Cheriyanad

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Cheriyanad ചെറിയനാട്
Village
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Coordinates: 9°16′07″N 76°35′14″E / 9.2687200°N 76.587230°ECoordinates: 9°16′07″N 76°35′14″E / 9.2687200°N 76.587230°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	KL-30/31

Cheriyanad is a village in Kerala state of India. It lies in the Central Travancore Region, and specifically comes under Chengannur taluk in Alappuzha District. It is placed almost midway between Chengannur and Mavelikkara towns. Cheriyanad is a special grade panchayat. Cheriyanad Sri Balasubrahmanya Swami Temple and St. Jude Malankara Catholic Church are a famous spot in Cheriyanad.

History

Cheriyanad was once located on the boundary of the Kingdom of the Kayamkulam Raja and in 1746 along with the rest of the kingdom it was annexed to Travancore. Cheriyanad possesses a Pada Nilam or a battlefield which is now occupied by a school. Till the 1980s, there was a "Kalithattu" (a raised square platform fortified with four heavy stones at the borders and a banyan tree as well. During temple festival, the famous "Pallivilakku (High rise wooden rath with lighted lamps)] from each Kara brought to the ground. Even now, the tradition continues.

Traditionally, Cheriyanad consisted of nine original Karas or villages which are now: Athimanchery, Edavankadu, Mandapariyaram, Thuruthimal, Moolikode, Edamuri, Mampara, Ariunnisery, and Alakode. For administrative purposes it is subdivided into 14 Karas. Cheriyanad] is home to an important Temple, located west of Padanilam jn; (500 m) Mavelikkara-Puliyoor-Chengannur road, of the Hindu deity Subramanian which is included in the jurisdiction of the high priests of the Sabarimala Temple, the Thazhamon Madhom Namboodiri family of Chengannur. This temple is located in the heart of Cheriyanad.

Schools, Hospitals, companies

Cheriyanad village has the following important schools:

• Sri Neelakanda Vidyapeedam
• St. Joseph's English medium school
• Sri Vijayeshwari Higher secondary school
• Devaswom Board Higher Secondary School
• Govt. Junior Boys School

Hospitals:

• Sanjivani Multi Specialty Hospital, Kollakadavu
• Govt. Primary Health Centre

Rail and Road Access

Cheriyanad Railway Station sign board

Cheriyanad is just 7 km from the town of Chengannur and an equal distance to the town of Mavelikkara.Both these towns have Railway stations at which most of the important trains stop.

Cheriyand Railway station

Cheriyanad itself has a railway station where the passenger trains and one express train stops in the morning as well as in the evening. Recent developments include constructing a Warehousing Godown with cold storage facilities within the railway station premises where Food and Vegetable items can be stored.

A travel to Chengannur on bus will cost you Rs.10.0 only and to Mavelikkara Rs.10.0 only but using train it will come down to Rs 5 only. Frequency of buses is approximately 10 minutes. Buses are also available directly to Kayankulam/Haripad from where you can catch buses that ply on NH 47 towards Trivandrum and Kochi. For travelling via MC Road you can catch buses at Chengannur. Trivandrum is around 115 km from Cheriyanad whereas Cochin is 106 km (85 km by rail) far.