Cheranallur
Sign in to saveCheranallur or Cheranellore or Cheranelloor is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India and lies on the banks of the Periyar River. According to tradition, the area was named by its earlier inhabitants who found this place very fertile and beautiful. The name in the local language of Malayalam means "Good Village of Cheras". thumb|Cheranallur backwaters The National Highway 66, which connects Cochin with Mumbai-Panvel, goes through Cheranalloor crossing the Vallarpadam International Container National Highway National Highway 47C (India) (the only junction between the two highways)
Key facts
- Settlement.parts
- Kanayannur
- Settlement.name
- Cheranelloor
- Settlement.settlement_type
- suburb
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kerala, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ernakulam
- Settlement.parts_type
- Taluks
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 10.59
- Settlement.population_total
- 26330
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 2485
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
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Cheranallur or Cheranellore or Cheranelloor is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India and lies on the banks of the Periyar River. According to tradition, the area was named by its earlier inhabitants who found this place very fertile and beautiful. The name in the local language of Malayalam means "Good Village of Cheras". thumb|Cheranallur backwaters The National Highway 66, which connects Cochin with Mumbai-Panvel, goes through Cheranalloor crossing the Vallarpadam International Container National Highway National Highway 47C (India) (the only junction between the two highways). Cheranallur is a place surrounded by backwaters, and brackish lagoons which are commonplace in Kerala. The former ruler of these area was known as "Cheranallor Karthavu" - he was one of the influential lords around Cochin area before the Sakthan Thampuran of Cochin. Cheranallur is the northern tip of the assembly constituency (which is the only Panchayath within the constituency), Ernakulam, now represented by T. J. Vinod.
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