Avinissery

Avinissery is a census town in Thrissur district, just 6 km from district headquarters, in the state of Kerala, India. Avinissery is also the name of a Gram Panchayat in Thrissur District.^[1] Avinissery is also the name of a village office in Thrissur that lies Nedupuzha police station limits in Thrissur subdivision of Thrissur City Police. Avinissery is also the name of speed post branch Post Office is situated in the Thrissur postal division.

Avinissery
Census town
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Coordinates: 10.481260°N 76.1976000°E / 10.481260; 76.1976000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Government
• Body	Avinissery Grama Panchayath, Thrissur Municipal Corporation
• Panchayat President	Sri Hari C.Narendran (BJP)
Area
• Total	7.82 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	16,715
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	680306, 680313
Telephone code	0487
Vehicle registration	KL-08
Temperature Range: 22.5°C - 35 °C

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,^[2] Avinissery census town had a population of 16,715. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Avinissery has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. A lot of villagers are occupied in gold work like the neighboring places Cherpu, Perinchery, Ammadam, Vallachira, and Ollur. This has led to immigration of workers from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and North East India.^[3] The famous Malayalam poet Mullanezhi and Indian National Congress leader V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan are from this census town.