Eloor

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?Eloor Kerala • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Ernakulam
Population	30,092 (2001)

Eloor is a census town located 17 km north of the city of Kochi in Paravur taluk Ernakulam district in Kerala, India. It is an island of 14.21 km² and is the largest industrial belt in Kerala.

There are more than 247 industries of different kinds e.g., Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), Travancore Cochin Chemicals, Indian Rare Earths, Hindustan Insecticides Limited (the world's largest manufacturer of DDT) and many others manufacturing a range of products like chemical-petrochemical products, pesticides and insecticides, rare earth elements, rubber processing chemicals, fertilizers, zinc/chromium compounds and leather products.^{[citation needed]}

Educational institutions in the area include Udyogamandal School, FACT High School, Eastern UP School, St. Ann's School, Kasturba School etc.

Eloor also suffers from heavy pollution, and is rated as one of the toxic hotspots of the world by Green Peace International.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census,^[1] Eloor had a population of 30,092. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Eloor has an average literacy rate of 84%, somewhat higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 81%.