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'''Kazhimbram''' is a coastal village in [[Thrissur district]], [[Kerala]], India. It had a population of 7,737 at the 1981 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W17bHzA6I7gC&q=nattika|title=1981 Indian Census|year=1981}}</ref><br />
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==Government and geography==<br />
Kazhimbram is the shoreline settlement associated with the village of [[Edamuttam]], which lies inland.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsYDA_jMWacC |title=Conversations on the Beach: Fishermen's Knowledge, Metaphor and Environmental Change in South India |last=Hoeppe |first=Götz |date=2007 |publisher=Berghahn Books |isbn=9781845450151 |location= |pages=26 |language=en}}</ref> Kazhimbram and Edamuttam share the [[Postal Index Number]] 680568.<ref name="disaster" /> Kazhimbram beach has no sea wall and has suffered from severe [[coastal erosion]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Civil Engineering Division| volume=59 |year=1978|page=383}}</ref> As of 2004 it was observed to be a nesting site for turtles, although people were known to dig up the eggs.<ref>{{citation|title=Study of turtles, traditional practices and rights of fishermen in the Kerala coast and development of an education strategy for protecting the coastal biodiversity through a community based Turtle conservation programme|author=Jayakumar C. & Dillepkumar N.|url=http://www.cds.ac.in/krpcds/report/turtle.pdf|publisher=Thanal Conservation Action and Information Network|year=2004|page=25|via=[[Centre for Development Studies]]}}</ref><br />
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Kazhimbram is located south of [[Valapad]] village and within Valapad [[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayat]]. In the 2015 election Kazhimbram elected a member from the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] to the Grama Panchayat standing committee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/lbelection/2015 |title=LSGI Election 2015: Thrissur - Valapad Grama Panchayat|website=Kerala Local Self Government Department |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref> It is in the [[Panchayat samiti|Block Panchayat]] of [[Thalikulam]], to which in 2015 it elected an [[Indian National Congress]] member.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://lsgkerala.gov.in/index.php/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/88 |title=LSGI Election 2015: Thrissur - Thalikulam Block Panchayat|website=Kerala Local Self Government Department|access-date=2020-01-22 }}</ref> It is part of the [[Tehsil|Taluk]] of [[Chavakkad]].<ref name="disaster" /><br />
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==Education==<br />
Kazhimbram is the location of VPM SNDP Higher Secondary School, and also Pallipram FLPS, a state primary school.<ref name="disaster">{{Citation|title=Thrissur District Disaster Management Plan|year=2016|publisher=Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Kerala|page=73|url=https://sdma.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/8-Thrissur-final.pdf}}</ref><br />
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==Religion==<br />
The Vazhappully Sree Rajarajeshwari temple is located within in the village.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/these-peachicks-refuse-to-leave-their-adopted-home--1.3206498|title=These peachicks refuse to leave their 'adopted home'|date=8 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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