Cherpulassery
| Cherpulassery ചെര്പ്ലശ്ശേരി Cherplassery, Cherpalchery |
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 Cherpulassery
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| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 220.35 km2 (85.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 30,730 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 679503 |
| Telephone code | 0466 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-51 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Palakkad |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Palakkad |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
Cherpulassery is a town and Municipality in Palakkad district, Kerala, south India.[1] Geographically, it is a junction of roads converging from five towns -- Ottapalam, Pattambi, Valanchery, Mannarkkad, and Perinthalmanna. A couple of kilometres north of the place, at Kacherikunnu, the semi-hilly road also branches off eastwards to the district headquarters town of Palakkad. Cherpulassery has a well known government school, the foundation for which was laid by Mahatma Gandhi.
Prominent among today's artistes hailing from Cherpulassery are Kathakali artiste Sadanam Krishnankutty and Cherpulassery Sivan, a drummer having specialised in maddalam.
Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census, Cherpulassery had a population of 30730 with 14617 males and 16113 females.[2]
Nearest places
- Veeramangalam - 4 km towards east
- Pattambi - 17 km towards west
- Ottapalam - 17 km towards south
- Perintalmanna - 17 km towards north west
- Valanchery - 28 km towards west
- Karalmanna - 3 km towards north east
- Palakkad - 45 km towards east
- Vellinezhi - 6 km South East
- Shoranur - 18 km towards south west
- Mannarkkad - 28 km towards east
- Kulappulli - 15 km towards south
- Chalavara - 7 km
- Kakkathodu - 1 km towards east
- Kacherykunnu - 1 Km towards north east
Schools
- K.E.M.C.S (Kuttikode English Medium Central School), Kuttikode
- C.E.M.C.S (Cherpalcheri English Medium Central School)
The Cherpalcheri English Medium Central School was founded by Dr.P.S.Krishnadas, in the year 1978. To ensure the effective management of the institution the “Cherpalcheri Education Trust” was formed and registered in the year 1984. After the Trust had taken up the administration, it procured approval of Middle class syllabus from the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, in 1988. Later the school obtained affiliation for secondary classes in 1991 and for Senior Secondary classes in 1993. Their first batch of students appeared for the class X examinations, conducted by the CBSE, in 1993 and for class XII, in 1995.[3]
- Government Vocational Higher Secondary School
- Government Upper Primary School
- Government LP School, Kacherikunnu
- South ALP School, Ems road, Cherpalchery
- VIVEKANANDA VIDYANIKETHAN, KAVUVATTAM,Cherpalchery
- A.M.L.P School kulappa, mavundirikkadavu
- National L P School, Kulappada
- Alpha English Medium School,karumanamkurussi
- Ezhussan college ALPS, mid town Cherpalchery
- Salafi School, Kacherikunnu
Colleges
- Cherpulassery College of Science & Technology for women's[4]
- Ideal Campus of Education[5]
- Malabar Polytechnic College[6]
- Kerala Medical College[7]
- Cordova College Cherpulassery
- MES College,Cherpulassery[8]
- Stall watts college.
References
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