Thankamany is a village at Idukki district

Idukki district

Idukki district is one among the 14 districts of Kerala state, India. The district headquarters is located at in Painavu.It is the second least populous district in Kerala, after Wayanad .-Etymology:...

, in 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....

 state, India

India

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. It is a beautiful hilly area. There is a small town associated with this village. In regional language thankamany is a name of a lady. It is a belief that an older jungle king gave dowry as land for his three daughters Thankamany, Kamashi, and Neeli. The place got for Thankamany 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.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 thankamani.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Thankamany (Village) had a population of 23448 with 11808 males and 11640 females.

People

The people of Thankamany speak the Malayalam language

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

. 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 and coffee cultivation.

Most of the people are educated and are hardworking.Most of the vegetables are exporting from here to Ernakulam/Cochin(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 Roman Catholic Syrian Christian (R.C.S.C), most of them are migrated from Palai (in Kottayam district) before two generation or less than that. Rest of the people are Hindus including Ezhavas and Nair

Nair

Nair , also known as Nayar , refers to "not a unitary group but a named category of castes", which historically embody several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom bore the Nair title. These people historically live in the present-day Indian state of Kerala...

. Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

s and Muslims are not present here. People are in good communal harmony, since the Christians here are R.C.S.C they are semi-Hindus by culture.

Institutions

Being a Christian majority area, the St. Thomas Forane church situated at the heart of Thankamany plays a major role in the development and prosperity of this village . 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 Infant Jesus school e.t.c are also situated here. Also the Thankamany Co-Operative hospital is the main hospital here. A police aid post is also present here.