Puthenchira is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Thrissur district

Thrissur district

Thrissur is a revenue district of Kerala situated in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,032 km2, Thrissur district is home to over 10% of Kerala’s population. Thrissur district was formed on July 1, 1949, with the headquarters at Thrissur City. Thrissur is known as...

 in the state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

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Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Puthenchira had a population of 20964 with 9789 males and 11175 females.

History

Puthenchira and the surrounding areas were earlier known as Mahadevan Pattanam. In the second or the third century the Perumakkans created a ‘Chira’ (causeway/bund) for the purpose of agriculture. The Cheran Perumal designated the place for building the ‘Chira’ by throwing Puthen( the coin prevailing then). Since then it is believed that this place is called Puthenchira.

Puthenchira was ruled by the king of Kodungallur

Kodungallur

Kodungallur is a municipality in Thrissur District, in the state of Kerala, India on the Malabar Coast. Kodungallur is located about 29 km northwest of Kochi city and 38 km Southwest of Thrissur, on National Highway 17 . Muziris the ancient seaport at the mouth of the Periyar River was...

after the Chera dynasty

Chera dynasty

Chera Dynasty in South India is one of the most ancient ruling dynasties in India. Together with the Cholas and the Pandyas, they formed the three principle warring Iron Age Tamil kingdoms in southern India...

fell in the 9th Century. Later when Samudiri extended his territory, both Puthenchira and Kodungallur became the part of his empire. In the 18th Centaury when the Cochin king annexed the southern parts of the Samudiri Empire, this region became a part of the Cochin Empire. Later in 1761 when Samudiri attacked, the Cochin king sought help from Travancore

Travancore

Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

.Travancore obliged and defeated Samudiri in the battle, delighted by this, the Cochin king gifted Puthenchira to Divan Ayyappan Marthandapilla who was the commander of the Travancore army. The Divan dedicated Puthenchira to the Travancore king. So until the Trvancore Cochin merger in 1949 Puthenchira was a Travancore village in the Cochin kingdom. The two biggest families in puthenchira are Kannadipparambil House,and Nattuveetil House. In fact, kannadiparambil Family once owned almost 90 percent of South Puthenchira and considerable amount of property in other parts of Puthenchira. gallery>

External links

• Puthenchira.com

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