby district capitals are Idukki (85 km),

Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...

(50 km),

Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Indi ...

(63 km),

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

(78 km).

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 ...

, the state capital is located (156 km) from Chengalam.

Economy

Chengalam is predominantly an agricultural and

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

based economy with a few industrial areas.

Demographics

Chengalam is a village is part of the

and Meenachil

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...

, Kerala with total 1215 families residing there. Population of Chengalam is predominantly

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(Syrian Catholics/ Syro Malabar) who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

in the 1st century. As of

2011 India census The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Chengalam had a population of 5226 of which 2519 are males and 2707 are females. In Chengalam village population of children with age 0–6 is 446 which makes up 8.53% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chengalam village is 1075 which is lower than

Kerala state 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 Cana ...

average of 1084.

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for Chengalam as per census is 1046, higher than Kerala average of 964. Chengalam village has higher literacy rate compared to

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 ...

. In 2011, literacy rate of Chengalam village was 97.51% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. In Chengalam Male literacy stands at 97.35% while female literacy rate was 97.66%.

History

The present village of Chengalam was once inhabited by

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. People from the neighbouring villages of

Cherpunkal Cherpunkal is a small town in the Kottayam district of Kerala State in India on the Kottayam-Palai Road, seven kilometers from Palai city. Cherpunkal is famous for Mar Sleeva Forane Catholic Church, believed to have been established by Thoma ...

Poovarany Poovarany is a village in Meenachil Pachayath, Palai, Kottayam district, Kerala, India.The name poovarany means jungle of flowers. The Sacred Heart Church and Sree Mahadeva temple are the main religious centers. Two small rivers, the Cheruthode ...

Kozhuvanal Kozhuvanal is a town in Meenachil, in the district of Kottayam, state of Kerala, India. Location Kozhuvanal is surrounded by Akalakunnam panchayath in south and west, Meenachil in east, Mutholy and Kidangoor in north. It has amenities includ ...

and

Anickadu Anickadu (a.k.a. Anicad or Anickad) is a village in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Anickadu had a population of 12733 with 6204 males and 6529 females. References

Villages in Kottayam distri ...

started occupying the area in the 18th century. The area belonged to the then Thiruvarppu Devasm and was known as " Chenkalkulam" as there was a pond hewn out of "Chenkal". It is believed that the pond was built to gather water needed for the annual '' homam'', rituals to appease the deities. Later the term Chenkalkulam became "Chenkulam" and finally Chengalam. This is the story behind the

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of the local name Chengalam. Before 50–60 years the church here St Antony's Church was very much famous. The church is in the name of

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. The foundation stone of this church has laid in 1913. Also the Chengalam market was very famous. The place is very calm and quiet. The climate is nice with enough rainfall and moderate temperatures. This place is also known as

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Institutions

There are several Institutions like

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, South Indian Bank,

ESAF Small Finance Bank ESAF Small Finance Bank (formerly known as ESAF Microfinance and Investments Pvt. Ltd.) is an Indian small finance bank providing banking services and small loans to the underbanked. It was founded as a small finance bank in March 2017. ESAF Mi ...

, Chengalam Service Co-operative Bank, Kanjiramattom Service Co-operative Bank, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Telephone Exchange, Malanadu Milk Society, Karshaka Open Market,

Society of Saint Vincent de Paul The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor. Innumerable Catholic parishes have ...

, Kairali Library, Kairali Arts and Sports Club are located at Chengalam.

Educational institutions

The educational Institutions are Chengalam Anganwadi and Alunkalthakady Anganwadi, St Antony's Lower Primary School, St Antony's High School and Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School for school education and PTCM Government Industrial Training Institute, Kottayam Institute of Technology & Science and

K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts K. R. Narayanan National Institute of Visual Science and Arts (KRNNIVSA) is an autonomous institute established by the Government of Kerala at Thekkumthala, Chengalam East Village in Kottayam District of Kerala state as a training-cum-researc ...

for higher-level education.

Government institutions

The Government Institutions located in Chengalam are Village Office, Government Veterinary hospital, Post Office, Akshaya e-centre and Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation.

Religious landmarks

▪︎ St Antony's Pilgrim Church Chengalam – Its under the Syro Malabar Kanjirapally Eparchy is one of the famous Christian pilgrimage centre from the ancient times. It is popularly known as Paduva of

. It is one of the

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centres of

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in the

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church lat, Ecclesia Syrorum-Malabarensium mal, മലബാറിലെ സുറിയാനി സഭ , native_name_lang=, image = St. Thomas' Cross (Chennai, St. Thomas Mount).jpg , caption = The Mar Thoma Nasrani Sl ...

. The first Pilgrim church of St. Antony in Middle Kerala. ▪︎Vayalumkal Kurishupally ▪︎Adoration Chapel ▪︎St Theresa's Chapel ▪︎Sacred Heart Filial Church ▪︎St Joseph's Filial Church ▪︎St Mary's Filial Church ▪︎St George's Church Urulikunnam

Transportation

▪︎Nearest KSRTC Bus Stand-

KSRTC KSRTC may refer to: * Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation * Kerala State Road Transport Corporation Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one o ...

Ponkunnam Stand (9 km) ▪︎Nearest Private Bus Stand-

Bus Stand (4 km) ▪︎Nearest Railway Stations-

Ettumanur railway station Ettumanur railway station (Code: ETMR) is a railway station in Kottayam district, Kerala and falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone, Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body u ...

(25 km) and Kottayam railway station(25 km) ▪︎Nearest Airport-

Cochin International Airport Cochin International Airport is an International airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery, about northeast of the city centre, Cochin International Airport is first of its kind which is develo ...

(87 km)

Disambiguation

NB :

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

district also have one place name chengalam. It is located

Kadannappalli Kadannapalli is a census town in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. Location Kadannappalli is located 33 km north of Kannur city on the Mangalore road. Post office There is a post office in the village and the pin code is 670504. A ...

panappuzha

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ward no.01. kaithapram kadannappalli and kandonthar is the nearest place of Chengalam. Lyrics wrighter kaithapram damodaran namboothiri, EX MLA KP kunhikannan, ex-central minister KC Venugopal and ex-minister Kadannappally Ramachandran also their birthplace and house is in the same panchayat. NB :

Chengalam South Chengalam South is a small hamlet located in Thiruvarpu panchayath in Kottayam town of Kerala, India. History It is believed that the name Chengalam came from the word ''chenkulam'' (Red soiled ponds). Chempakaseri family were staying in this ...

is a small

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

located in

Thiruvarpu Thiruvarppu is a village in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India.7 kilometres away from Kottayam Town. Thiruvarppu is famous for Thiruvarppu Sree Krishna Temple. Demographics India census, Thiruvarppu had a population of 13324 ...

panchayath in

town of

, India. (another place in

district) Alunkalthakady

References

{{Kottayam district Villages in Kottayam district