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About Village

Nallepilly is a Village in Chittur Block in Palakkad District of Kerala State, India. It belongs to Central Kerala Division . It is located 18 KM towards East from District head quarters Palakkad. 8 KM from Chittur. 295 KM from State capital Thiruvananthapuram

Demography

As of 2001 India census, Nallepilly had a population of 32,044 with 15,566 males and 16,478 females.

Geography

Nallepilly is a village in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India. It is the main village of the Nalleppilly gram panchayat and forms a part of Chittur taluk

Socio-Economic

Nallepilly resembles yet another Palakkad village with lush greenery and vast expanses of rice fields.

Ecology

this leafy remote village in Chittur taluk is famous among seismologists in and outside the country as it was the epicentre of a massive earthquake that shook South India on February 8, 1900 The younger generation here seems unaware of the incident. But Nallepilly reminds us that the whole of south India is not free from seismic activities, especially at a time when huge developmental and industrial activities are being undertaken unmindful of their environmental consequences.