Eloor

Eloor
—  Town  —
Eloor Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°4′0″N 76°18′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Government
• Body	Municipality
Area
• Total	14.21 km2 (5.49 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	30,092
• Density	Bad rounding here2,100/km2 (Bad rounding here5,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	0484
Vehicle registration	KL-42
Nearest city	North Paravur
Lok Sabha constituency	Ernakulam
Civic agency	Municipality
Climate	Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)
Website	[[1] www.eloor.lsgkerala.gov.in]]

Eloor is a suburb of Kochi and a municipality in Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala, India. It is an industrial area north of Cochin. It is an island of 14.21 km² formed between two distributaries of river Periyar and is the largest industrial belt in Kerala.

History

Eloor Moopans the traditional landlords in this area. Kottakunnu the highland has seen revolts. In 1886 Keralas first private hospital formed here St. Josephs Hospital.

Economy

There are more than 247 industries of different kinds e.g., Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), Travancore Cochin Chemicals, Indian Rare Earths Limited, Hindustan Insecticides Limited (the world's largest manufacturer of DDT) and many others manufacturing a range of products like chemical-petrochemical products, pesticides and insecticides, rare earth elements, rubber processing chemicals, fertilizers, zinc/chromium compounds and leather products.

As a result of its heavy industry, the town also suffers from heavy pollution, and is rated as one of the toxic hotspots of the world by Green Peace International. Kuzhikkandam Thodu the most dirty toxic spot in India.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Eloor had a population of 30,092. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Eloor has an average literacy rate of 84%, somewhat higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 81%.

Education

Educational institutions in the area include

• Toc H School
• St. Ann's Higher Secondary School Eloor
• MES Udyogmandal School
• Gardian Angels School, Manjummel
• MES Eastern UP School
• Govt. L.P. School, Eloor South,
• Govt. High School, Kuttikattukara
• Kasthurba English Medium School
• Crescent Kinter Garden, Eloor North
• Pathalam Govt. Higher Secondary School
• Gardian Angels School, Eloor North

Hospitals

• ESI Hospital, Pathalam
• St. Joseph Hospital, Manjummel

Relegious

• Pattupurakkal Devi Temple
• Balasubramanya Temple, Eloor Depot
• Balasubramanya Temple, Eloor Manjummel
• Naranath Temple
• Kuttakav Bhagavathy Temple
• Manjummel Christian Church
• Elanjickal Bhagavathy Kshetram
• Elanjickal Mahadeva Kshetram
• Elanjickal Nagaraja Kshetram
• Eloor Central Juma Masjid, Fact Jn.
• Eloor Juma Masjid
• Najathul Islam Masjid, Eloor North

Transportation

• Parur – Eloor depo – Muttar road
• Kalamassery – Mulavukad NH road via FACT township
• Kalamassery – UC College road
• Manjummel – Kalamassery road
• Eloor Ferry – Edamula road

Notable People

• M.K.K. Nair FACT Chairman and MD - who made a revolution in the cultural field.
• T.P.Ramakrishnan
• Nadirsha
• Beena Antony
• Pattanam Rasheed
• Purushan Eloor

Sports

Fact ground is the cradle of Cochin football lovers. Many other athlets also contributed by this village.

See also

• Paravur Taluk
• Ernakulam District