Peroor

Peroor
village
Peroor School
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Government
• Body	Ettumanoor Municipality and Village office Peroor
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,691
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	686637
Telephone code	0481
Vehicle registration	KL-5
Nearest city	Ettumanur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kottayam
Civic agency	Ettumanoor Muncipality and Village office Peroor

Meenakshi Temple

M.V.High School

Peroor is a village in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. Reaching Peroor from Kottayam is through Samkrathi junction or any right turns from MC road between Samkranthy and Ettumanoor. Ettumanoor is 3 km away from Peroor. There is more than five settlement colonies in Peroor. Peroor Service Co-op bank and State Bank Of India are the local banks.

Demographics

As of 2011, Peroor had a population of 18,691 in 4,583 families.

All major kerala religious communities are present here. Hindu, Christian, Muslim are living here. In Christian CSI, Jacobite and Catholics are the major groups. In that Knanaya Catholic is the wealthiest community even though they are very few. In Hindu Nair and Ezhava are the powerful community. Muslims are comparatively newcomers to this area. A Muslim colony was established here during 1998-99 adjacent to MHC and Kariyattappuzha Colony. Dalits are the other major population here. Like other urban areas of kerala, here also dalits lead a middle-class life. They are much educated and cultured here. Even though other communities keep an untouchability inside their mind these people always seems compromising to their circumstances. Hence all endeavours to enhance this community went futile.

Landmarks

Famous places in Peroor include St.Sebastian Church, Global Marthasmooni Pilgrim Center, Peroor Kavu (temple), Chalakkal Temple and Arayiram temple. The famous ettumanooor aarattu is performed here. The majority of people make their daily bread by doing construction related works. ODESA (Organization for Dalit Empowerment and Social Activation) is situated in Peroor. The River Meenachil flows through the eastern part of Peroor. The Bhadrakali temple in this village is called Peroorkavu. There is a Christian seminary at Mannamala, a hilltop in Peroor. It is believed that the tribal community "mannan" settled there. Later this Mannamala was in custody of the Vellappally family and they donated their 96-acres to the monastery. Kandanchirakkavala (Kandanchira junction) is considering as the centre of Peroor.

Etymology

The name "kandanchira" came from an incident happened decades back. There is a part of the vast 'Mundakappadam" (mundakan paddy field) in that locale and there is a 'chira' (small, mud/sand check-dam) to prevent the rain water from Mannamala and other nearby areas, which may destroy the paddy cultivation of the 'mundakappadam'. The chira was made up of mud from the paddy field. One night, due to some rivalry, the upper caste people killed a 'pulaya' (which is considered as an untouchable caste) named "Kandan". They buried him alive in that chira(mud dam). Later people found it "kandan" was buried alive in that chira. But because of the culprits social status nobody protested. Later the people indicated that 'chira' with a prefix 'kandan'; and it became 'Kandanchira'.

Celebrities

V.D. Rajappan, is the only celebrity who settled in Peroor. He's known as the 'father of parody' in Kerala. Other artists who belong to Peroor are Jyaprakash aka JP (violin), Aneesh (vocal), Santhosh aka Vaishakhan (painting and drawing) and Jayakumar Parady (music composing, lyrics and guitar)