Avinissery

Avinissery is a census town in Thrissur district, just 6 km from district headquarters, in the state of Kerala, India. Avinissery is also the name of a Gram Panchayat in Thrissur District. Avinissery is also the name of a village office in Thrissur that lies Nedupuzha police station limits in Thrissur subdivision of Thrissur City Police. Avinissery is also the name of speed post branch Post Office is situated in the Thrissur postal division.

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Place details

Locality: Thrissur
Region: Kerala
Country: India
Population: 5,533

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Avinissery
Settlement.settlement_type: Census town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Kerala#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Kerala, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kerala
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Thrissur
Settlement.governing_body: Avinissery Grama Panchayath, Thrissur Municipal Corporation
Settlement.leader_title: Panchayat President
Settlement.leader_name: Sri Hari C.Narendran (BJP)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.82
Settlement.population_total: 16715
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages

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==Demographics == India census, Avinissery census town had a population of 16,715. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Avinissery has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. A lot of villagers are occupied in gold work like the neighboring places Cherpu, Perinchery, Ammadam, Vallachira, and Ollur. This has led to immigration of workers from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and North East India. The famous Malayalam poet Mullanezhi and Indian National Congress leader V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan are from this census town.

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