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Alangad is a village in Paravur Taluk

Paravur Taluk

North Paravur is the capital of Paravur Taluk in Ernakulam District. Paravur Taluk lies in the north western part of Ernakulam district bordering to Thrissur district. The surrounding taluks are Kochi to the west consisting of Vypin Island, Kodungallore to the north, Aluva to the east consisting...

, Ernakulam District

Ernakulam district

-Economy:Agriculture constitutes the most important segment of the district’s economy and it is the biggest source of employment. Of the geographical 235319 hectares, crops are grown in 0 hectares. Coconut is the principal crop followed by rubber, paddy, and tapioca...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 State in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is right in the middle of North Paravur and Aluva. The localities in Alangad are Kottappuram, Neerikodu, Malikampeedika, Panayikulam

Panayikulam

Panayikulam is a small village which falls in the Alangad Grama Panchayat, Paravur Taluk, Kerala, India. A nice place to live in, easily accessible to Aluva Railway Station at 7 km, Nedumbassery International Airport 10 km and the Kochi City at 15 km...

, Thiruvalloor etc. A nice place to live in. Easily accessible to Aluva

Aluva

Aluva , is a suburb of the city of Kochi, situated north of the city center and a municipality in Ernakulam district, Kerala, India. Aluva is also a major industrial center of the state....

 Railway Station at 7 km, Nedumbassery International Airport 10 km and the Kochi

Kochi

-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

 city at 15 km. Near to the industrial area Eloor and Kalamassery areas where the FACT

FACT

FACT may refer to:*Federation Against Copyright Theft*Federation of American Consumers and Travelers*FACT , a protein factor affecting eukaryotic cells...

, HMT

HMT

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  and other factories are situated. Can commute on daily basis to the InfoPark, Kochi

InfoPark, Kochi

Infopark, Kochi is an information technology park situated in Kakkanad, a suburb of the city of Kochi, India. Established in 2004 by the Government of Kerala, Infopark is spread over a campus with more than of built up area, housing over 75 companies which employ around 15,000 professionals...

 which is almost 12 km away.

History

Years back Alangad had its own place in the agricultural industry. The village included greenery of paddy field

Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia. Paddies can be built into steep hillsides as terraces and adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such...

s gave a pleasant welcome to all and full of Coconut

Coconut

The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...

 Trees. Later on the brick business made the paddy fields vanish literally. The village was blessed with great soil in it, which gave good results for all types of agriculture. The place is providing its residents with pure water with no salinity in it and plain beautiful land very close to the Periyar River

Periyar River

Periyar is the longest river in the state of Kerala, India, with a length of 244 km. The Periyar is known as the lifeline of Kerala; it is one of the few perennial rivers in the region and provides drinking water for several major towns...

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The village include many Temples and Churches. Which include the ancient Thiruvalloor Mahadeva Temple, and Alangad-Kunnel Infant Jesus Church. They are very good examples of unity of different religion. We could see people of different religion participating in events related to them.

Education

The village depends on the schools inside or in nearby areas like Paravur and Aluva. And after school students of this village has accessibility to other educational institutions like Union Christian College

Union Christian College

* Union Christian College, Merom, a small co-educational college located in Merom, Indiana, the United States* Union Christian College Aluva, in Aluva, India...

 Aluva, St Xaviers' College for Women, Aluva, Sreenarayana Guru Institute of Science and Technology, North Paravur.

Schools

• KEM High School, Kottappuram, Alangad PO.
• Infant Jesus Senior secondary School Alangad.
• Jama At Public School Alangad.
• Little Flower High School Panayikulam.
• Thiruvalloor LP School, Thiruvalloor.
• St. Mary's LP School Alangad.

Temples

• Thiruvalloor Major Sree Mahadeva Temple, Thiruvalloor
• Keezhanikkavu Vishnu - Bhagavathi Temple Thiruvalloor
• Marayil Bhagavathy Temple, Koduvazhanga
• Sree Krishnapuram Temple, Kottapuram
• Iravipuram Temple, Kottapuram
• Vettakaaran Sree Mahadeva Temple, Alangad
• Alangad Devi Temple, Alangad
• Kunnil Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
• Kaarukunnu Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
• Aattuvatrikovil - Vaathurakkavu Devi Temple

Important Roads

• Paravur-Aluva SH
• Thattapilly-Kongorpilly-Edayar road
• Panayikulam-Kadungallur road
• Kottapuram-Kongorpilly-Varapuzha road
• Aluva-Varapuzha Via Alangad