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Country
  
India

District
  
Thiruvananthapuram

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Population
  
21,477 (2001)

State
  
Kerala

Talukas
  
Nedumangad

PIN
  
695563

Government body
  
Gram panchayat

Peringamala

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Peringammala is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Peringammala panchayath is the second largest panchayath in Kerala. There are two places named Peringamalas in Trivandrum city, the other one is between balaramapuram and venganoor which is on the north side of the Thiruvananthapuram district.

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History

The verdant village of Peringammala is located in the valley of the Ponmudi hills. It owes its name to the Tamil/Malayalam word, Periyamala meaning The Big Mountain.In the olden days this area was reputed for various forest produce like honey.

Geography

Peringammala panchayath (an administrative unit) consists of two villages namely Peringammala and Thennoor. Peringammala is the biggest panchayth in Thiruvananthapuram district and is the second largest in the state of Kerala.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Peringamala had a population of 21477 with 10361 males and 11116 females. The majority are tribal people and agriculture is the main occupation.

As per official kaneshukumari it is very less than 50000. Even the nearest panchayths holds far more than this as like Nanniyode panchayth and Vithura panchayth.

1. Name of Grama Panchayath : Peringammala
2. Village : Peringammala, Thennoor
3. Block Panchayath : Vamanapuram
4. Thalook : Nedumangadu
5. Legislative Mandalam : Vamanapuram
6. Parliament Mandalam : Attingal
7. District : Thiruvananthapuram
8. Breadth : 217.94km2
9. Boundaries
10. East : Ambasamudram
11. South : Vamanapuram River
12. West : T.S. Road
13. North : Ammayamblam Pacha
(Kulathupuzha Reserve Forest) 14. Population : 39792
15. Female : 20688
16. Male : 19104
17. Tribal people population

18. Scheduled cast Sect : 6147

19. Male : 3041
20. Female : 3105
21. Scheduled Tribe Sect : 3289
22. Male : 1588
23. Female : 1701
24. Block Panchayath Divisions : 2, (Idinjar, Palode)
25. District Panchayath Division : 1, (Palode)

References

Peringamala Wikipedia