community project - know your community about my community

1. SUBMITTED BY
GOPIKA I.G
Know Your
Community

2. Chellanam- a village at the
mercy of the sea
Chellanam is a village in the Kochi
sub-district of Ernakulam District in
the South Indian state of Kerala.
Chellanam means "place where no
one goes“ (Chella Vanam in
Malayalam).

3. HISTORY
GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES
POWER
STRUCTURE
EFFECT
OF FLOOD
CONTENTS

4. Chellanam formed the southern border of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Cochin.
The people who lived in Chellanam were known as 'Thanda pulayar' or 'Kuzhi pulayar'. They
lived in the caves of big trees.
In 1510, Goa was captured by the Portuguese general Alfonso Albuquerque from the Adil Shah
dynasty of Bijapur, and Portuguese rule was established. In 1545 St. Francis Xavier sent a
letter to John III of Portugal, requesting an Inquisition to be installed in Goa. The inquisitor's first
act was to forbid any open practice of the Hindu faith on pain of death. The Portuguese colonial
administration enacted anti-Hindu laws to encourage conversions to Christianity. Prohibition
was laid upon Hindu rituals as well. In all, over 42 Hindu practices were prohibited. All the
people above 15 years of age were compelled to listen to Christian preaching or otherwise be
punished. Several Hindu temples were destroyed as well. An order was issued for suppressing
the Konkani language and making it compulsory to speak the Portuguese language. The law
provided for dealing toughly with anyone using the local language. Following that law all the
non-Christian cultural symbols and the books written in local languages were sought out to be
destroyed.
HISTORY

5. In the first hundred years, the Inquisition burned 57 alive at the stake and 64 in effigy. Others
were sentenced to various punishments, totalling 4,046. The Kudumbi were forced to migrate
from Goa following religious persecution by the Portuguese during the Goa Inquisition. The
Kudumbis, along with Gouda Saraswat Brahmins, Daivajnas and Vaishya Vanis who wanted
to preserve their religious and cultural identity, migrated from Goa along the west coast of
India, primarily through sea voyages.
Some of the groups that fled Goa landed in coastal districts of state of Karnataka, that is, the
Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, and some groups voyaged further to
Kerala. One of these first exodus groups landed on the island of Cherai, Kerala. They slowly
migrated southwards from Ernakulam and settled in coastal areas. They were experts in
paddy cultivation, especially in the low-lying fields of the Kerala backwaters, and they
pioneered cultivation of the well-known "Chettiverippu" strain of paddy rice, brought from
Konkan. A group of Kudumbis may have migrated to Chellanam at the invitation of a
Maharaja and on arrival been given (free of tax) a coconut garden and land to grow rice. In
return they were required to supply avail to the palace and temple free of cost. The main
agricultural labourers Chellanam have been from the Pulaya and Kudumbi castes. It is also
observed that during the Portuguese period, a lot of people belonging to the Pulaya and
Mukkuva castes were converted to Christianity.

6. On 24 May 2010 residents of Maruvakad, staying near Thiruhridaya Chapel, just 100 meters
from Velankanni Matha Pilgrim Center;dug an old well which is to be believed that, it was built
and used by Dutch Army around 200 years ago.
This will help and will be a new resource for drinking water. Water is the most precious element
for the people of Chellanam.The Maharaja of Kochi had a marine fleet which had a captain
named Thobias Cappithan. When he won a battle he was presented with a piece of land called
"Chellavanam". It was a vanam (forest) then which normally nobody went to, but he and his
family settled there. He had four sons; one stayed near banyan tree (aal maram) and became
known as Alumkal family, another near cross statue and later his descendants came to be
known as Kurisingal family, another stayed at Valiyaparambu and became Valyaparambu family,
and the fourth son who stayed near "Kalam" became Kalathumkal family.
Chellavanam now is called Chellanam.

7. GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES
Map of chellanam

9.  Chellanam is on a narrow landform about 10 km in length, starting from St. George Church
at the southern end at the northern border of Pallithode village and Kattiparambu (near
Thoppumpady).
 This Place is in the border of the Ernakulam District and Alappuzha District. Alappuzha
District Thykattussery is East towards this place .
 It is near to arabian sea. There is a chance of humidity in the weather.
 The village comes under Chellanam panchayat. Located in rural region of Ernakulam
district of Kerala.
 District head quarter of the village is Kakkanad which is 40 km away. It belongs to Central
Kerala Division.
 Nearest town of the village is Kochi and distance from Chellanam village to Kochi is 25 km.
Aroor, Kochi, Vaikom, Cherthala are the other near by Cities to Chellanam.
 The total geographical area of village is 812 hectares.
 The temperature is about 29 °C, Wind N at 2 km/h, 74% of normal Humidity rate.

