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29-516: Paravur Taluk , IPA: [pɐrɐʋuːr] , is a taluk of Ernakulam District in the Indian State of Kerala . North Paravur is the capital of the taluk. Paravur Taluk lies in the north western part of Ernakulam district bordering Thrissur district . The surrounding taluks are Kochi to the west consisting of Vypin Island, Kodungallur to the north, Chalakudy to the north consisting of Mala, Aluva to

58-449: A designated place within tehsil area known as tehsil headquarters. Tehsildar is the incharge of tehsil office. This is similar to district office or district collector at district level. Throughout India, there is a three-tier local body/Panchayat system within the state. At the top is the zila/zilla panchayat (parishad). Taluka/mandal panchayat/panchayat samiti/community development block is the second layer of this system and below them are

87-423: A location near HMT, was where elephants from Thrikkakara Temple was taken for rest after celebrations at the temple. During the course of time Kalabhasery became Kalamassery. Historically, the prominent area was called Njalakam, place with a prominent Juma Masjid, but during the time of creation of Kalamassery Panchayat which includes Njalakam, it was decided to name the area Kalamassery instead of Njalakam due to

116-446: A newer unit called mandal (circle) has come to replace the tehsil system. It is generally smaller than a tehsil, and is meant for facilitating local self-government in the panchayat system . In West Bengal , Bihar, Jharkhand, community development blocks are the empowered grassroots administrative unit, replacing tehsils. Tehsil office is primarily tasked with land revenue administration, besides election and executive functions. It

145-623: A period of the last two hundred years. The gallery also displays a mural painting based on the classical Sanskrit drama Shakuntalam executed in the traditional Kerala. The mural, at 25 feet long and 5 feet wide, is one of the largest in Kerala. The Science Park is a project of the Kerala government and is located near the Government Medical College , Kalamassery. It houses various attractions for children including an amphitheatre and

174-402: A population of 63,176. Sex ratio is 956 females per 1000 males. Kalamassery has an average literacy rate of 84%, which is significantly higher than the national average of 59.5%. Male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 82%. In Kalamassery, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hinduism is the most professed religion at 41%, followed by Islam (34%). FACT, India's 1st large scale unit

203-576: A population of 70,776 people, and a population density of 2,621/km (6,790/sq mi). Kalamassery is a major hub for industrial and IT activities in Kochi. The Kalamassery Industrial Estate set up by the Government of Kerala is home to many major companies. Kalamassery is also home to educational institutions such as the National University of Advanced Legal Studies , Ernakulam Medical College , and

232-480: Is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks. Nevertheless, the two are often conflated. India, as a vast country, is subdivided into many states and union territories for administrative purposes. Further divisions of these states are known as districts . These districts (zila/zilla) are again divided into many subdivisions , viz tehsils or taluks. These subdivisions are again divided into gram panchayats or village panchayats. Initially, this

261-511: Is as an Industrial area, with small scale industries such as perfume making industries and plastic recycling industries. Many people are engaged in employment through these industries. There are also Kudumbasree associations, employing many women. The Main Headquarters of Vodafone India is at South Kalamassery. The largest shopping mall in India - LuLu International Shopping Mall started in 2013

290-636: Is at Edapally toll, which is a part of Kalamasserry Municipality. Kalamassery is home to 3 Kochi Metro stations: Museum of Kerala History is situated near Pathadippalam Metro Station . It has representations of 87 figures who shaped the history and culture of Kerala in the last two thousand years. The museum has a collection of 150 dolls, all hand-made and detailed, representing the cultural and ethnic diversity of India. The dolls represent young men and women from Gujarat to Nagaland and from Kashmir to Kanyakumari . The gallery depicts mainly specimens of Indian contemporary art (painting and sculpture) over

319-768: Is at Kalamassery . The Kochi Metro Casting Yard and Metro Village is located at HMT Colony in Kalamassery . The Science City, Startup Village, KINFRA are at Kalamassery. The Water from Periyar is supplied to Kochi City by Various pipes placed which are managed by the PWD and the Kerala Water Authority. India's first telecom incubation center located in kalamassery. There are also many small scale industries in Kalamassery like St Antony Industries, Micro Tools, Ambadan Industries, Vellappally Manufacturing Industry, Pottekattu Rubbers Pvt. Ltd, Logiwiz, Bajaj etc. A part of South Kalamassery

