Perinthalmanna

Perinthalmanna
Municipal town
Perintalmanna
Night view of Perinthalmanna Municipal town
Night view of Perinthalmanna Municipal town
Perinthalmanna is located in Kerala
Perinthalmanna
Perinthalmanna
Location in Kerala, India
Perinthalmanna is located in India
Perinthalmanna
Perinthalmanna
Perinthalmanna (India)
Coordinates: 10°58′36″N 76°13′37″E / 10.9765415°N 76.2269231°E / 10.9765415; 76.2269231
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictMalappuram
TalukPerinthalmanna
Revenue villagesPerintalmanna
Pathaikkara
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • BodyPerinthalmanna Municipality
 • ChairmanP. Shaji (CPI-M)
 • Vice ChairpersonNaseera. A
 • M.L.ANajeeb Kanthapuram (UDF)
Area
 • Total34.41 km2 (13.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total49,723
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
679322
Telephone code04933
Vehicle registrationKL-53
State Assembly ConstituencyPerinthalmanna
Lok Sabha ConstituencyMalappuram
Websitewww.perinthalmannamunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in

Perinthalmanna is a major town and municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative centre for the Perinthalmanna taluk, as well as a revenue division, a community development block, and a police sub-division bearing the same name.[2] It was formerly the headquarters of Valluvanad Taluk, which was one of the two Taluks in the Malappuram Revenue Division of the erstwhile Malabar District during the British Raj.[3] The city is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of the city of Malappuram at the centre of the KozhikodeMalappuram–Perinthalmanna–Palakkad National Highway 966.[4]

It is one of the major commercial centers in the Malappuram district but is not a part of the Malappuram metropolitan area.

The city is home to several medical institutions and one of the three branches of Aligarh Muslim University in India, which is popularly known as AMU Malappuram Campus.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Malappuram census handbook" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Perinthalmanna Block". lsgkerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ 1951 census handbook - Malabar district (PDF). Chennai: Government of Madras. 1953. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ S. Anil Radhakrishnan (24 March 2018). "New Roads, New Vistas". The Hindu.
  5. ^ "Perinthalmanna - About city". Kudumbasree. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Kunju, Shihabudeen (1 March 2017). "AMU Malappuram Centre To Celebrate Annual Day On March 2". NDTV. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Aligarh Muslim University Malappuram Off-centre". amu.ac.in.