10.  According to Census 2011, Chellanam village Total population is 14928. Out of this, 7434
are males whereas the females count 7494 here. This village has 1572 kids in the age
bracket of 0-6 years. Among them 858 are boys and 714 are girls.
 Population density of the village is 1838 persons per km and number of houses are 3446.
Village literacy rate is 84.1%.
 Literacy rate in Chellanam village is 84%. 12557 out of total 14928 population is
educated here. Among males the literacy rate is 83% as 6242 males out of total 7434 are
literate while female literacy rate is 84% as 6315 out of total 7494 females are educated
in this Village.
 The dark side is that illiteracy rate of Chellanam village is 15%. Here 2371 out of total
14928 persons are illiterate. Male illiteracy rate here is 16% as 1192 males out of total
7434 are uneducated. In females the illiteracy rate is 15% and 1179 out of total 7494
females are illiterate in this village.
Population of Chellanam village

11.  The main portion of Chellanam village consists of pokkaly fields.
 According to the traditional practice, the fields used to be prepared for paddy cultivation
from the Vishu day, falling in April every year. The land had to be dried under the hot sun
for almost a month, by which time the salt content left over from the prawn farming would
be ready to be washed off by the first rain of the monsoon season.
 Chellanam harbour, one of the finest picturesque harbours in kochi is located at south
chellanam.
 The village has its own post office and the pin code of Chellanam village is 682008.
 Chellanam comes under kochi legislative assembly and Ernakulam loksabha
constituency.The local self administration body is Chellanam grama panchayath.
 SH 66 also called Alappuzha Arthunkal Kochi road passes through Chellanam.

12. Occupation
 Most of the people make their living from
fishing and agriculture.
 Fishermen work at deep-sea and fresh water
fishing, using the latest technologies.
 Boat building is the other occupation of
the people in that area.
 Also people worked in Chellanam Village
Coir Vyavasaya Co-Op Society.
 Most of the women are house wives.

13.  Chellanam is a developing south west suburb of kochi.
 Educational institutions include Puthenthode Government High School,St Mary's High
school at Chellanam North, St George LP School,St Xavier's school at Kandakadavu,
Exodus school at Maruvakad etc.
 Corporation bank and South Indian bank has their branches at Chellanam.
 Chellanam service Cooperative bank having head office at South Chellanam and a
branch at Maruvakad is the service Cooperative bank in Chellanam. North Chellanam
panchayath service Cooperative bank is another service Cooperative bank having its
branch at Cheriyakadavu.
 Chellanam Village Coir Vyavasaya Co-Op Society Ltd is situated at ganapathykadu.

14.  Most of the people are Latin Catholics. The district includes Diocese of Cochin and
Diocese of Alleppey.
 The local parishes in the Diocese of Cochin consist of St. Sebastian's Church in
Chellanam, St. Antony's Church in Kannamaly, St. Joseph's Church in Cheriyakadavu and
St. Francis of Assisi Church in Kattiparambu. Those in the Diocese of Alleppey are St.
George's Church in Chellanam, Xavier Desh Church in South Chellanam, and St. Francis
Xavier's Church in Kandakkadavu.
 Hindus belonging to communities such as Gowda Saraswatha Brahmins, Eazhava, Pulaya,
Velan, Kudumbi, and Ulladan also live in Chellanam.

15.  The people living closest to the shoreline
continue to bear the brunt of a rough sea
during the rains.
 It is lack of drinking water in summer, it is
sea erosion in the rainy months for the
residents of the coastal village of
Chellanam.
 The plight of the people living along the
stretches where seawalls have been
breached is worse.
 Water has seeped into most of the homes
after the temporary sand barriers set up by
the panchayat were breached in the heavy
rain.
 Rainwater drains and natural canals were
blocked following the accumulation of
sand.
 Ockhi cyclone also has been affected in
chellanam.

16.  CPM , INC, UDF and BJP are the major political parties in this area.
 Like Kudumbashree, Thozhilurappu programs are the group work activities organized
by the panchayat and kerala government.
 Kudumbashree is one of the group work activity among women. One day of every
week they conduct meetings and deposit a small amount of 20rs. About 20 or 25
members included in a kudumbashree group. The panchayat gives loan to
kudumbashree members for self employment. Also the thozhilurappu program is only
assigned to the members of kudumbashree.
 Chellanam Village Coir Vyavasaya Co-Op Society Ltd
POWER STRUCTURE

17. EFFECT OF FLOOD
 The coastal panchayat of Chellanam has borne the brunt of heavy rain over two
days in the district. The sea water gushed into some houses in the coast and
putting the lives of people in misery.
 Some houses near kochi lake have been partially flooded in the rain even as some
of the families have been shifted to relief camps.
 Some of the areas like Maruvakkadu, Companyppady and Bazaar are those areas
in chellanam panchayat affected by the flood.

18.  A group of people who have initiated to cook and pack up
food from Chellanam to relief camps.
 Fisherman of chellanam go there and rescued many
flooded people from there houses.
 About 10 boats were sented from this village.
 In paravoor area the kudumbasree staffs and members
were help the flooded houses to clean.

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