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348-1470: Is situated at Chennamangalam Jn. Kongorppilly, Neerikkod, Olanad, Panaikulam, Koduvazhanga, Thiruvalloor Kurumbathuruth, Kadalvathuruth, Gothurutgothuruthh, Thekkethuruth, Kootukad, Karimbadam, Palathuruth Puthiyakav, Parayakad, Cheriya Pallamthuruth, Alamthuruth, Neendoor, Pattanam, Mannam, Thanipadam Nandhiattukunnam, Kedamangalam, Palliackal Eramam, Binanipuram, Muppathadam, Elookara, Kunjunnikkara, Uliyannoor Manjaly, Aduvathuruth, Veliathunad Kaitharam, Kuttanthuruth, Vaniakad, Valluvally, Thathappilly, Koonammavu North Kuthiathodu, Ayroor, Kuttippuzha, Chalakka, Thekke Aduvassery, Kunnuvayal Thuruthoor, Manancherykunnu, Elanthikkara, Chathedam, Pazhampillithuruthu, Cherukadapuram, Thelathuruth Maliankara, Kottuvallikad, Chettikkad, Moothakunnam, Andippillikavu, Vavakad, Paliathuruth, Madaplathuruth, Thuruthippuram, Kunjithai, Muravanthuruth Puthanpally, Thundathumkadav Schools coming under Paravur Sub-educational district Schools Temples Churches Masjid The assembly constituencies are Paravoor and Kalamassery including whole of Paravur Taluk. Paravur constituency consists of Puthanvelikkara , Vadakkekara , Chendamangalam , Chittatukara , Parur , Ezhikkara , Kottuvally , Varappuzha . Kalamassery constituency consists of Kunnukara , Karumalloor , Kadungalloor , Alengad , Eloor , Kalamassery . Paravur, Kalamassery constituencies belong to Ernakulam Parliamentary constituency. These are

377-519: Is the sub-district of a district, similarly, Nayabat is the sub-tehsil of a tehsil. Kalamassery Kalamassery ( [kɐɭɐmɐʃːeːɾi] ) is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala , India . It is a prominent industrial region in the Kochi metropolitan area , and is located 9 km (5.6 mi) northeast of the Kochi city centre. As per the 2011 Indian census , Kalamassery had

406-450: Is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters. The chief official is called the tehsildar or, less officially, the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar . Tehsil or taluk can be considered sub-districts in the Indian context. In some instances, tehsils overlap with " blocks " (panchayat union blocks or panchayat development blocks or cd blocks) and come under

435-640: The Cochin University of Science and Technology . The area's location along the NH 66 and proximity to the IT centres in Kakkanad has enabled it to see a large spurt in economic development since the 1980s. The name Kalamassery is derived from Kalabhasery . In Malayalam , a word can have multiple meanings: in common usage "kalabham" means yellow sandalwood paste, and in literary Malayalam, it can mean Elephant . Kalabhasery,

464-442: The district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact. Tehsildar is the chief or key government officer of each tehsil or taluka. In some states different nomenclature like talukdar, mamledar, amaldar, mandal officer is used. In many states of India, the tehsildar functions as the executive magistrate of that tehsil. Each tehsil will have an office called tehsil office or tehsildar office at

493-623: The Hindu Nair homes and temples. They are the best ecology for animals and birds. Fish are abundant in this serene taluk. Parur , Ezhikkara , Eloor , Chittatukara , Chendamangalam , Vadakkekara , Kottuvally , Kunnukara , Karumalloor , Varappuzha , Puthenvelikkara , Kadungalloor , Moothakunnam , Alangad . The Block Panchayats are Paravur and Alengad . Parur State warehouse is situated at Vaniakkadu. Parur Block Development Office at Kaitharam. There are lot of Co-Operative banks, Society and Sahakarana Sangams in taluk. The Agricultural Bank

