Charummood

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Town
Charummood Location in Kerala, India Charummood Charummood (India)
Coordinates: 9.172371°N 76.608055°E / 9.172371; 76.608055
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Government
• Type	Panchayath
Area
• Total	14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam language, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	690 505
Telephone code	0479
Vehicle registration	KL-31 (Mavelikkara)
Sex ratio	1145 ♂/♀
Literacy	96.31%

Charummood is a town in Mavelikkara Taluk of Alappuzha district in Kerala. Charummood is 12 km east of the nearest town Kayamkulam, 15 km west of Adoor and 12 km south of Mavelikkara. Charummood Junction is at the intersection of KP Road (Kayamkulam- Punalur Road) and NH 183 (Kollam - Theni Highway). The Vetticode Nagaraja Temple is located 4 kilometres from Charummood. Chunakkara mahadevar temple, also located 4 Km from Charummood, is famous for sarvam swayambhoo deity and its festival is the first main festival of the Onattukara area. Padanilam Parabrahma Temple, which is famous for its Sivarathri festival, is about 5 kilometers from Charummood.

Education

Major educational institutions in Charummood are Vikjana Vilasini Higher Secondary School Thamarakkulam(VVHSS Thamarakkulam), St. Marys L.P.S. Charummood, St. Joseph's Convent School, Presidency College of Management and Technology, which is MG & Kerala University off-campus Centre, Presidency Public School, ISET Polytechnic College.

Places of worship

Christian: St Joseph's Convent and St Mary's Syro-Malankara Catholic Church are located near the centre of town.
Hindu: Main temples near Charummood are Vetticode Nagaraja Swamy temple, Chunakkara mahadevar temple, Padanilam parabrahma temple etc.
Muslim: The main Mosque is Chunakara South Muslim-Jamath and Nouril huda Islam madrasa.

Healthcare

Nearby hospitals are SN Hospital and St. Thomas Mission Hospital