Changanassery
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Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Changanassery has a population of 47,485 people, and a population density of .
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Place details
- Locality
- Valiyakulam
- Region
- Kerala
- Country
- India
- Population
- 51,430
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Changanassery
- Settlement.other_name
- Changanacherry
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise, top to bottom: St. Berchmans College; The Anchuviḷakku; Iḷamkavu Devi Temple; The boat jetty; NSS Hindu College
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kerala#India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kottayam
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Vice Chairman
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.5
- Settlement.area_metro_km2
- 43.8
- Settlement.population_total
- 47,485
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Administration
- Geography and climate
- Demographics
- Religion
- Education
- Notable people
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- References
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Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Changanassery has a population of 47,485 people, and a population density of .
Changanassery is an important market town, was historically one of the centres of administration and culture in the Central Travancore region. The Changanassery market, established in AD 1805, served as the main trading point in the transport of rice, pepper, dry ginger, and piece goods between the coastal areas in the west and the mountains of the east. The "Anchu Vilakku" lamps were installed by the locals in 1905 near the boat jetty, and continues to serve as a symbol of the religious and ethnic harmony of the region. Changanassery is also famous for SB College, one of the oldest and prestigious institutions established by the Catholic Church in 1922 and for providing higher education to Travancore Region in Kerala in beginning of 20 th Century. The College Tower of SB College, with Christ The King on top of it, continues to stand as symbol for wisdom and education in Kerala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Changanassery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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