Charummood
Charummood
Charummoodu | |
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Town | |
  Charummood Location in Kerala, India  Charummood Charummood (India) | |
| Coordinates: 9°10′21″N 76°36′29″E / 9.172371°N 76.608055°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam language, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 690 505 |
| Telephone code | 0479 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-31 (Mavelikkara) |
| Sex ratio | 1145 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 96.31% |
Charummood is a fast growing town in Mavelikkara Taluk of Alappuzha district in Kerala. Charummood is 12 km east of Kayamkulam , 15 km west of Adoor and 12 km south of Mavelikkara. Charummood Junction is one of the busiest in the district due to intersection of KP Road (Kayamkulam- Punalur Road) and NH 183 (Kollam - Theni Highway). Charummood is also a culturally important place. It celebrates a lot of religious and non religious festivals and programmes every year. The very famous Vetticode Nagaraja Temple is located at a distance of 4 kilometers from Charummood Town. Famous chunakkara mahadevar temple is located at a distance of 4 Km from charummood town, which is famous for sarvam swayambhoo deity and its festival is the first mega festival of entire onattukara area . Padanilam Parabrahma Temple, which is famous for its Sivarathri festival, is about 5 kilometers from Charummood town.
Education
Major educational institutions in Charummood are Vikjana Vilasini Higher Secondary School Thamarakkulam(VVHSS Thamarakkulam), St. Marys L.P.S. Charummood, St. Joseph's Convent School Presidency College of Management and Technology, which is MG & Kerala University off-campus Center, Presidency Public School, ISET Polytechnic College.
Places of worship
Christian:St Joseph's Convent and St Mary's Syro-Malankara Catholic Church are located near the centre of town. Hindu:Main temples near Charummood are Vetticode Nagaraja Swamy temple, Chunakkara mahadevar temple, Padanilam parabrahma temple etc. Muslim:The main Mosque is Chunakara South Muslim-Jamath and Nouril huda Islam madrasa.
Other places of interest
Many banks are located in Charummood like SBT, Federal Bank and other private banks. Nearby hospitals are SN Hospital, St. Thomas Mission Hospital,