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Thankamany

Field	Value
name	Thankamany
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Panoramic view thankamany village.jpg
image_caption	Thankamany hamlet
pushpin_map	India Kerala#India
pushpin_label_position	left
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
subdivision_type3	Taluk
subdivision_name3	Idukki
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	44.62
population_total	24,389
population_as_of	2011
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	685609
registration_plate	KL 6
blank1_name_sec1	Nearest city
blank1_info_sec1	Kattappana, Nedumkandam
blank2_name_sec1	Sex ratio
blank2_info_sec1	1001(female to male in 1000) ♂/♀
blank3_name_sec1	Literacy
blank3_info_sec1	97.85%
blank1_name_sec2	Climate
blank1_info_sec2	tropical (Köppen)

Thankamany is a town at Idukki district, in Kerala state, India. In regional language thankamany is a name of a lady. It is a belief that a king Thopran gave dowry as land for his three daughters Thankamany, Kamashi, and Neeli. The place got for Thankamony is now known as Thankamany (place name), other nearby places are also known as Kamashi and Neelivayal (means land of Neeli). Thankamany town is located in a valley of three small hills Thamprankunnu, Kattadikavala and Kurishupara respectively. One of the interesting thing is that, even though Kamashi is a different place, the panchayath of thankamany is called Kamashy panchayath and the office is situated in the middle of thankamany town.Sometimes in official documents thankamany is also written as thankamony. Nearest towns are Kattappana and Nedumkandam.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Thankamony had a population of 24,389 with 12,189 males and 12,200 females. Thankamony village has an area of 44.62 km2 with 5,907 families residing in it. In Thankamony, 10.5% of the population was under 6 years of age. Thankamony had an average literacy of 97.85% higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 97.7% and female literacy was 96%.

People

The people of Thankamany speak the Malayalam language. Most of the people are involved in agriculture and are generally interested in the plantation of spices. Being a hilly area, the climate is suitable for pepper, cardamom, tea and coffee cultivation.

Most of the vegetables are exported from here to Ernakulam/Kochi (the nearest big town). This small village gives major production of vegetables. Thankamany is situated in Kamakshy Panchayath and in Thankamany Village.

Religion

Almost 90% of people are Syro Malabar Syrian Catholic(formerly known as Roman Catholic Syrian Catholic (R.C.S.C)), most of them are migrated from Pala (in Kottayam district) before two generation or less than that. Rest of the people are Hindus including Ezhavas, Vishvakarma and Nair. People are in good communal harmony.

Institutions

Being a Christian majority area, the St. Thomas Forane church situated at the heart of Thankamany town. It runs the St. Thomas H.S.S, which is the only school having a higher secondary status in and around of Thankamany. Many small educational institutions like Vimala Neursery school are also situated here. In addition to that in the heart of Thankamany town a Nair temple is situated. Thankamany Co-Operative hospital is the main hospital here. A police station is also present here. Thankamany village office is also situated at the heart of Thankamany which is near to police station. Thankamany service Co-operative bank, UBI and Kerala Bank(IDCB) also present in Thankamany.

In popular culture

The 2024 Malayalam movie Thankamani is based on the real life incident of police brutality happened in this place on 1986

References

"The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969".
"Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
"District Census Handbook, Idukki". Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala.

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