Jainamedu | |
Other Name: | Jainimedu |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 10.8167°N 115°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Palakkad |
Governing Body: | Palakkad Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 678 012 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0491 |
Registration Plate: | KL-09 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Parliament constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Palakkad |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Assembly constituency |
Jainamedu is a suburb or neighbourhood of Palakkad city, Kerala, India. It is located on the southern banks of the Kalapathy River, it is one of the western suburbs of Palakkad and is ward 51 of Palakkad Municipality.[1]
It is best known its 15-century Jain temple.[2] Jainamedu is one of the few places in Kerala where the vestiges of Jainism have survived.[3] Once, there were around 400 Jain families in Palakkad, but now only a few of them exist.[4] [5]