Manjeri () is a major town and municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is the fourth-most populous

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in state. It is situated southeast to Karipur International Airport and northeast to

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...

, the district headquarters, and forms a part of Malappuram metropolitan area. It is one of the major commercial towns under the Malappuram urban agglomeration and serves as the headquarters of

Eranad Taluk Eranad Taluk comes under Perinthalmanna revenue division in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Its headquarters is the city of Manjeri. Eranad Taluk contains two municipalities - Manjeri and Malappuram. Most of the administrative offices ...

. Manjeri Municipality is a Local Self Government Institution with a jurisdiction of three villages namely Manjeri,

Payyanad Payyanad is a place located in Manjeri municipality of Malappuram district of Kerala. Payyanad football stadium located in Payyanad Sports complex The Malappuram District Sports Complex is located at Payyanad. A football stadium of 25,000 se ...

, and Narukara.

History

The remains of pre-historic symbols including

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Menhir A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be fou ...

s, and Rock-cut caves that have been found from various parts of Manjeri indicates human life at the region in the Stone Age itself. The region was under the control of Zamorins in medieval period. There was a set pattern of succession, indicated by ''Sthanams'' (ranks) in the royal line in the Kingdom of Zamorins.V. V., Haridas. ''"King court and culture in medieval Kerala – The Zamorins of Calicut (AD 1200 to AD 1767)"''

Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. Mangalore University Five ''Sthanams'' were defined in the kingdom of Zamorin of Calicut, Zamorin, each with its own separate property enjoyed in succession by the senior members of the three ''Kovilakams'' (palaces) of the familyK. V. Krishna Iyer, ''Zamorins of Calicut: From the earliest times to AD 1806''. Calicut: Norman Printing Bureau, 1938. . One of these five ''Sthanams'' came to be known as ''Edattaranadu Nambiyathiri Thirumulpadu'' (the ''Etatralpadu''), which is mentioned in the Manjeri Pulapatta inscription as the overlord of the "Three Hundred" Nairs. The ''Etatralpadu'' used to reside in a palace at Edathara near Manjeri. ''Manjeri Kovilakam'' was one of the seats of the ruling families of the Zamorins of Calicut. Manjeri was once the headquarters and the military centre of the

Kingdom of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary alliance with Brit ...

under

Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery.Dalrymple, p. 243 He in ...

. Under British rule, Manjeri served as the administrative headquarters of Eranad subdistrict, which was the largest subdistrict within the

Malabar District Malabar District, also known as Malayalam District, was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792-1800) and Madras Presidency (1800-1947) in British India, and independent India's Madras State (19 ...

. In 1896, the

landlords A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a ''lessee'' or ''renter''). When a juristic person is in this position, the ...

of ''Manjeri Kovilakam'' started to evacuate the tenants from their lands. The landless tenants started to revolt under the leadership of

Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji sometimes called Variyamkunnan (1883 – 20 January 1922) was the most prominent leader of the war in Malabar against the British during the Malabar rebellion and founder of a parallel government, in Malabar. ...

. They seized the land and properties of the landlords. British army came to help the landlords. The conflict caused the British to risk 94 out of 100 soldiers. The Malabar district political conference of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

held at Manjeri on 28 April 1920, fueled

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and national movement in British Malabar. That conference declared that the

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were not able to satisfy the needs of

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. It also argued for a land reform to seek solutions for the problems caused by tenancy that existed in Malabar. However, the decision widened the drift between extremists and moderates within the Congress. The conference resulted in dissatisfaction of landlords with the Indian National Congress. It caused the leadership of the Malabar district Congress Committee to come under the control of the extremists who stood for labourers and the middle class. The region has been part of movements such as

Khilafat Movement The Khilafat Movement (1919–24), also known as the Caliphate movement or the Indian Muslim movement, was a pan-Islamist political protest campaign launched by Muslims of British India led by Shaukat Ali, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Hakim ...

and Malabar rebellion following the Manjeri conference. It was one of the strongholds of the Malabar Rebellion in 1921. Manjeri police station was destructed by the rebels on 21 August 1921. The protestors won in removing the colonial rule from the region and establish self-rule for about six months. After Indian independence in 1947, the region continued in

. In 1969, it became a part of the newly formed

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the total population of the state. The district was formed on 16 June 196 ...

. Now it forms a part of the Malappuram metropolitan area.

Demographics

Total population under municipality limits is 97,102 according to the 2011 census. Males form 48.6% and females 51.4%.

