Why visit Perintalmanna
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 13 parks and trails, 36 places to eat, 23 places to stay and 7 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Paloor Kotta Falls and MEA Engineering College, Perinthalmanna.
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About Perintalmanna
Perinthalmanna is a town and a municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative centre for the Perinthalmanna taluk, as well as a revenue division, a community development block, and a police sub-division bearing the same name. It was the headquarters of the former Walluvanad Taluk in Malabar district during British rule. The town is located 20 km (12 mi) southwest of the district headquarters Malappuram at the centre of the Kozhikode–Palakkad National Highway 966.
From the Wikipedia article Perinthalmanna (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Perintalmanna on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Things to do7
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Museums and landmarks4
Parks, trails and playgrounds13
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Restaurants and cafes36
SARGAM HOTEL
Restaurant · Indian
Opposite Moulana Hospital ooty Road, Perinthalmanna
Mo-Su 06:00-22:00
St.Mary's Cafeteria
Cafe · Regional, Coffee Shop, Chicken, Ice Cream · 4.7 km
Valanchery - Perinthalmanna Road
24 more on the map.
History
During the last decades of the eighteenth century, the region came under the control of the vast Kingdom of Mysore, and was the headquarters of the Kingdom of Valluvanad. Perinthalmanna, along with the towns of Malappuram, Manjeri, and Tirurangadi, was one of the main centres of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921. Now it is one of the important commercial centre in Malappuram district.
Perinthalmanna became a Grama Panchayat in 1933 under the Malabar District board. The town was later upgraded to a municipality on 10 February 1990. As of the 2011 India census, Perinthalmanna had a population of 49,723 spread over an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi).
Perinthalmanna serves as the headquarters of one of the two revenue divisions in Malappuram district, having jurisdiction over Perinthalmanna, Eranad, and Nilambur taluks.
Perinthalmanna is also as the headquarters of Perinthalmanna Block Panchayat and Revenue Divisional Office and Sub Divisional Police Office.
From the History section of Perinthalmanna on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay23
Churches and places of worship55
Masjid Noor
Place of worship · Sunni · 2.1 km
karyavattom manathumangalam road, Perinthalmanna
Christuraja church, cheerattamala
Place of worship · 4.6 km
Angadipuram-Pariyapuram-Cherukara Road
Pathaikkara Maha Vishnu Kshethram
Place of worship · 2.5 km
pathaikkara, Perinthalmanna
Thirurkkad Sunni Jumma Masjid
Place of worship · 4.7 km
Calicut-Malappuram-Palakkad Highway, Thirurkkad
Shopping17
HI_TEX_Shopping_Mall
Shopping center · 0.8 km
Calicut-Malappuram-Palakkad Road, Perinthalmanna
Jam Joom Hypermarket
Grocery · 0.7 km
Kozhikode-Palakkad Byepass Road, PERINTHALMANNA
Gas and EV charging12
Bharat Petroleum
Gas station · 4.1 km
Calicut-Malappuram-Palakkad Highway, THIRURKKAD
Schools, colleges and libraries97
Government Model Higher Secondary School Perinthalmanna
School
Perintalmanna School road, Perinthalmanna
Aided Mapila Lower Primary School, Tirurkad
School · 4.4 km
High School Road, THIRURKKAD
Healthcare47
Saanthwana Infertility Clinic
Clinic and pharmacy · 1.2 km
Jubilee Road, Thottakkara
Pain Palliative Care
Clinic and pharmacy · 4.8 km
Calicut-Malappuram-Palakkad Highway, THIRURKKAD
Map of Perintalmanna
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Getting there and nearby towns
Calicut International Airport (CCJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 34 km away.
- Malappuram 17 km northwest, about 17 min by car
- Shōranūr 24 km south, about 24 min by car
- Cheruthuruthi 26 km south, about 26 min by car
- Tirūrangādi 34 km west, about 34 min by car
- Tirur 34 km west, about 34 min by car
- Katavallūr 34 km southwest, about 34 min by car
- Ponnāni 40 km southwest, about 40 min by car
- Thrissur 51 km south, about 51 min by car
- Palakkad 52 km southeast, about 52 min by car
- Kozhikode 57 km northwest, about 57 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Alanalllur Ayyappa Temple, Prof tpms, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Balavadi, Muthukurussi, malappuram district, User:Muthukurussi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Paloor Kotta Waterfall, Perinthalmanna (3), Kambliyil, CC BY-SA 4.0
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