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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Puzhakkal Block Panchayat
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| settlement_type = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Block Panchayat]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puzhakkal Block Panchayat in [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|10.553255|N|76.166260|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[India]] 
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in Kerala|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluks of Kerala|Taluk]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Thrissur Metropolitan Area|Thrissur]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Block]]
| subdivision_name4 = Puzhakkal Block Panchayat
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| government_type = [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|Block Panchayat]]
| governing_body = Puzhakkal Block Panchayat
| leader_title1 = President of the Block Panchayat
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number]] (PIN)
| postal_code = [http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pincodesearch.aspx 680551] - Puranattukara (Thrissur) PO
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|Telephone code]]
| area_code = [[List of country calling codes|+91]]-[[Subscriber trunk dialling|487]]
| registration_plate = KL-08
| blank1_name_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|Climate]]
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Tropical monsoon]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen Am]])</small>
| website = http://lsgkerala.in/puzhakkalblock/
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'''Puzhakkal Block Panchayat''' is a major block panchayat in Thrissur taluk, [[Thrissur district]] It is located {{convert|6.8|km|mi}} north of [[Thrissur]] city. It is named after [[Puzhakkal River]] that passes through this region.

The [[Gram panchayat|grama panchayats]] that constitute Puzhakkal Block Panchayat are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! [[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayat Name]]
|-
| 1|| [http://lsgkerala.in/adatpanchayat/ Adat]
|-
| 2|| [[Kolazhy Grama Panchayat|Kolazhy]]
|-
| 3|| [[Avanur]]
|-
| 4|| [[Kaiparamba|Kaiparambu]]
|-
| 5|| [[Mulakunnathukavu Grama Panchayat|Mulakunnathukavu]]
|-
| 6|| [[Tholur]]
|}

Being one of the main blocks of the district, the block office is Puranattukara, Thrissur. As major revenue and business block and a residential area of [[Thrissur]] city in [[Kerala]] state, it is mostly either industrial and agricultural.

==Economy==
Now, it has become the most developed suburban area of [[Thrissur]] city. Many of the major nerve centres of Thrissur City, including the Thrissur Collectorate, [[Government Medical College Thrissur]], [[Vilangan Hills]], [[Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA)]], [[Amala Institute of Medical Sciences]], [[Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan]], [[Government Law College, Thrissur]], [[Kendriya Vidyalaya]], District Industries Centre of Kerala Govt., Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises under Government of India(MSME) and many more are in the block.

Many major automotive companies have commercial spaces here, including [[Hero Motors]], [[Tata Motors]], [[Fiat]], [[Ford]], [[Nissan]], [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]], [[Toyota]], [[Suzuki]], [[Honda]] and more. A national-level [[tennis]] academy is also attracting tennis players here.

==Industrial park==
KINFRA is setting up an industrial park in Puzhakkal. The park would be set up in {{convert|50|acre|m2}}. and that the Industries Department would retain {{convert|10|acre|m2}} in it. The enterprises to be set up include units for ornaments, apparels and diamond cutting.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/industrial-park-to-come-up-at-puzhakkal/article4053373.ece
|title=Industrial park to come up at Puzhakkal
|publisher=The Hindu
|location=Kerala, India
|date=2012-11-01}}</ref>

==Puzhakkal Mobility Hub==
A transit terminal Mobility hub also to be set up on lines of [[Puzhakkal Mobility Hub]] to reduce traffic congestion was recently approved to be realised soon.<ref>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/thrissur-mobility-hub-to-become-a-reality-soon/article7442532.ece
|title=Thrissur Mobility Hub to become a reality soon
|publisher=The Hindu
|location=Kerala, India
|date=2015-07-20}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Thrissur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Thrissur district]]
[[Category:Villages in Thrissur district]]

Puzhakkal Block Panchayat - Revision history

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