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Cherickal

Cherickal is a locality in the city of Pandalam. Geographically it is situated in the eastern ending of Alappuzha district and western part of Pathanamthitta district. Southern end of cherickal is on the verge of alappuzha District (in fact cherickal formed a part of alappuzha, before it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Pathanamthitta District). Part of Pandalam Municipality and Adoor Taluk, Cherickal comes under the Pathanamthitta Parliamentary and Adoor Assembly Constituencies.

Cherickal is encompassed by valleys, paddy fields, rivulets and streams, as well as country roads that pass through rubber plantations and dales.

Institutions and FacilitiesEdit

mannam ayurvedic medical college is located in Cherickal.[1]

The only one school in cherickal is SVLP school, a government-run primary school.

Govt. ITI cherickal, Pandalam (Under SC department Govt. of Kerala) [2]

How to get to the village of CherickalEdit

Cherickal borders two districts - Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta - thus encompassing both districts. If you are coming via Alappuzha, the ideal place to start your trip is Kayamkulam . NH 47 passes through the town of Kayamkulam and connects Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi . From Kayamkulm one should travel to pandalam by bus. From pandalam you will get buses and autorickshaws to cherickal. But if you are traveling by the main central road (MC road), connecting Cochin and Trivandrum , then Pandalam is the ideal place to alight . If you are traveling by train, alight at Chengannur Train Station . From there you will get KSRTC buses to Pandalam.

From pandalam it is very easy to go to cherickal. Go to the autorickshaw stand in front of the pandalam municipality, approach an autorickshaw driver, say the name of the person you want to meet. He will guide you to the right path.

Significant people of CherickalEdit

  • PK Kumaran : (ex. MLA). Former Travencore Devaswam Board Member, Formerly, CPI (M) District committe Member [3]
  • Pandalam Bharathan: (Teacher, speaker, artist, politician) (Formerly, President of kerala Sambavar Society, Member of the Executive committee JSS (Gouriyamma)) [4]
  • P. K. Rajan Pazhayakalayil (Formerly, state President of Kerala pulayar mahasabha.)
  • Lal Krishna ( musician, song writer)
  • KN Achuthan (Member of the State Committee Bharatheeya Dalith Congress, Pathanamthitta District President. Formerly, Member of the Advisory Board of the Sc / ST council kerala)
  • Suresh Kesavan (Commandant,DHQ Cochin City at Kerala Police)
  • Dr. Suresh Kumar TV ( PhD, University of Kerala, currently Assistant Librarian at MG University Library)[5]
  • Anup Pandalam (Director, film actor) Anup announced his movie shafeekinte santhosham starring unni mukundan.[6] [7]
  • Dr. Syam Mohan (PhD, heriot Watt University UK, Research Associate, University of Edinburgh, UK)[8][9]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "MANNAM AYURVEDA CO-OPERATIVE MEDICAL COLLEGE". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "GOVERNMENT ITI [SCDD] PANDALAM". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "PK Kumaran". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pandalam Bharathan UDF candidate 1996 assembly election Pandalam". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "MGU Library Staff: Dr TV Suresh Kumar". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദന്‍റെ 'ഷെഫീക്കിന്‍റെ സന്തോഷം'; പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച് മമ്മൂട്ടി". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "സംവിധാനരംഗത്തേക്ക് ചുവടുവെച്ച് അനൂപ് പന്തളം; ഉണ്ണി മുകുന്ദൻ നായകനാകുന്ന 'ഷെഫീക്കിന്റെ സന്തോഷം' ഒരുങ്ങുന്നു". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Syam Mohan". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "www.syammohan.com". Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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