About

Parappanangadi Municipality

 

               Parappanangadi is a Small town and municipality in Malappuram district in the State of Kerala with an extent of 22.5 Sq.Km. Out of the six taluks of Malappuram district, Parappanangadi is a significant town of Tirurangadi taluk. It’s one of the popular place in Kerala where all kinds of community living together in harmony. It can be called as the coastal capital of Malappuram district and is situated 22.8 km away from Calicut International Airport and 34 Km from Kozhikode railway station. Many Govt. institutions such as Munsiff court, Railway station, Primary Health Centre, Police station, Excise Circle Office are located in Parappanangadi. First railway line in kerala which is laid in 1861( Tirur to Beypore ) is passing through Parappanangadi

 

 

Geographical setting

 

            Parappanangadi town is laying at 11.04o N degree north Latitude and 75.86o E degree East Longitude. Most of the total area of the municipality is Plain land. And the remaining portions consist of coastal area and Paddy land. Two revenue villages are included in the municipality, viz, Neduva and Parappanangadi. Parappanangadi town is bounded by Ariyallur and Vallikkunnu Panchayath in the North, Tirurangadi Municipality and Munniyur panchayath in the East, Arabian Sea in the west, and Tanur Municipality in the south. Kadalundi River, which originates from the western Ghat Is flowing through 4 Wards in the Municipality which is the major source of water for the agriculture purpose.

 

 

Geographical setting of Parappanangadi Municipality

 

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Climate and rainfall

 

          The municipality has more or less same climatic conditions prevalent elsewhere in the State, viz, dry season from December to February and hot season from March to May. The major contribution of normal rainfall is from the South- West monsoon followed by the North- East monsoon. The South- west monsoon is usually very heavy and nearly 70% of rainfall is received during this season. Yearly average rain fall in Parappanangadi is 2991mm.

            The climate is generally hot and humid. March- April months are the hottest and January-February months are the coldest. Maximum temperature here reaches up to 330c and minimum temperature goes down to 250c. The wind is predominant from west during morning and evening hours.

 

Education

 

       The peoples of Parappanangadi Realized the need of education during the pre-independent times itself . It is evident from the fact that in 1904,  BEM Higher Secondary School (Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School) came into existence as a primary school in Parappanangadi. Later in 1910, the school was known as B.G.M. (Basel German Mission) Elementary School. Cheramangalam Mana contributed about four acres of land for the school playground. In the mid-1940s, the Parappanangadi High School committee handed over the school allotted to it by the then Madras Government to the Basel Evangelical Mission, thus enabling the local children to have higher education in the town itself.

 

      Now the municipality has abundant educational institutions within its limits including 25 primary, 6 Upper Primary, 3 secondary and five senior secondary schools. There are 5 colleges existing in the municipality.

 

  1. Co-operative College Parappanangadi
  2. LBS college for science and Technology
  3. Malabar College Parappanangadi
  4. Vivekanandha college Parappanangadi
  5. Mercy College Parappanangadi.

 

 

 

Health

 

The network of institutions in health sector is satisfactory in Parappanangadi municipality which include the following:-

 

 3 allopathy hospitals,

viz, A.K.G Hospital Parappanangadi

      Nahas Hospital Parappanangadi

      Prasanth Hospital Chettippadi

 1 Govt. Ayurveda Health centre

 One veterinary hospital

 two Primary Health centre

            viz, P.H.C Neduva

                P.H.C Putharikkal

 

         In Addition to the Hospitals and clinics , Municipality performing regular cleaning processes and other activities behalf of the “Haritha Keralam” and “ODF” projects of Kerala Government.

 

Water supply

 

          Being a Coastel area, water is an important concern in Parappanangadi municipality. Kadalundi River is the main source for drinking water to Parappanangadi municipality. Apart from that treated tap watersupplied by Water Authority is also a major source. Following is the details regarding connection coverage of tap water in Parappanangadi municipality

 

 

 

Table 2.1 Water Supply at Parappanangadi Municipal area

 

Indicators

Status

House service connection

438

Length of water supply network

50 KM

Percapita supply

20 LPCD

Hours of supply

16 Hrs per Day

Average volume of water produced

9 MLD

Metered connections

100 %

Number of PSPs including slums

336

 

               

 

Population and density pattern

 

         Parappanangadi Municipality has a population of 71239 (2011 census) with growth rate of 18.09 percent during 2001-2011. Population density of the city is 3166 persons per km. The male population is 34343 whereas female population is 36896.

