World / India / Kerala / Ponnani, 8 km from center Coordinates: 10°44'0"N   75°58'29"E

MARANCHERY



n Malayalam language - മാറഞ്ചേരി.

Maranchery is a small village in the Ponnani taluk of Malappuram district of Kerala state in India. This village is bounded by back water and Nuranipuzha (a river) on one side and Veliancode village on another side.

Location:

It is located at 10° 44' 18N 75° 58' 25E Elevation is sea level.

Maranchery can be reached via Kuttipuram Railway Station, which is located around 40 km. Calicut Airport is the nearest airport, which is located around 80 km. Road accessibility to this village is good, The State highway passes through this village.

History:

Long ago Maranchery was considered the home of Azhvanchery Thamprakkal and later they shifted to Athavanadu.

Maranchery is a birth place of famous freedom figher late E. Moidu Moulavi.

Statistics:

(As on 2001 Provisional Statistics) Area 20.47 Sq Km Population 28991

Administration:

The administrative system prevailing in this village is Local self-government. Self-Government consists of Grama Panchayat which is headed by grama panchayat president. Under this system the village is divided into 15 wards.

Tourism:

One tourist attraction is Biyyam Kayal. This placid, green fringed back water has a water sports facility. Here a boat race is conducted annually, during Onam celebrations. A permanent pavilion is built for the spectators and nearly two dozen country boats, including some rowed by women, participate in the race.

Monsoon is the another attraction here. The paddy fields in this village will be filled with water for almost 4 to 6 months. This is a spectacular scene with lot of birds and other small creatures.

Kaakka Thuruthu (Crow Island) is a tiny island in Maranchery, is a seasonal home to hundreds of migratory birds and thousands of crows.

There are lot of seasonal festivals associated with temples and mosques in this area. Lakhs of people from near by villages attend this festivals.

The Siva temple at Maranchery is one of the famous, which has history that takes back to centuries.

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place comments:
23 months ago Ashique   -1
Maranchery is the birth place of veteran freedom figher and Ex MP late Jb E. Moidu Moulavi
22 months ago latheef maranchery   +1
its great to watch my village.and i am from the biggest vellana family and the son of moidu the senior goverment employee from maranchery (registrar rtd:)
21 months ago nadeer mukkala   0
oh my god i cant believe it marancheri is here
20 months ago ashraf tharayil   0
iam very happy to watch my villlage.
19 months ago T.T.A.SALAM   0
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2 months ago ashraf patteth s/o pocker   0
this village is sarounded by puthanpally,veliyamcode,and ponani which are historycally very famous.'ENTHUKONDEU VANEERY'is a gd bk written by our loved leader Kolady Govindan Kutty fm wch v cn rd much abt our MARANCHERY.
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