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

is the widely spoken language in the town. Manjeri has been a multi-ethnic and multi-religious town since the early

medieval period In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire an ...

. The Muslims form the largest religious group, followed by Hindus and

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

. The municipality of Manjeri has an average

literacy rate Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, hum ...

of 95.8%.

Geography

Manjeri is located at . It has an average elevation of 38 metres (124 feet) from sea level.

Civic administration

The town is administered by the Manjeri Municipality, headed by a chairperson. For administrative purposes, the town is divided into 50 wards, from which the members of the municipal council are elected for five years. The municipality comes under the jurisdiction of Manjeri police station (formerly known as Eranad Police Station at the time of its formation), which was formed on 14 April 1879. The apex district court of Malappuram district is at Manjeri and the judicial district is known as Manjeri judicial district.

Manjeri Municipality Election 2020

Wards

Manjeri Municipality is composed of the following 50 wards:

Important Institutions

Government

Courts in Manjeri * Manjeri Judicial District * District Court, Manjeri * Assistant Sessions Court, Manjeri * Fast Track I, Manjeri * Fast Track II, Manjeri * Fast Track III, Manjeri * SC/ST Special Court, Manjeri * MACT Court, Manjeri * CJM Court, Manjeri * Judicial First Class Magistrate Court I Manjeri * Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II (Forest) Manjeri * Municiff Court Manjeri Other Government Institutions within Manjeri

* Municipal Office Manjeri * Government Medical College, Manjeri *

Office, Manjeri * AIR Manjeri FM Radio Station * Manjeri Postal Division * Head Post Office Manjeri * Excise Range Office, Manjeri * Excise Office, Manjeri * KSEB North & South Offices, Manjeri * Fire & Resue Unit, Manjeri * BEVCO outlet, Manjeri * Telephone Exchange, Manjeri * KSRTC Station master office, Manjeri * PWD Office, Manjeri * Sub Jail Manjeri * Sales Tax office, Manjeri * Taluk Civil Supply office, Manjeri * Sub Registrar officer, Manjeri * Sub Treasury office, Manjeri * Stamp Dipott Manjeri * Guest House, Manjeri * Water Authority, Anakkayam * Manjeri Circle office * Traffic Unit Manjeri * Cashew nut Research Centre, Anakkayam

Education

Important Educational Institutions within Manjeri *

N.S.S College, Manjeri N.S.S College, Manjeri, is a general degree college located in Manjeri, Malappuram district, Kerala. It was established in 1965. The college is affiliated with Calicut University. The college offers courses in arts, commerce and science. Dep ...

* Eranad Knowledge City, Manjerihttp://www.ekc.edu.in/ * Eranad Knowledge City College of Engineering, Manjeri * Government Medical College, Manjeri * Cooperative Arts & Science College Manjeri * Korambayil Ahammed Haji Memorial Unity Women's College, Manjeri * Govt. Poly Technic Manjeri * Government Boys HSS Manjeri * Govt Girls HSS Manjeri * HMYHSS Manjeri * Govt Higher Secondary School Irumbuzhi Manjeri * Vocational Higher Secondary School Nellikkuth Manjeri * Vocational Higher secondary school Pullanoor * Govt High School Elankoor * Amritha Vidya Peedam Manjeri * NSS English Medium School Manjeri * Govt. LPS Manjeri * Govt.UP School Manjeri * Ace Public School Manjeri * Noble Public School Manjeri * Chinmaya public School * Mubarack English Medium School * Nazareth English medium School * AMUPS Vadakangara * Alfalah Public School * MIC Valluvambram * Blossom Public School * Manavedan UPS Thrikkalangode * Jamia Islamia Higher Secondary school * Shanmugha vilasam School Karikkad * ICS public School Manjeri * Charangavu PMS School Elankur * AMUPS Mullambara * Valluvambram UPS * Khadheeja English Medium Pappinippara * AUPS Pappinippara * Al Huda English Medium Pappinippara * Rahmath Public medium school * AUPS Thottappara * AMLPS Karaparamba * CHM Highschool Pookolathoor * GLPS School Manjeri Vayapparappadi * Good Hope School Mangalassery

Healthcare

Important Healthcare Institutions within Manjeri * Government Medical College, Manjeri * Government General Hospital, Manjeri * Government TB Hospital, Manjeri * Eranad Hospital Manjeri * Prasanthi Hi tech Hospital, Manjeri * Malabar Hospital Manjeri * KMH Hospital Manjeri * Manu Memmorial Hospital Manjeri * Mana sneha Hospital,Muttipalam, Manjeri * Ayurvedic Hospital Mullambara Manjeri * Govt Primary Health Centre Mangalassery * Govt Primary Health Centre Thrippanachi * Veterinary hospital Manjeri * Veterinary hospital Pookolathoor

