Peringammala is a panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. There are two places named Peringammala, the other one is between Balaramapuram and Venganoor which is on the southern side of the Thiruvananthapuram district.There is two villages Peringammala and Thennoor. Beautiful tourist place in there including Ponmudi, Mankayam, Brimore, etc. Festival Palode Mela also there.
The verdant village of Peringammala is located in the valley of the Ponmudi hills. It owes its name to the Tamil/Malayalam word, Periyamala meaning The Big Mountain. In the olden days this area was reputed for various forest produce like honey.
Peringammala panchayath (an administrative unit) consists of two villages namely Peringammala and Thennoor. Peringammala is the largest panchayth in Thiruvananthapuram district and is the second largest in the state of Kerala. Peringammala shares its east boundary with Tamil Nadu.
India census, Peringamala had a population of 19164 with 8918 males and 10246 females. The majority are tribal people and agriculture is the main occupation.
1. Name of Grama Panchayath : Peringammala <br /> 2. Village : Peringammala, Thennoor<br /> 3. Block Panchayath : Vamanapuram <br /> 4. Thalook : Nedumangadu <br /> 5. Legislative Mandalam : Vamanapuram <br /> 6. Parliament Mandalam : Attingal <br /> 7. District : Thiruvananthapuram <br /> 8. Breadth : 217.94km2 <br /> 9. Boundaries <br /> 10. East : Ambasamudram(Tamil Nadu)<br /> 11. South : Vamanapuram River <br /> 12. West : T.S. Road<br /> 13. North : Ammayamblam Pacha<br /> (Kulathupuzha Reserve Forest) 14. Population : 39792 <br /> 15. Female : 20688 <br /> 16. Male : 19104 <br /> 17. Tribal people population
18. Scheduled cast Sect : 6147
19. Male : 3041 <br /> 20. Female : 3105 <br /> 21. Scheduled Tribe Sect : 3289 <br /> 22. Male : 1588 <br /> 23. Female : 1701 <br /> 24. Block Panchayath Divisions : 2, (Idinjar, Palode)<br /> 25. District Panchayath Division : 1, (Palode)