Perumbavoor

Perumbavoor is a municipality in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala.Also known as Bihar City, It lies in the North Eastern tip of the Greater Cochin area and is also the headquarters of Kunnathunad Taluk. Perumbavoor is famed in the state for wood industries and small-scale industries. Ernakulam lies 33 km southwest of Perumbavoor. The town lies between Angamaly and Muvattupuzha on the Main Central Road (MC), which connects Thiruvananthapuram to Angamaly through the old Travancore part of Kerala. Perumbavoor lies in the banks of rivers Periyar and Muvattupuzha.Perumbavoor probabily is the land of merchant's and business.

Perumbavoor has many immigrants from other parts of India. Most work in the plywood or other industries. Tamils and Nepalese have special colonies of their own.

History

Perumbavoor panchayat was formed in 1936. It was one among the 4 Panchayats sanctioned by Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer (Diwan-Thiruvithamcore). The others were Paravur, Nedumangad and Boothapandi.Kandanthara is the nearest & most populated area in perumbavoor, which is the largest populated Muslim Jamaath in Ernakulam district. "THANDEKKAD" is 4 km far from perumbavoor through Aluva Munnar Road (Private bus route) The name perumbavoor is coming from perumba+oor perum means big oor means place other opinion is that name coming from perumbambu+ oor perumbammbu means pythons-a non venomous snake oor means place in olden times most of the places are thick forest and full of pythons the tamil peoples are coming first for hunting of pythons to make sidha medicines and snake meat, snake fat etc perumbavu+ oor perumbavoor