Chandiroor

For the poet, see Chandiroor Divakaran.

Chandiroor
village
Chandiroor Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Chandiroor Chandiroor (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 9°50′53″N76°18′27″E / 9.84806°N 76.30750°E / 9.84806; 76.30750
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	688547
Telephone code	0478
Vehicle registration	KL-04 and KL-32
Nearest city	Kochi
Lok Sabha constituency	Alappuzha
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Aroor

Chandiroor is a village in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. It is situated on National Highway 66 (India) between Eramalloor and Aroor. It is part of the Aroor Assembly constituency and the Alappuzha Parliamentary constituency. Historically, it was located in the Travancore kingdom. Chandiroor is the birthplace of Navajyothy Sree Karaunakara Guru founder of Santhigiri Ashram

Location

It is located at . ^[1]

NH66 is the main connectivity and backwaters also.

Economy

Sea food processing is the main industry. Shrimp farming, pisciculture and coir products manufacture are also means of livelihood.

Notable people

• Karunakara Guru, founder of Santhigiri Ashram
• Mammootty, Malayalam cinema actor

Schools

• Chandiroor GHSS
• Our Lady Of Mercy HSS
• Al Ameen Public School
• Jamia Milliyya Arabic college
• Heavens Qur'anic Pre-school

Politics

• The main front is LDF. K.R Gauriamma represented this constituency until last term from the birth of Kerala. She belongs to JSS. Now Daleema represents the constituency.

References

1. http://wikimapia.org/394978/Chandiroor ^{[ user-generated source ]}