Perinthalmanna
Perinthalmanna is a town, a municipality, and the headquarters of the Perinthalmanna taluk in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. The town is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-west to the city of Malappuram and 24 kilometres (15 mi) away from Manjeri. It is one of the major commercial centers in the district, even though it doesn't form a part of the Malappuram metropolitan area. The town is home to several medical institutions. The town is home to one of the three off-centres of Aligarh Muslim University in India, which is popularly known as AMU Malappuram Campus. Kodikuthimala, one of the popular tourist destinations in the state, is also located here. The town was the headquarters of Valluvanad Taluk, which was one of the two Taluks included in Malappuram Revenue Division at the time, in the erstwhile Malabar District during British Raj.
Source - Wikipedia [Mar 2021]
Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Perinthalmanna Assembly Constituency
| Year | Member | Party | ||
| 1957 | P. Govindan Nambiar | CPI | ||
| 1960 | E. P. Gopalan | CPI | ||
| 1967 | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | CPI(M) | ||
| 1970 | K. K. S. Thangal | IUML | ||
| 1977 | K. K. S. Thangal | IUML | ||
| 1980 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 1982 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 1987 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 1991 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 1996 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 2001 | Nalakath Soopy | IUML | ||
| 2006 | V. Sasikumar | CPI(M) | ||
| 2011 | Manjalamkuzhi Ali | IUML | ||
| 2016 | Manjalamkuzhi Ali | IUML | ||
| 2021 | Najeeb Kanthapuram | IUML |
Local self governed segments in Perinthalmanna Assembly Constituency
| Sl.No. | Name | Status | Taluk |
| 1 | Perinthalmanna | Municipality | Perinthalmanna |
| 2 | Melattur | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
| 3 | Vettathur | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
| 4 | Thazhekode | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
| 5 | Aliparamba | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
| 6 | Pulamanthole | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
| 7 | Elamkulam | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
Valluvanad was an erstwhile princely state in the present state of Kerala, that extended from the Bharathappuzha river in the South to the Panthaloor Mala in the North. On the west, it was bounded by the Arabian Sea at Ponnani and on the east by the Attapadi Hills during their zenith in the early Middle Ages. The capital of erstwhile Valluvanad was at the present-day town of Angadipuram which located 3 km west of Perinthalmanna.
According to local legends, the last Cheraman Perumal ruler gave a vast extension of land in South Malabar during his journey to Mecca to one of their governors, Valluvakonathiri, and left for pilgrimage. Valluvanad was famous for the Mamankam festivals, held once in 12 years and the endless wars against the Samoothiri of Kozhikode.
During the last decades of the eighteenth century, the region came under the control of the vast Kingdom of Mysore. The town served as the headquarters of the Valluvanad Taluk in the erstwhile Malabar District during British Raj. Perinthalmanna, along with the towns of Malappuram, Manjeri, and Tirurangadi, was one of the main centres of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921. Now it is one of the important commercial centres in Malappuram district.
Perinthalmanna became a Grama Panchayat in 1933 under the Malabar District board. The town was later upgraded into a municipality on 10 February 1990. As of 2011 India census, Perinthalmanna had a population of 49,723 spreading an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi). Perinthalmanna serves as the headquarters of one of the two revenue divisions included in the district, having the jurisdiction over Perinthalmanna, Eranad, and Nilambur taluks.
