{{Short description|Municipality in Kerala, India}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=September 2023}} {{Cleanup rewrite|date=April 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Angamaly | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = Angamali | settlement_type = Municipality<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf|title=Grama Panchayaths }}</ref> | image_skyline = Angamali Town - അങ്കമാലി പട്ടണം.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Angamaly Junction | nickname = Airport City | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India | coordinates = {{coord|10.196|N|76.386|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = City UA | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_name2 = Ernakulam | subdivision_name3 = Kochi | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = Municipality | governing_body = Angamaly Municipality | leader_party = INC | leader_title = Chairperson | leader_name = TBD | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kudumbashree.org/sub-district/991008/12|title=Angamaly Municipality Profile|website=www.kudumbashree.org|access-date=17 October 2024|archive-date=23 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223060426/https://www.kudumbashree.org/sub-district/991008/12|url-status=dead}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 20.45 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 31 | population_total = 33,465 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rank = | population_demonym = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 683572 | area_code = 0484 | area_code_type = Telephone code | registration_plate = KL-63 | blank1_name_sec1 = Sex ratio | blank1_info_sec1 = 0.9689 ♂/♀ | website = | leader_name2 = TBD | leader_title2 = Deputy Chairperson }}
thumb|Angamaly Junction '''Angamaly''' ({{IPA|ml|ɐŋgɐmɐːli}}) is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.<ref name="auto1"/> Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As of the 2011 Indian census, the municipality has a population of 33,465 people and a population density of {{convert|1633|/sqkm|abbr=on}}.
== History == Several old coins and other artifacts demonstrate that this region was predominantly Buddhist and Jain. Malayatoor Church, an international shrine, is located nearby. Tradition states that Thomas the Apostle visited the region from Kodungaloor port in AD 52.<ref name="EB1911">{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Kodungalur|volume=15|page=885}}</ref> There is evidence of churches in the locality built as early as AD 409 and AD 822.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adrian Hastings |title=A World History of Christianity |date=15 August 2000 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans |isbn=978-0-8028-4875-8 |page=149}}</ref> Angamaly was the headquarters of Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac bishop of the Archdiocese of Angamaly.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Menon|first=A. Sreedhara|url=https://indianculture.gov.in/gazettes/kerala-district-gazetteers-ernakulam|title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Ernakulam|publisher=The Superintendent of Government Presses, Government Press, Trivandrum|year=1965|pages=825|author-link=A. Sreedhara Menon}}</ref>
Originally established as a ''panchayat'' in May 1952, Angamaly became a municipality in April 1978 and has been a Ernakulam Assembly constituency since 1965. The area is known for the 1959 Angamaly police firing in which police fired upon protesters who had been demonstrating against Kerala's communist government.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
=== Angamaly police firing === {{Main|Angamaly police firing}} The Angamaly police firing took place on 13 June 1959, when police opened fire on protesters who had been demonstrating against Kerala's communist government. Seven people were killed, resulting in the intensification of Vimochana Samaram, a protest against the then-communist government.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mathew |first=Theckedath |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Comfort_Care/U74YEAAAQBAJ |title=Comfort Care: The Struggles of an Aging Cardiologist |date=2021-02-01 |publisher=Page Publishing Inc |isbn=978-1-6624-3079-4 |language=en}}</ref>
== Infrastructure == Angamaly is situated at the intersection of the Main Central Road and National Highway 544, about {{cvt|30|km}} north of the city centre and 7 km from Cochin International Airport.
thumb|Angamaly Carnival 2012 Angamaly railway station is the fifth-busiest in Greater Kochi in terms of passengers and revenue generated, after Ernakulam Junction railway station, Ernakulam Town railway station, Aluva railway station and Tripunithura railway station.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} A proposed railway line from Sabarimala to Angamaly has been slowed by regional and political issues. The project was revitalized in January 2021 when the Government of Kerala agreed to bear half the cost of the project.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Radhakrishnan |first=S. Anil |date=6 January 2021 |title=Kerala to share cost of Sabarimala rail project |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-to-share-cost-of-sabarimala-rail-project/article33514098.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108041843/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-to-share-cost-of-sabarimala-rail-project/article33514098.ece |archive-date=8 January 2021 |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
