Chennamkary | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 9.4667°N 76.3833°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Name2: | Alappuzha |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 688501 |
Area Code: | 0477272 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | KL-04,KL-66 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Alappuzha/Aleppey |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 97.7% |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Nearest National Highway |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | NH-47 or NH-66[Salem-Kanyakumari] |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Nearest State Highway |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | SH-11 [Alappuzha- Changanacherry Road] |
Chennamkary is a village in Kuttanad Taluk in Alappuzha District of Kerala state, India.
Chennamkary is located 12 km east of the district headquarters Alappuzha, 4 km from Champakkulam, 141 km from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, and is surrounded by Veliyanad Taluk towards the east, Ambalappuzha Taluk and Alappuzha Taluk towards the west, and Aryad Taluk towards the north.
Alappuzha, Changanassery, Thiruvalla, Kottayam are nearby cities.
The major income is still from agriculture and fishing despite tourism. Chennamkary is also a major spot of movie/TV soap/music video shootings due to its beautiful landscape view. Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, one of the founding fathers and the first superior general of C.M.I., was baptized at St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Chennamkary Which is also The first Catholic Church in Asia dedicated to Saint Joseph.