 

Table 2.3:- Ward wise population

Ward Number

Ward Name

Population

1

Vadakke Kadappuram

1603

2

Laksham Veedu

1543

3

Health Centre

1525

4

Chettipadi East

1525

5

Anappadi

1667

6

Moduvingal

1483

7

Keezhchira

1630

8

Kovilakam

1668

9

Ullanam Town

1478

10

Ullanam North

1446

11

Edathiruthikkadavu

1608

12

Thayilappadi

1700

13

Panayathil

1617

14

Putharikkal

1543

15

Stadium

1732

16

Attakuzhingara

1552

17

Kalikkavu

1520

18

Karingallathani

1580

19

Palathingal

1589

20

Keezhanalloor

1645

21

Kottanthala

1649

22

Naseeb Nagar

1598

23

Chiramangalam South

1478

24

Chiramangalam

1700

25

Uppunippuram

1441

26

Aviyil Beach

1510

27

Kurikkal Road

1511

28

Puthenpeedika

1575

29

Saddam Beach

1663

30

Puthan Kadappuram South

1631

31

N.C.C Road

1640

32

Parappanangadi South

1492

33

Parappanangadi Town

1696

34

Puthenkadappuram

1599

35

Ottumal South

1585

36

Chappappadi

1511

37

Anjappura

1612

38

Neduva

1659

39

Kodappaali

1538

40

Angadi

1538

41

Yarathingal

1543

42

Chengattupadam

1691

43

Chettipadi

1580

44

Alungal South

1515

45

Alungal North

1594

   

Ward number 15-Stadium is the most populous ward with a population of 1732 and ward 25-Uppunnippuram is the least populous ward with population of 1441 as per Delimitation Data 2015.

 

Linkages and connectivity

Parappanangadi Railway Station is One of the major Railway Station in Malappuram District. And also having very well connected by roads to the neighboring important cities and towns. And the shortest route connecting Calicut and Ernakulam is passing through Parappanangadi.

 

 

 

Road network at Parappanangadi

 

There are Two important roads in Parappanangadi

 

  1. Calicut –Chammravattam – Ernakulam Road which is the shortest route to ernakulam from Calicut
  2. Parappanangadi – Malappuram

 

        The nearest major rail access is Parappanangadi Municipality on the Cochin-Manglore broad gauge. Karipur International Airport is situated 22.8 km from Parappanangadi is the nearby air access. The nearest national highway is NH 66 which connects Edappally and Kozhikode

 

Community facilities

 

Major community facilities available in the municipality include Municipal Town Hall, Stadium at Putharikkal,  Three theatres, Five auditoriums, one Public library.

 

 

Solid waste management

 

      Problems of solid waste management is growing with rapid urbanization and change in the lifestyle of the people. Lack of inadequate financial resources, institutional weakness, improper choice of technology and public apathy towards solid waste management have made this service far from satisfactory.

 

 

          At present Parappanangadi municipality has no solid waste treatment plant and no system for door to door collection is adopted. The Pre-existed facility was closed down on account of public protest. Nowadays municipality is encouraging source level reduction of biodegradable waste. In addition to that construction of a biogas plant is done in the municipal market.

 

Economic profile of the city

 

       A major driver of the local economy is the remittance of the migrants residing Middle East by which banking sector in Parappanangadi Municipality has huge NRI deposits.

 

 

             It is obvious from the figure that the main economic base of town is trade and Commerce and also Sea food marketing . The work participation rate of the town was about 18.36 percent of the total population as per census 2011. It is observed that tertiary sector including commercial activities was predominant in nature with about 84.26 percent of the workers engaged in the sector. The secondary sector including industrial activities consisted only 1.18 percent. While the primary sector including agriculture and Fishing and its related activities contribute least to the town economy unlike the past.

 

Financial position

 

          The main source of income of municipality includes the tax revenue, non-tax revenue and grant from Government. Main expenditure usually comprise of salaries, allowances and pension of employees, recurring expenditure like water charge, electricity charge stationary, stamp, diesel etc. In the present scenario, the financial position of the municipality is not so bad. The municipality is now functioning smoothly and has met the essential expenditure in the ordinary course of business.

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