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Kalayanthani

Field	Value
name	Kalayanthani
settlement_type	town
image_skyline	Kalayanthani-Town2.jpg
image_caption	Kalayanthani Town in 1999
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Kerala, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Kerala
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Idukki
established_title
government_type	Panchayati Raj (India)
leader_title	Panchayat President
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	22
population_as_of	2001
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Malayalam, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	685588
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	914862
registration_plate	KL-38

Kalayanthani is a small town in Thodupuzha Taluk. It lies in the Idukki district of Kerala, India. The village is 9 km east of Thodupuzha, on the Velliyamattom route.

Kalayanthani is the meeting point of the Alakode and Velliamattom village Panchayats.

The current Kaikaran of St. Mary’s Catholic Church is Jose Varghese Pallickamyalil.

Kalayanthani is known as the 'Land of Art'. Inspector General of Police Tomin Thachankary, well known lyricist Baby John Kalayanthani, popular novelist, cartoonist and freelance journalist Ignatious Kalayanthani, famous artist and playwright Skylark (K.O. Varkey) and senior Journalist Roy Mathew Pallickamyalil and Joe Joseph Lijo were all born in Kalayanthani.

A post office, a branch of Union bank, Urban Bank, Alakode service Cooperative Bank, and a primary health center are the main public institutions in Kalayanthani.

The main public establishments of Kalayanthani are St. Mary's Catholic Church (1920), the famous Muslim Mosque Konthalapally, St. George's High School., Yugasilpi Arts and Sports Club and Viswadeepthi library. It is a very small town having only a few hotels, textile shops, stationary shops, provision shops, and hardware shops. It is the Junction of two roads: one to Chilavu and the other to Vettimattam.

The famous oil palm plantation (Ennappanathottam) of Agriculture Department is located at Vettimattam, which is two kilometers away from the town of Kalayanthani.

Name

'Kalayam' is the old Malayalam word for 'kalasham' meaning small pot. 'Thani' is a derivative of the Sanskrit word 'Sthani' meaning man in position . Therefore, 'Kalayanthani' means the one who occupies the position of a Kalasham. This is the title of the person who pours the liquor pot for Theyyam.

Demographics

Malayalam is the Local Language here.

Religion

Kalayanthani has all communities (Syrian Christians, Hindus, Muslims) however the Syrian Christians holds the majority.

Education

Kalayanthani has a high school (St. George's high school), managed by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Kothamangalam and it is headed by the senior most teacher as Headmaster, which is really a benefit to the nearby villages.

Transport

Economy and Infrastructure

Most of the people in Kalayanthani are farmers. They farm Rubber, Rice, Pepper, Ginger etc. There are number of people working abroad as Nurse, Engineer, Technicians, govt employees.

References

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