Pengamuck is a village 32 kilometers 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 ...

in the state of

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 ...

, India. The word "pengamuck" literally means place of

areca ''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name u ...

nuts, which are grown in the area. Kerala's biggest areca market is at

Pazhanji Pazhanji is a village with near Kunnamkulam in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.The name "Pazhanji" is derived from the Malayalam word for "old". Demographics India census, Pazhanji had a population of 13,339 with 6,352 males a ...

, just 2 kilometers from Pengamuck.

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Villages in Thrissur district {{Thrissur-geo-stub