Umayanalloor

Umayanalloor
Umayanalloor
Village
	Umayanalloor
	Coordinates: 9°05′34″N 76°51′40″E / 9.0927°N 76.8612°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Post Office	Umayanalloor
PIN	691589
Nearest cities and towns	Kollam, Kottiyam
Lok Sabha constituency	Kollam
Assembly constituency	Eravipuram
Literacy	93.63%

Umayanaloor is a village near Mayyanad in the Kollam District, Kerala, located near the western coast of the southern tip of India.

Overview

Umayanalloor is a village in the Mayyanad panchayat^{[clarification needed]}, and is situated in the South Kerala Division. It acts as a junction on the Kollam-Thiruvananthapuram road (part of NH-47). Kottiyam and other places are connected to Umayanalloor. Malayalam is the native language of Umayanalloor.

The pin code of Naduvilakara, Umayanalloor, and Mayyanad is 691589.

Education

The closest LP School is in Vazhappalli. There are also unaided LP schools in Umayanaloor, namely Rose Dale, AKMHS, BED college, Cherupushpam LPS, PVUPS, and the EEGA study center.

Economy

Agriculture

Paddy rice farming and milk production are the main farming sectors in the village. The production of cashew nuts is also common.

Industry

Umayanalloor boasts several cashew nut processing plants, as well as an industrial estate consisting mainly of snack factories.^{[citation needed]} The village also has ice cream factories and old wooden furniture shops.

Banking

Branches of larger banks, such as the Umayanallor Service Co-operation Bank, the Federal Bank, and Muthoot Finance can be found in Umayanalloor.

Politics

Umayanalloor is part of the Eravipuram assembly constituency in Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency), with M. Noushad being the current MLA of Eravipuram. N. K. Premachandran is the current Member of Parliament from Kollam.^[2]

Religion

There are many and diverse centers of worship in Umayanalloor. These include the Balasubramanya Swami Temple, Durgapuri Sree Madankovil Temple, Valiyaveettil Nujumudeen Masjid, Salafi Masjid Mosque, Umayanalloor Mosque, and Amalothbhava Matha Church.

References

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook – Kollam" (PDF). Census of India. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
^ "Assembly Constituencies – Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

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[census-1] "District Census Handbook – Kollam" (PDF). Census of India. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

[2] "Assembly Constituencies – Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.

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