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Chevvoor

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Chevoor is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Chevvoor, or Chovvur as it is called in the Indian postal department, is 9 km from Thrissur city on the Thrissur-Irinjalakuda/Kodungallor/Thriprayar route. It is a little hillock surrounded by paddy fields. The name Chevvoor could have been derived from the fact that this place was developed, with levelled roads and living areas (Chovvulla Ur in Malayalam means straightened place).

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Place details

Locality
Cherpu
Region
Kerala
Country
India
Population
16,086

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Chevoor
Settlement.other_name
Chovvur, Chovoor
Settlement.nickname
Furniture City
Settlement.settlement_type
Census Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Kerala
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
Thrissur
Settlement.governing_body
Avinissery Grama Panchayath, Cherpu Grama Panchayath
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
17373
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.timezone1
IST

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
6.09
Elevation
13
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Dialing code
0487
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postal code
680027
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Bus Routes
  • The Furniture Hub
  • Educational institutions
  • Schools
  • Religion
  • Churches in Chevoor
  • Temples in Chevoor
  • References
  • Further reading

Chevoor is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Chevvoor, or Chovvur as it is called in the Indian postal department, is 9 km from Thrissur city on the Thrissur-Irinjalakuda/Kodungallor/Thriprayar route. It is a little hillock surrounded by paddy fields. The name Chevvoor could have been derived from the fact that this place was developed, with levelled roads and living areas (Chovvulla Ur in Malayalam means straightened place).

==Demographics== Indian census, Chevvoor had a population of 17,373. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Chevvoor has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 86% and female literacy of 82%. Eleven percent of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chevvoor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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