Peringolam is a village situated in the west of
Peruvayal
Peruvayal is the largest village in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala. This village is surrounded by Panchayaths of Mavoor, Kunnamangalam, Olavanna and Kozhikode corporation. The Chaliyar river forms one of the borders of Peruva ...
panchayath in
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...
district,
Kerala
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. It is located two kilometers away from
NH 766
National Highway 766 (NH 766) (previously NH-212) is a National Highway in Southern India. NH 766 connects Kozhikode in Kerala with Kollegal in Karnataka via Mysore. Of the total distance of 272 km, 117 km is in Kerala and 155 is in ...
. This village is surrounded by
Kunnamangalam
Kunnamangalam is a growing census town located about 14 km east of Kozhikode (Calicut) city on the Calicut - Bangalore National Highway (NH 766 , Kozhikode - Kollegal). Nearby places are Koduvally, Mukkam, Chathamangalam, and Kattangal. ...
,
Kuttikkatoor, Kurikkathoor and Kottamparamb. Peringolam is famous as a location for several important institutions including
milma
The Kerala Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (KCMMF), Trade name, known by its trade name Milma, is a Statute, state government cooperative society established in 1980 headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It is a statute, state governmen ...
regional headquarter.
Etymology
The word Peringolam derived from two
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 was des ...
words "Peru" means largest and "Kulam" means pond.
Governing Body
Peringolam is a part of Peruvayal Gramapanchayath. It includes two wards, i.e. ward 1 and ward 2.
Educational institutions
* Government Higher Secondary School Peringolam
* Centre for Water Resources Development and Management - CWRDM
*
Kerala School of Mathematics
*
Indian Institute of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busine ...
Kozhikode (IIMK)
*
Anganwadi
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, Santhichira
* Al-Birr Pre-primary School
Industries
* Milma
RCMPU Ltd* Mercy Foods
Places of worship
* Juma' Masjid
* Sree Durga Bagavathi Kshethram
* Srambya Masjid
Cultural centres
* Njanapradhayini Library & Reading Room
* 'Iqra' Library
Cultural groups
* Marhama Edu-support Programme
It is an educational service programme run by
(SIO) Peringolam Unit. Marhama helps students with the distribution of study materials and scholarships.
* Santhi Residents Association
* Pain & Paliative Care
* Lahari Virudha Samithi
It is a common platform of all local political and social groups of Peringolam against narcotic materials. It conducted a Human chain programme on 2 October 2014 at Peringolam.
*Action Committee against alleged Pollution by Milma
References
{{Kozhikode district
Villages in Kozhikode district
Kozhikode east