About Village
Palode is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala.Palode town is 35 km from Thiruvananthapuram city and 17 km from Nedumangad municipality. Palode is surrounded by Western Ghats. Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden is situated near Palode. Palode is town in Thiruvananthapuram-Thenmala State Highway-2. Palode town is a small hamlet on the foothills of the Western Ghats covered by Rubber plantations and Forest.
Demography
Palode had a population of 14,922 in 2011 with 7,005 males and 7,917 females.
Geography
Palode is located 8.7033N,77.0264E. Palode is 35 km North East from Thiruvananthapuram city, Palode town is a small hamlet on the foothills of the Western Ghats covered by Rubber plantations and Forest. Vamanapuram river passes through Palode. Palode is surrounded by Peringammala, Nanniyode and Pangode Panchayath.
Socio-Economic
Palode is predominantly an agriculture-dependent village and most of the people have directly or indirectly been involved in agriculture for their livelihood. With the spread of rubber cultivations in the 1970s and 1980s in the eastern regions of Kerala, farmers of Palode quickly moved over from Coconut and Paddy cultivations to Rubber, attracted by its high Return on Investment. In the 1990s, a lot of village youth traveled to the Middle East countries in search of jobs and, by now, a good number of adults from the village is working abroad and, therefore, remittance is also a good source of income. Flow of remittance has resulted in increase in the number of concrete buildings, replacing the old thatched and tiled houses.
Ecology
Palode town is a small hamlet on the foothills of the Western Ghats covered by Rubber plantations and Forest.
Tourism
Palode Mela one of the traditional agricultural trade fare that has been started since 1962. Now it flourished the national fest of south kerala. February 7 to 16 people celebrate this Mela .More than 50000 peoples visits per year this Mela. When the period of cattles rolled the economic position of society, before the time of globalization and economic liberation , the farmers started this mela as a trade fare.