Mamala Explained

Mamala
Settlement Type:Suburb
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:9.95°N 76.3833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Ernakulam
Founder:Mitch Macholtz and Ryan Del Prince
Governing Body:Jeremy Thomas
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code:682305§
Registration Plate:KL-

Mamala is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction and around 13 km (8 mi) from Ernakulam South railway station.

Etymology

The word meaning of "Mamala" - Mamala is mountain ranges or we can say the starting of mid rage hills of western ghats and end of the planes near to the sea and its connected low lands.Mamala ...was a border check post between Kochi and Thiruvithamkoor (tranvcore) state before 1950. British called as Mamalay, this usage can be seen at the old building of excise office at Mamala and there is a stone representing the border with letter "KO" (malayalam) in west side and "THI" on east side of that stone placed at bottom of the small bridge. Chottanikkara temple is around 5 km away and also, mamala is situated on the Munnar-Madurai highway.