Pinarayi is a
census town
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India
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in
Kannur district in the Indian
state of
Kerala.
Geography
Pinarayi is from the district headquarters
Kannur. The nearest town and railway station is
Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnat ...
which is away. The village is surrounded by rivers on three sides, and the remaining boundaries consist of five
panchayats
The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...
:
Kadirur,
Dharmadom
Dharmadom or Dharmadam is a census town in Thalassery taluk of Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India. This town is located in between Anjarakandi River and Ummanchira river, and Palayad town and Arabian sea. It is known for the 100-ye ...
,
Peralasseri
Peralasseri is a census town and Panchayat headquarters in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala, situated on the Kannur-Kuthuparamba State Highway 38 (Kerala), 12 km from Kannur city, on the bank of Anjarakandy river.
Geography ...
,
Vengad
Vengad is a gram panchayat situated in Thalassery taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, India, on the banks of the Anjarakandi River. Vengad is famous for its black pepper and handloom. One state seed farm is located in Vengad.
Vengad gram pancha ...
, Kottayam and
Eranholi
Eranholi is a census town and suburb of Thalassery in Tellicherry Municipality in the state of Kerala, India, and located on Tellichery Mysore highway. The nearest town is Chirakkara. Eranholi bridge built across Eranholi river in 1937 which ...
. The
Arabian sea
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is just away. For administrational purposes the panchayat is divided into two villages
Eruvatty
Eruvatty is a village in Kerala, India. It is in the district of Kannur.
Geography
Eruvatty lies beside the river Kuppam. The river in this region is divided into seven branches, which is a destination for birds and biological hotspot of fish. ...
and Pinarayi. Pinarayi consists of 19 wards and almost all wards contains one or more
primary schools.
History
In the 1920s
peasant and teachers organizations were strong in this village and there was widespread support for the
freedom movement. As a part of the independence struggle, a boycott of foreign clothes was conducted in 1930, its leaders being AKG, AK Sankaran Nambiar, Kacherikkandi Chathukkutty and Thattari Kunhiraman. In 1938 seven thousand peasants marched from Pinarayi to Kottayam
Kovilakam
In India, Kovilakam () is the principal manor, estate or palace of a princely Kshatriya (Thampuran,Thampan,Thirumulpad Kshatriya) lineages of Kerala, India. This is the residence, where all who have not succeeded to get Raja
''Raja'' (; ...
for reducing varam and pattam (rent paid by peasants to landlords). The population of Pinarayi during that time was around 10,000. This was considered as the first instance of unified mass movement against landlordism. NE Balaram, NE Nanu, AK Gopalan, Kundancheri Kunhiraman master, Pandyala Gopalan Master, Pinarayi Krishnan master and TV Govindan Nair were the leaders.
Pinarayi is considered as a CPI(M) bastion after the division of CPI in 1964, and the first meeting of the Communist party of India was held at a place called Paraparam in Pinarayi and communist party formally constituted in this meeting.
Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian Communist politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving se ...
, the former State Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the chief minister elect in May 2016, is a native of this village, and he is usually simply referred to by his village name Pinarayi.
Panchayat Presidents
*1957-1961: Krishnan.P.M (un-united Pinarayi)
*1961-1964: Kunhukutty master
*1964-1967: TV Achuthan Nair
*1967-1979: P Nanu
*1979-1994: Pandyala Gopalan master
*1995-2005: Kakkoth Rajan
*2005-2010: V Leela
*2010-2015: Konki Raveendran
*2015-2020: Geethamma
*FROM 2020: KK RAJEEVAN
Education
Pinarayi has had
primary education
Primary education or elementary education is typically the first stage of formal education, coming after preschool/kindergarten and before secondary school. Primary education takes place in ''primary schools'', ''elementary schools'', or first ...
for more than 150 years.
Kulathumkara village school that was established in the 1840s by Therela Kannan Gurikkal was later renamed as Therala lower primary school. However, in 1992 the Kerala state government closed the school arguing that it was uneconomic.
The
Roman Catholic Amala Basic UP school was founded in 1919 by a missionary by the name of Fernandes, the first school in the village to provide
English-medium education
An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students.
Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland ...
, drawing students also from neighbouring villages.
On 10 June 1977 a
high school was inaugurated at Pinarayi in the memory of the
communist leader AKG. Its campus has an area of . Later this school was upgraded to higher secondary. High school and higher secondary studies are offered mainly by the A.K.G Memorial Higher secondary school. With the exception of this high school all the other schools were established in first part of 19th century. In total there are 9 lower primary schools and 6 upper primary schools and all these are under private management. There is a Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) maintained by Government of Kerala. A computer training facility is offered by the Pinarayi Electronics Industrial co-operative society (PELISO).
