Charummood
Charummoodu | |
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Town | |
  Charummood Location in Kerala, India  Charummood Charummood (India) | |
| Coordinates: 9°10′21″N 76°36′29″E / 9.172371°N 76.608055°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam language, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 690 505 |
| Telephone code | 0479 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-31 (Mavelikkara) |
| Sex ratio | 1145 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 96.31% |
Charummood is a fast growing town in Mavelikkara Taluk of Alappuzha district in Kerala. Charummood is 12 km east of Kayamkulam , 15 km west of Adoor and 12 km south of Mavelikkara. Charummood Junction is one of the busiest in the district due to intersection of KP Road (Kayamkulam- Punalur Road) and NH 183 (Kollam - Theni Highway). Charummood is also a culturally important place. It celebrates a lot of religious and non religious festivals and programmes every year. The very famous Vetticode Nagaraja Temple is located at a distance of 4 kilometers from Charummood Town. Famous chunakkara mahadevar temple is located at a distance of 4 Km from charummood town, which is famous for sarvam swayambhoo deity and its festival is the first mega festival of entire onattukara area . Padanilam Parabrahma Temple, which is famous for its Sivarathri festival, is about 5 kilometers from Charummood town.
Education[edit | edit source]
Major educational institutions in Charummood are Vikjana Vilasini Higher Secondary School Thamarakkulam(VVHSS Thamarakkulam), St. Marys L.P.S. Charummood, St. Joseph's Convent School Presidency College of Management and Technology, which is MG & Kerala University off-campus Center, Presidency Public School, ISET Polytechnic College.
Places of worship[edit | edit source]
Christian:St Joseph's Convent and St Mary's Syro-Malankara Catholic Church are located near the centre of town. Hindu:Main temples near Charummood are Vetticode Nagaraja Swamy temple, Chunakkara mahadevar temple, Padanilam parabrahma temple etc. Muslim:The main Mosque is Chunakara South Muslim-Jamath and Nouril huda Islam madrasa.
Other places of interest[edit | edit source]
Many banks are located in Charummood like SBT, Federal Bank and other private banks. Nearby hospitals are SN Hospital, St. Thomas Mission Hospital,