National Highway 544, which connects Kanyakumari to Salem, passes through Angamaly. NH 17, which connects Kochi and Mumbai, is 20 km from Angamaly. The Main Central Road that connects central Kerala to the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram terminates in Angamaly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.keralapwd.gov.in/getPage.php?page=maps&pageId=248 |title=State Highways in Kerala |access-date=21 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201055331/http://www.keralapwd.gov.in/getPage.php?page=maps&pageId=248 |archive-date=1 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A 46 km bypass has been proposed to connect Kundannoor to Angamaly. Land acquisition was set to begin in late 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Paul |first=John L. |date=17 February 2018 |title=NHAI fixes alignment for proposed Angamaly-Kundannoor NH Bypass |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/nhai-fixes-alignment-for-proposed-angamaly-kundannoor-nh-bypass/article22786470.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927140040/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/nhai-fixes-alignment-for-proposed-angamaly-kundannoor-nh-bypass/article22786470.ece |archive-date=27 September 2023 |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>{{needs update|date=March 2025}} thumb|Angamaly KSRTC Bus Station Building with bus
== Places of interest == thumb|Mar Hormizd Syro-Malabar Cathedral * Mar Hormizd Cathedral{{snd}}established in 1570 by Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac bishop of the See of Angamaly; it was dedicated to Hormizd, a seventh-century East Syriac saint<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fr. Varghese Pathikulangara CMI |url=http://www.nasranifoundation.org/books/pdf/DivinePraisesinAramaicTradition.pdf |title=Divine Praises in Aramaic Tradition |publisher=Denha Services |year=2011 |isbn=978-93-81207-02-4 |location=Kottayam |page=48 |access-date=18 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331131541/http://www.nasranifoundation.org/books/pdf/DivinePraisesinAramaicTradition.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="angamalybasilica">{{Cite web |title=St.George Basilica Church Angamaly |url=http://angamalybasilica.com/template.php?id=35&page=8&catid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120201083531/http://angamalybasilica.com/template.php?id=35&page=8&catid=72 |archive-date=1 February 2012 |access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> * St. George Syro-Malabar Catholic Basilica{{snd}}minor basilica and the biggest of its kind in southern India<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOME |url=https://angamaly.org/angamaly/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927140040/https://angamaly.org/angamaly/ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=angamaly.org}}</ref><ref>The St. Thomas Christian Encyclopaedia of India, for History and large number of photos on Angamaly</ref><ref>Indian Church History Classics, Vol. I, The Nazranies,1998</ref> * St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Malayattoor{{snd}}international shrine * St. Mary's Jacobite Soonoro Cathedral{{snd}}ancient church and one of the most prominent Jacobite churches in Kerala<ref>Kaniamparambil, Chor Episcopos V. Rev. Curian, ''"The Fame of Angamali Church and Holiness of Mor Kurilos" (Malayalam). Ambattu Mor Kurilos Centenary Souvenir (Ankamaly, India: St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church)'', ( published 1991)<!--ISSN/ISBN needed--></ref> * Thiru Nayathode Siva Narayana Temple{{snd}}Hindu temple built by Cheraman Perumal Nayanar in 800 AD<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thirunayathode Sivanarayana Temple - Ernakulam - Book online Pujas, Homam, Sevas, Purohits, Astro services| Pure Prayer |url=https://www.pureprayer.com/temples/thirunayathode-sivanarayana-temple-ernakulam/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927140043/https://www.pureprayer.com/temples/thirunayathode-sivanarayana-temple-ernakulam/ |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref> * Kallil Temple{{snd}}Jain shrine established in the 9th century<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kallil Devi Temple | IndiaUnveiled |url=https://www.indiaunveiled.in/destination/kallil-devi-temple |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927140041/https://www.indiaunveiled.in/destination/kallil-devi-temple |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=www.indiaunveiled.in}}</ref> * Transformers and Electricals Kerala Limited{{snd}}electrical manufacturing company
== Location == {| style="right; margin:0 0 0 0;" | {{Geographic Location |title = '''Areas of Kochi''' |Northwest = Irinjalakuda, Mala |North = Chalakudy |Northeast = Athirappilly |West = North Paravur |Centre = Angamaly |East = Malayatoor, Kalady |Southwest = Aluva |South = Nedumbassery |Southeast = Perumbavoor }} |}
== Demographic figures == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+ !General<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=RESIDENTS |url=https://angamaly.org/angamaly/index.php/residents |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927140100/https://angamaly.org/angamaly/index.php/residents |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023 |website=angamaly.org}}</ref> |Population |33,465 |- ! rowspan="2" |Sex |Male |49% |- |Female |51% |- !Age | < 6 |9% |- ! rowspan="3" |Religion |Christian |71.89% |- |Hindu |27.03% |- |Muslim |0.83% |- !Education |Literacy rate |96.47% |} Angamaly Is Home To The Archeparchy of Ernakulam–Angamaly,Which Serves As The Center Of Syro-Malabar Church Throughout Kerala.
== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed> File:CSA Hall Angamaly.JPG|CSA Hall File:Kothakulangara Sree Bhagavathi Temple Angamaly Side View.JPG|Kothakulangara Baghavathy temple File:Angamali - Little Flower Hospital-2.JPG|Little Flower Hospital File:Angamaly Railway Station.JPG|Angamaly railway station File:Angamaly Municipal office complex.JPG|Angamaly municipal office File:Block Panchayat office Angamaly.JPG|Block Panchayat office File:Double Decker Bus Angamaly BUS STAND.JPG|Double-decker bus File:PWD Rest House Angamaly.JPG|PWD rest house File:Angamaly ksrtc bustation 1302.jpg|Angamaly KSRTC bus station </gallery>
== See also == *Kunnappillissery *Thekke Kidangoor
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Angamaly}} * http://www.angamalymunicipality.in {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111012044/http://www.angamalymunicipality.in/ |date=11 January 2012 }} {{Kerala}} {{Municipalities of Kerala}} {{Ernakulam district}}
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