Aryanadu is a village town in
Thiruvananthapuram district
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Kerala
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, lying under the
foothill
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s of the
Agastyarkoodam of the
Sahya mountains. The village is spread along the sides of Karamana River in the western ghats of Agasthya Mountains. The Aryanad Panchayath has border with Uzhamalakkal, Vellanad, Poovachal, Kuttichal, Vithura, Tholickode panchayaths. Aryanad is residing
Nedumangad Taluk and
Aruvikkara Legislative Assembly. It is situated around 25 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
G. Steephen is the current sitting MLA of Aryanad (Aruvikkara Constituency).
History
Old agers quotes "Aryanmarude (Aryas) Nadu" which literally means "Land of Aryans" is the abbreviated form of Aryanadu.
Geography
The town is a Grama Panchayat consists of 17 wards. It is situated nearly 25 km east from
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...
,13 km south from
Vithura, 10 km south from
Nedumangad and 10 km north from
Kattakkada. 3 km north from
Kuttichal
One of the river originates from the South Western Ghats region the Karamana river, which is the main drinking water supplier to the Thiruvananthapuram city, flows through Aryanadu. Through Aryanadu the State Highway roads Nedumangad-Shorlakkodu (Tamil-Nadu) and
HillHighway (
StateHighway59 ) runs.
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Aryanad had a population of 27398 with 13037 males and 14361 females.
Economy
Aryanadu is a typical Kerala model village. This is purely an agricultural oriented Panchayath; coconut, rubber, banana, and vegetables are the main farming items.
Main sights
There are several heritage sites, for example temples such as Tholoor Chempakamangalam Devi Temple, Ayyankala Madam, cherukkunnil sree annapoorneswari temple choozha and some historic places of interest like "kottas" (walls) and the legendary site "Thoongan para" (hanging rock).
There are also major educational institutions like Govt.ITI, Vocational & HS Schools, Govt. hospital, Police Station, KSRTC bus stand, PWD Guest House located here.
Politics
Ariyanad assembly constituency is part of
Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency).
References
Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district
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