Pandalam

Pandalam
Panthalam
Municipality
Pandalam Palace
NSS College Pandalam Mannam Ayurveda Co-operative Medical College,
Achankovil River
Kettukazhcha at Pandalam Mahadeva Temple
Nickname: 
Kurunthottayam
Pandalam is located in Kerala
Pandalam
Pandalam
Location in Kerala, India
Pandalam is located in India
Pandalam
Pandalam
Pandalam (India)
Coordinates: 9°13′30″N 76°40′44″E / 9.225°N 76.679°E / 9.225; 76.679
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictPathanamthitta District
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Municipal ChairpersonSusheela Santhosh (BJP)
Area
 • Total28.42 km2 (10.97 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total42,793[1]
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
689501
Telephone code+91
Vehicle registrationKL 26
Lok Sabha constituencyPathanamthitta
Official websitepandalammunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in/en/

Pandalam is a municipality in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India.[2] Pandalam is known for its connection with Ayyappan and Sabarimala. It recognised as the cultural capital of Travancore, Pandalam hosts educational institutions ranging from reputed schools to post graduate, training, Ayurveda,[3] and engineering colleges. There are seven colleges and 23 schools at Pandalam, including N. S. S. College, Pandalam. The Kerala state government plans to make the place a special Township,[4] by including the Pandalam municipality and Kulanada panchayat.[5]

The neighborhoods of Pandalam town include Thumpamon, Pandalam Thekkekara, Kulanada, Nooranad, Padanilam, Venmony, .

  1. ^ Population of Pandalam Municipality, 2015
  2. ^ https://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Ayurveda varsity taking shape at Pandalam — Defunct sugar mill's brush with health". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Pandalam to be made a special township: V.S. Sivakumar". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Government to set up township at Pandalam". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 January 2014.