Venganellur

Venganellur
Venganelloor
village
Venganellur
Venganellur

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 10°42′0″N 76°20′0″E / 10.70000°N 76.33333°E / 10.70000; 76.33333Coordinates: 10°42′0″N 76°20′0″E / 10.70000°N 76.33333°E / 10.70000; 76.33333
Country  India
State Kerala
District Thrissur
Government
  Body Chelakkara G P
Population (2001)
  Total 10,431
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 680586
Telephone code 0488425
Vehicle registration KL-48
Nearest city Chelakkara
Lok Sabha constituency Alathur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Chelakkara
Civic agency Chelakkara G P
Climate Temperate (Köppen)

Venganellur is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] Areas of Interests:Venganellur Sivakshethram is an ancient temple dedicated to Siva in the form of Thiruveembilappan under control of Cochin Devaswam Board, Trissur. Chakiar koothu is conducted regularly here in Medam month for 30 days. Ashtami in Vrishchikam and Shivarathri are the main festivals being celebrated at this temple. Thalikulam (a pond near this temple) believed to be created by the foot step of Hanuman when he landed here while bringing Mrita sanjeevani to Lakshmanan. The 'Vela' of Venganellur Desam starts from here to Anthimahakalan Temple as part of the festival. NMLP School is the school which offers public instruction. The headquarters of Venganellur Service Cooperative Bank is at Venganellur.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Venganellur had a population of 10431 with 4930 males and 5501 females.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Retrieved 2008-12-10. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)


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