Peringolam

Peringolam പെരിങ്ങൊളം
Village
Peringolam Town
Peringolam Show map of Kerala Peringolam Show map of India Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 11°17′23″N 75°52′48″E / 11.28972°N 75.88000°E / 11.28972; 75.88000Coordinates: 11°17′23″N 75°52′48″E / 11.28972°N 75.88000°E / 11.28972; 75.88000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	0495
Vehicle registration	KL 11
Nearest city	Kozhikode
Lok Sabha constituency	Kozhikode
Sub District	Kozhikode
Grama Panchayath	Peruvayal
Website	peringolamtown.blogspot.com

Peringolam(Malayalam: പെരിങ്ങൊളം) is a village in the west of Peruvayal panchayath in Kozhikode district, Kerala. It situated near NH 212 for 2 Kilometres.This village is surrounded by Kunnamangalam, Kuttikatoor, Kurikkathoor and Kottamparamb.

Etymology

The word Peringolam derived from two Malayalam words "Peru" means largest and "Kulam" means pond.

Governing Body

Peringolam is a part of Peruvayal Gramapanchayath. It includes two wards, i.e. ward 1 and ward 2. member of Ward 1 :Gopalan Nair Mandothingal ^[1] and Member of Ward 2 : Jafar RV

Educational institutions

• Govt. Higher Secondary School Peringolam
• Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM)
• Kerala School of Mathematics
• Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK)
• Anganavadi
• Media English Medium Nursery School

Industries

• Milma [MRCMPU Ltd]^[2]
• Mercy Foods

Places of worship

• Juma' Masjid
• Sree Durga Bagavathi Kshethram^[3]
• Srambya Masjid

Cultural Centres

• Njanapradhayini Library & Reading Room^[4]
• 'Iqra' Library^[5]

Cultural Groups

• Marhama Edu-support Programme

It is an educational service programme run by Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) Peringolam Unit. Marhama helps students with the distribution of study materials and scholarships.^[6]

• Santhi Residents Association
• Pain & Paliative Care
• Lahari Virudha Samithi

It is a common platform of all local political and social groups of Peringolam against narcotic materials. It conducted a Human chain programme on 2 October 2014 at Peringolam.

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