Kallettumkara | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 10.3333°N 76.2667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Name2: | Thrissur |
Governing Body: | Aloor Grama Panchayath, Muriyad Grama Panchayath |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 6728 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 680683 |
Area Code: | 480 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Registration Plate: | KL-45 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest towns |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Irinjalakuda, Chalakudy and Thrissur |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Seasonal (Köppen) |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 100% |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Thrissur |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Irinjalakuda |
Kallettumkara is a village which is the epi-centre town of Aloor Panchayat and is in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala. Kaletumkara is the Western border of newly formed Chalakudy Taluk although it elects it Legislative Assembly Candidate from Irinjalakuda Constituency, India.[1] Kalletumkara is popular as the place where Irinjalakuda Railway Station is located and is 8km (05miles) away from the Irinjalakuda Town. There is an interesting story behind how this place got this special name. A river called 'Kallar' (കല്ലാറ്) used to flow through the said land. The land on the banks (kara) (കര) of the river Kallar came to be known as 'Kallarin kara' (കല്ലാറിൻ കര). In Malayalam, the word 'Aar' (ആറ്) has a synonym 'Aatt' (ആറ്റ്). Hence the place was also known as 'Kallatin Kara' (കല്ലാറ്റിൻ കര). Later, the name evolved into 'Kallettinkara' (കല്ലേറ്റിൻക്കര) and later 'Kallettumkara' (കല്ലേറ്റുംക്കര). Later, due to an earthquake, the river changed its course. And there is no river flowing through Kallettumkara presently. This is the story behind the name of the place as said by the localites.