Ottapalam
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| Ottapalam ഒറ്റപ്പാലം |
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| Town | |
| Main Road Ottapalam Near Busstand
Main Road Ottapalam Near Busstand
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| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Palakkad |
| Assembly constituency | Ottapalam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Ottapalam Municipality |
| • MP | M. B. Rajesh (CPI(M)) |
| • MLA | P. Unni[1] |
| • Chairman | N.M Narayanan Namboothiri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2011 Census)[2] | |
| • Total | 53,790 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Palakkad district |
| • Density | 1,645/km2 (4,260/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Pincode | 679 101 |
| Area code(s) | 0466 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-51 |
| Sex ratio | 1000:1121 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy Rate | 91% |
| Website | www |
Ottapalam is a town in Ottapalam taluk, Palakkad district, Kerala, India.[3]
Chinakathoor Pooram, an event held every year at Chinakkathoor Temple in Palappuram near Ottapalam, is one of the famous festivals in Kerala.[4]
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History
Ottapalam was once part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty.[5]
Valluvanad was a late medieval feudal state in what is now the state of Kerala in South India. The state extended from the Bharathapuzha River in the south to the town of Pandalur in the north during its height in the early Middle Ages. In the west, it was bound by the Arabian Sea at the port Ponnani, while in the east its reach ended at the Attappadi Hills. According to local legends, the last Later Chera ruler gave a vast quantity of land in South Malabar to one of their governors, Valluvakkonithiri, before leaving on a hajj. Valluvakkonithiri was also given the last Later Chera ruler's shield, presumably to defend himself from the sword given to Samoothiri (Zamorin) of Kozhikode, another governor, as a gift from the departing ruler. The Vellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of the Samoothiri.[5]
Ottapalam is also called as The New Film City of Kerala. [5]
Geography
Ottapalam is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[6] It has an average elevation of 54 metres (177 feet).
Climate
| Climate data for Ottapalam, Kerala | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.8 (91) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.93 (89.48) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.68 (74.63) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.08) |
12 (0.47) |
27 (1.06) |
103 (4.06) |
211 (8.31) |
566 (22.28) |
687 (27.05) |
349 (13.74) |
203 (7.99) |
264 (10.39) |
136 (5.35) |
23 (0.91) |
2,583 (101.69) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[7] | |||||||||||||
Administration
Ottapalam is sub district of the Palakkad District. Over the last 10 years, the population growth has been 9.2%.The Town is listed in the top 18 most populous Urban Agglomeration In Kerala. The First Defence Park in India will be established in Ottapalam KINFRA industrial park.[8] A film district is also under discussion.
The Ottapalam assembly constituency is part of Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[9]
Transport
Road
The Palakkad-Shoranur (Kulappully) State Highway passes through the town.[10] Government buses as well as private bus services operate between Ottapalam and other major towns, such as Thrissur, Palakkad, Mannarkkad, Pattambi, Guruvayoor, Chelakkara (through the Ottapalam-Mayanur Bridge, inaugurated on 22 January 2011.)[11]
Rail
The town is served by the Ottapalam railway station, which lies between Palakkad and Shoranur Junction on the Jolarpettai–Shoranur line. Fifty-four Indian Railways trains stop at the station.[12]
Notable people
The following people were either born in and/or are residents of Ottapalam:
- Ottapalam Pappan, Malayalam Drama and Film Actor
- Stephen Devassy, pianist
- Lal Jose, Malayalam film director
- Kutty, political cartoonist
- Anil Radhakrishnan Menon, Malayalam film director
- Bhaskar Menon, first Indian to head a multinational corporation, chairman of Lever Brothers (now Unilever)
- Gautham Menon, film director (Hindi, Tamil and Telugu)
- K. P. S. Menon, first Foreign Secretary of India. He also served pre-independence India as an Agent-General to China
- M. G. K. Menon, former Union Minister and Scientific Adviser in the Rajiv Gandhi administration
- Lt. General Candeth, was a prominent Lieutenant General in the Indian army
- Shivshankar Menon, 4th National Security Advisor and 26th foreign secretary
- V. P. Menon, seniormost Indian officer in pre-independence British India administration
- M. K. Narayanan, the former chief of the Intelligence Bureau and former National Security Adviser
- K. Sankaran Nair, former director of Research and Analysis Wing and former High Commissioner of India to Singapore
References
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- ↑ "CLIMATE: OTTAPPALAM", Climate-Data.org. Web: [1].
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