522-498: The Premier Tyres plant in Kalamassery. The Hindustan Machine Tools also known as HMT is also located at the hearts of Kalamassery . Merchem and Carborundum Universal Electro-minerals division has its offices at South Kalamassery. Many Vehicle aftersales - service centres like Toyota , Renault , Nissan , Volkswagen , Fiat India Automobiles etc., are located at Kalamassery. The Kerala State Electricity Board or KSEB sub-division

551-527: The east consisting of Angamaly, Nedumbassery and Aluva, Kanayanur to the south consisting of Cochin City. Paravur is a part of Kochi urban agglomeration area . The western parts of taluk are coastal areas with cultivations like prawn and pokkali rice. The eastern parts are fertile lands. The heavy industries of Kochi is located in Udyogmandal area of the taluk. Parur taluk was prominent in the history of Kerala. Taluk

580-443: The gram panchayats or village panchayats. These panchayats at all three levels have elected members from eligible voters of particular subdivisions. These elected members form the bodies which help the administration in policy-making, development works, and bringing grievances of the common public to the notice of the administration. Nayabat is the lower part of tehsil which have some powers like tehsil. It can be understood as tehsil

609-456: The growth of Kalamassery. A primary driver of growth was the nearby Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) in Udyogamandal. Employees of FACT would regularly visit Kalamassery for shopping and other purposes. Many settled down in Kalamassery after retirement in places like Santhinagar and Santhinagar Annexe. This growth was brought about by new industries like HMT in that area. Later,

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638-509: The land and revenue department, headed by the tehsildar; and blocks come under the rural development department, headed by the block development officer and serve different government administrative functions over the same or similar geographical area. Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue division, known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct. For example, Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state

667-438: The rapid growth of Kalamassery led to it being promoted to a Municipality. The soils consists mainly of recent sediments (Alluvium, Teri's, Brown sand etc.). Red colored sticky soil is also found in these areas. The climate is generally tropical, heavy rains from the southwest and northeast monsoon are common from June through September. The average annual rainfall is about 350 cm. As of 2001 India census , Kalamassery had

696-548: The term tehsil is commonly used in all northern states . In Maharashtra , Gujarat , Goa , Karnataka , Kerala and Tamil Nadu , taluka or taluk is more common. In Eastern India , instead of tehsils, the term Subdivision is used in Bihar , Assam , Jharkhand and West Bengal , as well as large parts of Northeast India ( Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim and Tripura ). In Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland , they are called circle . Tehsil/tahsil and taluk/taluka and

725-488: The variants are used as English words without further translation. Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil, like a county, is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city, town, or village, but subordinate to a larger state or province. India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy (or more than one, at least in parts of India):

754-456: The villages other than panchayat headquarters. Panayikulam , Pathalam , Koonammavu , Thuruthipuram , Maliankara , Koottukad , Pattanam , Kottayil Kovilakam , Karingamthuruth , Gothuruth , Parayakad , Vavakkad , Madaplathuruth , Kuriapilly , Kunjithai , Elenthikara , Chathedom , Manjaly , Valluvalli . Online media Taluk Supply Office, N Parur Distances from Parur Cities Taluk In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ,

783-545: Was an attraction to Kochi, Malabar and Travancore Kingdoms. Parur has got its own brands like The land has one of the highest densities of coconut trees . The land also boasts a wide range of other birds and animals. The kingfisher നീലപ്പൊന്മാൻ is common bird in this land and others include black bulbul (depend on the season) brown falcon , crow , woodpecker , sparrow , ravens , pigeons , African fish eagle and cuckoos . The land also has cows, goats, etc. We can see so many sarpa kavu abode of snakes സർപ്പക്കാവ് near

812-402: Was done for collecting land revenue and administration purposes. But now these subdivisions are governed in tandem with other departments of government like education, agriculture, irrigation, health, police, etc. The different departments of state government generally have offices at tehsil or taluk level to facilitate good governance and to provide facilities to common people easily. In India,

841-500: Was set up in 1943 for production of fertiliser. In 1947, FACT Udyogamandal started production of ammonium sulphate with an installed capacity of 10,000 MT nitrogen. FACT became a Kerala State Public Sector Enterprise on 15 August 1960 and on 21 November 1962; the Government of India became a major Shareholder. FACT engineering works was established on 13 April 1966. Aluminium oxide is also produced in Kalamassery. Apollo Tyres acquired

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