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Amarambalam
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thumbnail|Amarabalam Road Amarambalam is a forest village near Nilambur town and conjoins Silent Valley National Park. The main town in Amarambalam is Pookkoottumpadam, located in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is an emerging commercial hub and one of the fastest-growing towns in Nilambur Taluk. The town area is 265.72 km2. Altitude rises sharply from 40 to 2,554 m.
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- village in India
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- India
- Located in
- Malappuram district
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- New Amarambalam Reserved Forest
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- Naxalite threat
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thumbnail|Amarabalam Road Amarambalam is a forest village near Nilambur town and conjoins Silent Valley National Park. The main town in Amarambalam is Pookkoottumpadam, located in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is an emerging commercial hub and one of the fastest-growing towns in Nilambur Taluk. The town area is 265.72 km2. Altitude rises sharply from 40 to 2,554 m.
==New Amarambalam Reserved Forest== The New Amarambalam Reserved Forest is noted for 10 species of threatened or restricted bird species including: lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus), white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), Nilgiri wood-pigeon (Columba elphinstonii) Malabar parakeet (Psittacula columboides) Malabar grey-hornbill (Ocyceros griseus), white-bellied treepie (Dendrocitta leucogastra), grey-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus priocephalus), rufous babbler (Turdoides subrufus), white-bellied blue-flycatcher (Cyornis pallipes) and crimson-backed sunbird (Nectarinia minima).
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