HYBRID MAP OF NAYARAMBALM

Hybrid map of Nayarambalam.

Created with extensive screenshots from wikimapia.org, I tried to take my maximum effort to mark most of the prominent places of Nayarambalam. Some kind-hearted people helped me to mark the places. Some of them are: Mr. N.A. Jain, Panchayath Member, Varghese T.M., Bushi, Pious, Binu and some other friends. I know the map may not perfect. Obviously there may be some mistakes. Please correct it then take print. And I leave the editable version of the map in the net. Here is the download location. I stored the file in a free ftp storage server (http://www.drivehq.com). Download it and if you have any querries and suggestions, please leave a comment to me. Here is the download link.

Munduchira Bridge, Nayarambalam

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I am not sure, the name of this bridge is Munduchira. It lies in the north eastern area of the village. It lies in the bus route to Nedungad Island. On a rainy Sunday, I was just wandering alone through some roads of nayarambalam which was quite unfamilier to me. I started from my home, walked to the panchayat road to Nayarambalm Bhagavathy temple, and walked straight along towards Thyezhuthuvazhi. Then crossed Kappuchira bridge, walked again aside the public cemetry, and finally get into the Aniyil Jn through Munduchira bridge... It took more than 2 hours. I was too slow. But it was a good experience. Walking in rain through some unfamilier village roads...

Public cemetery , Nayarambalam

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This is the public cemetery here in Nayarambalam. Located at the north eastern boundary of the village.

Herbert Bridge

Link to geocities.

Lots of downloads available at http://www.geocities.com/nayarambalam/

There were lots of stuff available at geocities. But unfortunately, the service was discontinued in 2009. Could not recover the data before I lost access to it. :-(

Map of Nayarambalam

Rough sketch of Nayarambalam

This is the first version of not-to-scale map of Nayarambalam grama panchayat. Compiled with the help of Mr. N.A. Jain (4th Ward Member). More accurate version will be uploaded later. Those who want to get pdf version please click on this link

About Nayarambalam

Nayarambalam is a coastal village in Ernakulam District, kerala, India. It is surrounded by Edavanakkad Grama Panchayath in the North, Narakkal Grama Panchayath in the South, Arabian Sea in the West and Veeranpuzha in the east. Nayarambalam lies at almost in the center of Vypeen Island. Agriculture and fishing was the main income source of the people in the olden times. But now most of the people depends Cochin City - the nearest City in Main Land. Still there are lots of paddy fields and fish ponds especially in the Eastern and Western area of the village. The famous festivals of Nayarambalam include the temple festivals of Bhagavathi Temple and Kochambalam Subrahmanya Temple. Many Christian churches and mosques are also located there.
For more reading just read the page I have edited in wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayarambalam

Picassa Album

Casual Photographs @ IDENTITI

DEMOGRAPHIC PARTICULARS OF NAYARAMBALAM

This details are taken from official website of Kerala Govt.
• Area in sq.Km. : 12.19 • No of Wards : 10 • Occupied Residential houses : 4240 • No of house holds : 4240 • Male population : 11313 • Female population : 11853 • Total population : 23166 • Density of population per sq.km : 1783 • Sex ratio (Females per 1000 males) : 1047 • Effective Literacy Rate [Male] : 97.26 • Effective Literacy Rate [Female] : 92.26 • Effective Literacy Rate [Total] : 94.69
* Based on Department of Economics & Statistics, Kerala [Panchayat Level Statistics 2001, Eranakulam District]

Ammupatti's thoughts: Men Are Better Cooks

Ammupatti's thoughts: Men Are Better Cooks

Nayarambalam Medical Centre

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Initiated by Islamic Management, NMC is situated near the Juma Mazjid, Nayarambalam. It is one of the well structured hospital in the village.

PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE, NAYARAMBALAM

Old photo (two decades ago): This image shows the facility in its earlier PHC days, highlighting how it looked and functioned before the later upgrades and renaming to the current Family Health Centre (FHC).

THIS POST WAS FIRST POSTED ON 4th NOVEMBER 2006. TODAY ON 4th AUGUST 2026, AFTER TWO DECADES APPROX., I ADD THE LATEST PHOTOS OF THE FACILITY. YES, WE HAVE DEVELOPED.  

Tucked away in the beach area of Nayarambalam Puthen Kadappuram, the old Primary Health Centre (PHC) building once stood as a modest facility from a time long gone. Back then, the PHC functioned with very limited resources, and the level of care available to the community was far from what people needed.

Over the years, things changed dramatically. The centre has now been upgraded and even renamed—today, it is the Family Health Centre (FHC). With this transformation came new infrastructure and expanded services, including modern laboratory support and a UHID-based booking system. Patients can now pre-book appointments, making the experience smoother and more organized—often even more convenient than visits to larger multi-specialty hospitals. The computerized token system further helps reduce long waiting times and unnecessary crowding inside the facility.