Economy
The main occupation is
Beedi
A beedi (also spelled bidi or biri) is a thin cigarette or mini-cigar filled with tobacco flake and commonly wrapped in a tendu (''Diospyros melanoxylon'') or '' Piliostigma racemosum'' leaf tied with a string or adhesive at one end. It orig ...
manufacturing in which the
co-operative society
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Dinesh has a monopoly. Pinarayi is an industrially backward village. Modern industrial establishments are not there.
Electricity reached this village in 1958 and was inaugurated by the then Electricity Minister of Kerala
VR Krishna Iyer.
Co-operative societies
But Co-operative sector is very strong and it compensated to industrial backwardness to an extent. This village is considered to be having the highest number of Co-operative societies. Around 35 co-operative societies are there in this village. First co-operative society of this village was started in 1922. Totally there are 3 credit societies, 16 industrial co-operative societies, 6 school co-operative societies and 2 others. Peoples are the ultimate decision makers and investors in these societies. These societies are providing service in almost every aspect of life like banking, education, printing, milk and public distributions, garments manufacturing, hotels, health care, recreations, markets and stores, manufacturing, Information Technology etc. Pinarayi Service co-operative bank, Pinarayi Industrial co-operative society, Pinarayi beedi workers Industrial co-operative society (DINESH), Pinarayi women's multi Industrial co-operative society are leading co-operative societies. More than 2000 peoples are working in beedi manufacturing sector. Pole casting unit in Pinarayi Industrial co-operative society manufactures 7m, 8m and 9m pre stressed concrete poles and supplies to Kerala State Electricity Board for using in the construction of distribution lines.
Peoples Planning Programme
Peoples Planning Programme revolutionized the development of the Panchayat. Pinarayi grama panchayat was chosen as the best panchayat in the district. Its grama sabha meetings registered a consistently high attendance, its 121 neighborhood committees have been active, it has achieved a 100 per cent revenue and tax collection record, and its utilization of plan funds - especially those in the productive sector - has been outstanding. It has been particularly successful in the implementation of its total sanitation programme whereby 2,500 houses have been provided with private latrines. This panchayat is a busy, focused unit of administration that has its ears to the ground. In coming years it is our responsibility to prove that we are among the best in the country.
Demographics
As of
2011 Census, Pinarayi had a population of 16,801 where males constitute 46.3% of the population and females 53.7%. Pinarayi
census town
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India
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spreads over an area of with 3,922 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 1,158 higher than state average of 1,084. Pinarayi had an average literacy rate of 97.4%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 98.7%, and female literacy is 96.3%. In Pinarayi, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Pinarayi Panchayat have administration over Pinarayi and
Eruvatti census towns.
Places of worship
Seven
mosques and 43
Hindu temples are located in this panchayat.
Transportation
The national highway passes through
Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnat ...
town. Goa and
Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and
Cochin
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Ke ...
and
Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of
Iritty connects to
Mysore
Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
and
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
. The nearest railway station is
Thalassery
Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnat ...
on
Mangalore-
Palakkad line.
Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at
Kannur,
Mangalore and
Calicut
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 ...
. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.
Famous people
Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian Communist politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala, serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is the longest-serving se ...
See also
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Kannavam
Kannavam is a Village in Thalassery Taluk in Kannur District of Kerala State, India. It comes under Chittaripparamba Panchayat. It is located south east of District headquarters Kannur, east of Kuthuparamba and from State capital Thiruvana ...
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Mavilayi
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Thrippangottur
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Panoor
Panoor is a Municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the City of Thalassery. Panoor got mu ...
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Peravoor
Peravoor is a small town and Grama Panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. It is located east of Kannur and north east of Thalassery. And Iritty, the nearest municipality is north of Peravoor. Peravoor is situated in the Wes ...
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Kottayam-Malabar
Kottayam-Malabar is a census town near Kuthuparamba in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. It is different from the city of Kottayam in Kottayam district of the same state.
History
Kingdom of Kottayam is a historic province of old Mala ...
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Mattanur
Mattanur, also spelled Mattannur, is a town, municipality, and an aerotropolis in Kannur district, Kerala, India. Mattanur is about 27 km east of Kannur and Thalassery, two major towns of the district.
Mattanur lies between Kannur, ...
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Kannur
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Mangalore
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Iritty
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Mangattidam
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Pathiriyad
Pathiriyad is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Transportation
The national highway passes through Thalassery town. Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthap ...
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Manantheri
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Cheruvanchery
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Mambaram
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Kadamkunnu
References
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