Amboori Grama Panchayat

Amboori is a hilly region situated in Kattakkada Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram District, within the Perumkadavila Block. It has an area of 81 sq. km. and a population of approximately 23,000. The economy of Amboori Grama Panchayat is mainly dependent on agriculture.Due to a severe outbreak of malaria in the 19th century, most parts of this geographical area remained uninhabited. Population continued uninterrupted only in the Kudappanamoodu Ward of this Grama Panchayat. In the early 1930s, those who first migrated and settled in the present Mayam Ward introduced modern agricultural practices of that period.However, following another outbreak of malaria, the abandoned agricultural lands were brought back under cultivation in the 1940s, and farmers migrated to the area. Nearly...

Thomas Mangalasseri

President

Seena Anil

Vice President & Finance Standing Committe Chairperson

Sherif K

Development Standing Committe Chairperson

Josemathew Polackan

Standing Committe Chairman

Beena Prasad

Welfare Standing Committe Chairman

Shobana L

Mayam Ward Member

Binu S

Thodumala Ward Member

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History of Grama Panchayat

Amboori, historically inhabited by the Kaanikkar tribal community, saw Christian families from Travancore migrating there after the famine following World War II; later, people displaced by the construction of the Neyyar Reservoir were also resettled here. To the west of Amboori lies the historically significant Dravyappara (Treasure Rock), which is associated with legends involving King Marthanda Varma. Local belief holds that the deity of Dravyappara would grant wealth to the poor, but the goddess became enraged by the curiosity of a young man and sealed the entrance forever.

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