Even with the new building fully in place, you can still see remnants of the earlier structure on the rear side—small traces of the centre’s history. And just like the facility itself has evolved, the number of patients it serves has also increased significantly compared to the past.

Regular vaccination programmes are also carried out through a few sub-centres under the FHC network across the Nayarambalam panchayat, ensuring that essential healthcare continues to reach people not only at the main centre, but in surrounding areas as well.

PHOTO GALLERY  

Monitor of the new token system

Remnants of the old facility

Still they keep the remnants of the old facility

The new Family Health Center Nayarambalam

Today more patients visit the facility

Vaccination details

Details of laboratory tests and pricing

GOVT. AYURVEDIC HOSPITAL, NAYRAMBALAM

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Aproximately 25 bed hospital situates almost the centre of the Village. Near to Public Library and Govt. Vet hospital.

NAYARAMBALAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Nayarambalam Public Library
Details will be added later

POKKALI - CYCLIC PADDY CULTIVATION METHOD

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Pokkali cultivation is the traditional method in our paddy fields for centuries long. Its a cyclic method of paddy cultivation. After the harvest, the farmers switch Pokkali fields into shrimp farms using traditional methods. So Shrimps can eat the remains of paddy leaves and after the shrimp harvest is over again rice has been started cultivation. Then the excreta of the shrimps will be nutritios fertiliser.

Fish culture in rice fields is said to be practised between latitudes 20°N and 20°S and between 1,000 and 1,500 metres altitude (Schuster, 1955; Coche, 1967). Such regions are found in Preanger highlands of Java, the Batak areas in Sumatra, the inland areas in Madagascar and the Thailand region (Coche, 1957), but it is well recognized that several paddy growing areas exist at lower attitudes - the brackishwater paddy growing areas of Bengal (“Basabada”) and Kerala (“Pokkali”) in India are coastal based.

There are about 4,000 hectares of paddy fields under pokkali cultivation in Ernakulam district, while in Alappuzha the extent of pokkali cultivation is in about 3,000 hectares. These are the facts. But genaraly, Pokkali cultivation in kerala is about to reach its end.

DEVI VILASOM UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL, NAYARAMBALAM

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Devi Vilasom UP School is managed by Bhagavathi Temple Karayogam, Nayarambalam.

BHAGAVATHI VILASOM HIGH SCHOOL (BVHS ), NAYARAMBALAM

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One of the oldest High Schools in Nayarambalam. Managed by Bhagavathy Temple Karayogam, Nayarambalam. Many Nayarambalam guys got high school education from this school. The same management runs another school - Devi Vilasam- in Lover Primary level at Veliyathamparambu, Nayarambalam.

Lobelia English Medium High School, Nayarambalam

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Lobelia is the first English Medium School at Nayarambalam. May be it is the first English Medium School in Vypeen Island.
MEANING OF LOBELIA
I have asked so many people about the meaning of Lobelia, because I was hearing that name since my childhood. But nobody knows the meaning, including some of the teachers of the school. So I asked google, it returned some definitions. According to the Seach Engine giant, it is a kind of flower. Dictionary.com says its meaning as: 'Any of numerous plants of the genus Lobelia, having terminal racemes of variously colored flowers with a bilabiate corolla.'
And Wikipedia says: 'Lobelia (also known as Indian Tobacco, Asthma Weed, Pukeweed, or Vomitwort) is a genus in the family Campanulaceae, comprising some 200 species, some of which are cultivated in gardens. These include Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower or Indian Pink), Lobelia siphilitica (Blue Lobelia), Lobelia fulgens and Lobelia erinus, as well as some hybrids.' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia) Wikipedia has some high res images of Lobelia:



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Googles Search results:
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Lobelia is a useful systemic relaxants. It has a general depressant action on the central and autonomic nervous system and on neuro-muscular action. Its primary specific use is in bronchitic asthma and bronchitis. Lobeline is a powerful respiratory stimulant that will stimulate catarrhal secretion and expectoration while relaxing the muscles of the respiratory system. More reading?
go: www.lamasbeauty.com/glossary/glossary_L.htm
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LOBELIA_BOTANICAL_DETAILS
Kingdom : Plantae • Division: Magnoliophyta • Class : Magnoliopsida • Order : Asterales • Family : Campanulaceae • Subfamily : Lobelioideae • Genus: Lobelia

St. George Carmelite Public School

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It’s a public school with CBSE syllabus, managed by CMI Sisters. The school was inaugurated in 1995. This school is the only full fledged convent school in Nayarambalam village. There is a special school for mentally retarded children also run by the same convent.

SANKARA NARAYANA TEMPLE, NAYARAMBALAM

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A small temple situated in the northern side of Bhagavathy Temple, Nayarambalam. Just opposite to Village office and beside of Talent College.