Cheeranchira

Origin of the name

The name Cheeranchira is believed to have its roots in perhaps the land's original ownership by an individual named Cheeran. From Cheeran's chira (small parcel of land mostly surrounded by water) the land got its name Cheeran is an archaic Malayali name. Another speculation is that the locality was infested by thorny amaranths (Amaranthus spinosus) plants (മുള്ളഞ്ചീര) giving it the name Cheera-chira, which later became Cheeranchira. The land is also referred to as Veroor Muriyil by various legal documents of the previous decades.

Anju Bobby George

It was here that Anju Bobby George was born, spent her early years. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the gold medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics clearing 6.70 m. She went on to win the silver medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best.

Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam

Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam (1907–1976), also known as Managerachen, was the manager of Old Seminary of the Malankara Orthodox Church for 30 years and the manager of Malankara Orthodox Catholicate Headquarters for another 15 years. He was an eminent figure of the Malankara Orthodox community during his lifetime. He had worked along with prominent metropolitans including St. Geevarghese Mar Dionysius of Vattasseril and also with three Catholicoses of the East namely H.H Baselios Geevarghese II, H.H.Baselios Augen I, and H.H. Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews I. Fr. T.C. Jacob Memorial Upper Primary School was established to preserve the memory of this luminary in his native village.

Educational Institutions

1. Government Lower Primary School, Cheeranchira
2. Rev. Fr.T.C Jacob Memorial Upper Primary School

Religious Institutions

In the chronological order of their establishment.

1. Salvation Army Church
2. St. Mary's Indian Orthodox Church
3. Sree Narayana Temple
4. CSI Church
5. Mor Adai Study Center, a Syriac Orthodox Christian publishing house
6. St. George Syro-Malabar Church
7. The proposed Shrine under St. Adais Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, Nalunnakkal

Agrarian and Medical Enterprises

1. M.L. Coffee (Moolayil Coffee): a locally owned coffee powder company which uses coffee beans collected from Cheeranchira and its environs with a distribution area covering the three districts in the central Travancore region.
2. Thara Health Clinic : A signature institution of Cheeranchira, Thara Homeopathic clinic is run by Dr. Shashi, a homeopathic physician.