Kizhaparayar () is a small village in
Kerala
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state,
India
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. It is part of the Meenachil Panchayat in
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 ...
. The village situated on the banks of the
Meenachil River
The Meenachil River or Meenachilaar (Malayalam: ), also known as Kavanar, Valanjar, is a river in Kerala. It is one of the most treacherous rivers in Kerala due to its flash floods, heavy undercurrents and woods and debris it carries from the m ...
. There is no traces when the first settlement came to this village. It is a sparsely populated place. Kizhaparayar borders with Edamattom in the South, Palakkadu in North, Pala in the west. The other side of the river is
Bharananganam.
The major agriculture is rubber. There are also coconut and tapioca cultivation. The other agricultural products include cocoa and
areca nut. There are few small paddy fields also.
The main income of the people comes from rubber plantations and related jobs.
There is no major business activities in and around Kizhaparayar.
People belongs to 2 religious faiths - Roman Catholics (Syrian Christians) and Hinduism. The local parish is St. Gregory's Church which is situated at the center of the village. A convent, Government Clinic, Co-operative bank and few shops in the vicinity of the church forms the small township. There is a small latex processing unit also running which allows the rubber owners to sell latex.
There are 2 temples also in Kizhaparayar.
The nearest town is
Pala Pala may refer to:
Places
Chad
*Pala, Chad, the capital of the region of Mayo-Kebbi Ouest
Estonia
* Pala, Kose Parish, village in Kose Parish, Harju County
* Pala, Kuusalu Parish, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County
*Pala, Järva County, vi ...
which is about 4 km from Kizhaparayar. In December 2000, a sequence of
earthquakes
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...
occurred in the area, with the
epicentre estimated to be between Pala and Kizhaparayar.
The earthquakes continued into January 2001.
References
Villages in Kottayam district
Rubber industry
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