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TOURIST PLACES

A beautiful place where some parts of film Ravan has been shot.Large Mahagani woods are attractive.Shallo water, but some times if careless ,may accidents can occur.

MANAPPATTUCHIRA

Manappattuchira is a small lake located at Malayattoor, a Christian pilgrim center on the banks of the Periyar. The trees surrounding the lake give a greenish tinge to the water. Boating facilities are available. The lake is also known by the name Malayattoor Lake. KTDC Tourist Home, a hotel with all facilities for tourists, is on the shores of the lake. St Thomas Church and Sree Durga Bhagavathi Temple are nearby. Manappattuchira Lake is around 50 km from Kochi. Angamaly Railway Station is 17 km away.

St.Thomas Church,Malayattoor

The St Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic International Shrine, Malayattoor (or Malayatoor Church) is one of the eight international shrines in the world, situated in Malayattoor Angamaly, Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. The Malayatoor Church attracts many devotees from not just India, but from all over the world. The church is associated with the evangelisation activity St. Thomas the Apostle in Kerala.[1] The church here has been designated by the Vatican as one among the eight International shrines in the world.[2][3] It is believed that St. Thomas held prayer at the place where church is situated when he landed in Kerala. The hilltop church is located 15 km away from the town of Kalady. Malayatoor and Kodanad villages are located on the opposite banks of the Periyar river with unspoiled and rustic views of the surroundings.[4] Icon of Throne of Mar Thoma Sleeha November 21 : The Feast of the Arrival of Mar Thoma Sleeha in India and The Feast of the Throne of the Mar Thoma Sleeha

Arattukadavu Sree Durga Devi Temple

Arattu kadavu Sree Durga Devi Kshetram is one of the oldest temple in Malayatoor. It is the only one JalaDurgadevi temple in Kerala

About Village

Malayattoor village is located in Aluva Tehsil of Ernakulam district in Kerala, India. It is situated 26km away from sub-district headquarter Aluva and 35km away from district headquarter Kakkanad.

Demography

As per 2009 stats, Malayattoor Neeleswaram is the gram panchayat of Malayattoor village. Malayattoor has a total population of 14,494 peoples. There are about 3,681 houses in Malayattoor village.

Geography

The total geographical area of village is 2393 hectares. Angamaly is nearest town to Malayattoor which is approximately 16km away.

Socio-Economic

The Malayattoor Village located in Aluva Taluk, 14494 People are living in this Village, 7215 are males and 7279 are females as per 2011 census. Expected Malayattoor population 2020/2021 is between 14,059 and 17,683. Literate people are 12489 out of 6336 are male and 6153 are female. People living in Malayattoor depend on multiple skills, total workers are 6350 out of which men are 4160 and women are 2190. Total 400 Cultivators are depended on agriculture farming out of 348 are cultivated by men and 52 are women. 515 people works in agricultural land as a labour in Malayattoor, men are 363 and 152 are women.

Ecology

Malayattoor is a meeting place of mountain, river, and land.Total geographical area of Malayattoor village is 2393 Hectares. The eastern and northern boundaries of this village enveloped by western Ghats and southern boundary by river Periyar.

Tourism

Athirapilly, Vazhachal are some 25 kilometres from this place. This attracts tourists from all over Kerala. Also the international shrine of Malayattoor welcomes a huge number of pilgrims. Kalady famous as the birthplace of Adi Shankaracharya is also popular among the tourists as it is some 10 kilometres from malayattoor. Mahogany Thottam is also a scenic place nearby. Abhayaranyam ( elephants are trained ) is also near and is a place of interest.

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