Finance

Important Financial Institutions within Manjeri * Union Bank Of India Manjeri * KSFE, Manjeri * Thrikkalangode Service Co-operative Bank * Pulpatta Service Co-operative Bank * Service Co-operative Bank Mailuth * Elankur Service Co-operative Bank, Pelepuram * Payyanad Co-operative Service Bank * Ernad Co-operative Bank,

Nilambur Nilambur is a major town, a municipality and a Taluk in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River. This place is also known as 'Teak ...

Road, Manjeri * Anakkayam Service Co-operative Bank * Axis Bank, Manjeri * Bank of Baroda, Manjeri * Bank of India, Manjeri * Canara Bank, Manjeri * Catholic Syrian Bank, Manjeri * Manjeri Co-operative Bank * District Co-Operative Bank, Manjeri * Federal Bank, Manjeri * HDFC Bank, Manjeri * ICICI Bank, Manjeri * Indian Bank, Manjeri * Indian Overseas Bank, Manjeri * Yes Bank, Manjeri * Punjab National Bank, Manjeri * South Indian Bank, Manjeri * Kerala Gramin Bank, Manjeri *

State Bank of India State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is the 49th largest bank in the world by total assets and ranked 221st in the '' Fort ...

Manjeri * Syndicate Bank, Manjeri * UAE Exchange Bank, Manjeri * Cholamandalam Finance, Manjeri * Sreeram Investments Manjeri * Sundram Finance Manjeri * Sree Gokulam Chitts & Finance Manjeri * Manapuram General Finance Leesing Limited, Manjeri * Sree Lakshmi Bankers, Manjeri *VIBGYOR NIDHI LIMITED MANJERI 9625111444

Sports

The

Malappuram District Sports Complex & Football Academy Malappuram District Sports Complex is a sports complex owned by Malappuram District Sports Council, which is located between Payyanad,Manjeri and Malappuram, Kerala, India. The Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium hosted 2013–14 Indian ...

is situated at

, Manjeri. MDSC Stadium was selected as one of two stadiums, along with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, to host the group stages of the

2013–14 Indian Federation Cup The 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup was the 35th edition of the Federation Cup, the main domestic cup competition in Indian football. A total of 16 teams played in this edition of the tournament in which they all entered in the group stage cons ...

. The stadium hosted groups B and D.

Notable people

* Ali Musliyar - Freedom activist. *

Arjun Jayaraj Arjun Jayaraj (born 5 March 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for SC Bengaluru , on loan from Gokulam Kerala. Career Early career Born in Malappuram, Kerala, Arjun is a product of the MSP sports ...

- Footballer. *

Jishnu Balakrishnan Jishnu Balakrishnan (born 26 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kerala Premier League club Kerala United. Career Jishnu piled his trade with NSS College, Manjeri and is a product of Malabar Special P ...

- Footballer. *

- Indian Freedom Fighter. *

M. P. M. Ahammed Kurikkal M. P. M. Ahammed "Bapu" Kurikkal (1921 - 1968) was an Indian politician and social worker who served as the Minister for Local Self Governments in Kerala Government from 1967 to 1968. He conceived the creation of the Malappuram District in centr ...

- Former minister of Kerala. * K. T. Muhammed - Malayalam playwright and screenwriter. *

Ishaq Kurikkal Ishaq Kurikkal is a former member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who, from 1984 to 2006, represented Manjeri of Malappuram district in Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, f ...

- Politician. *

T. K. Hamza T. K. Hamza (born 14 July 1937) is an Indian politician. He was born in Koorad of Wandoor Panchayat. He completed his BA from University of Delhi and BL from Government Law College, Ernakulam. He joined the Manjeri Bar in 1968. He was the Mini ...

- Former minister of Kerala. *

U. A. Latheef U. A. Latheef is an Indian politician belonging to Indian Union Muslim League. He was elected as a member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Manjeri on 2 May 2021. Early life U. A. Latheef was born to Muhammad Haji at Manjeri around 1949. He ...

- Politician, Lawyer. * Shanavas Shanu - Actor. * Anikha - Actress. * Dhanish Karthik - Actor. * M.P. Jabir - Athlete

References

External links

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