Sooranad

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Sooranad North
Village
Wild grass found in Sooranad
Coordinates: 9°06′52″N 76°38′03″E / 9.1144600°N 76.6340500°E / 9.1144600; 76.6340500
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	27,959
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	690561 (Sooranad North P.O), 690522 (Sooranad P.O)
Telephone code	0476
Vehicle registration	KL-61
Nearest city	Karunagappally
Sex ratio	93.76 ♂/♀
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Kunnathur
Climate	moderate (Köppen)

Sooranad North is a village in Kollam district in the south west Indian state of Kerala.^[1] It is believed that Sooranad was ruled by King SOORAN and hence the name.

The village is part of Kunnathur Taluk, which lies in Kerala's Kollam District and sits on the border of the Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Allappuzha Districts. Sooranad North and Sooranad South are collectively known as Sooranad and have their own local panchayats. Sooranad North covers an area of 22.67 square kilometres (8.75 sq mi) and is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Sasthamcotta, 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Kollam, 90 kilometres (56 mi) from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Karunagappalli, which is the nearest city. Sooranad North's Pin Code is 690561.