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Mavoor is the largest village in Calicut district in Kerala, India.It is 20km away from Calicut city.Mavoor was the place for storing grass which is used to build houses.Hence the former name of mavoor was Pulparampu.Until 1960s, Mavoor was also like any other village in Kerala-an undeveloped one.But in 1960s Birla Management started a factroy named Gwalior Rayons for producing pulp and fibre.The arrival of Gwalior Rayons caused a rapid change in the life style of native people and a tremendous development.

Later Gwalior Rayons was renamed as Grasim.All the facilities such as transportation,Schools,hospital,Police station etc became available at Mavoor. In 1985 Grasim had shut down for 3 years,that caused 11 suicides in Mavoor itself.Because the employees were completely depending on Grasim.At last in 1988 Nayanar Government offered more concessions to the management and the factory re-opened.

But the situations were not better.Protests were growing from all around on the pollution caused by the factory.Management was not ready to use any pollution control norms.Pollutants produced by Grasim mainly affected the river Chaliyar which flows beside the factory.Many environmental organizations started visiting Mavoor.And also the management was fed up with the series of labour strikes and unions.All these things in turns ended in the shuting down of Gwalior Rayons in 2002.

The closing of factory caused the loss of employment for 3000 people.But people were started thinking in other ways and they adapted with the new situations.In 2007 November Government is going to sign in an agreement with Birla Management for starting an IT industry in Mavoor.Birla management thinks about starting a branch of their Birla Institute of Technology and Science(BITS) in Mavoor.

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[edit] Geography

Geographically mavoor is a beautiful place with river chaliyar,many paddylanda and some hills.

[edit] Culture

Mavoor is famous for its religious harmony.Many Temples, Mosques and Churches are situated in the nearby places.Any communal problems are not reported from Mavoor until now.Mavoor Juma masjid,Kalchira Sree Narasimha moorthi kshethram,Little flower church etc are the major religious centers in Mavoor. Arts and sports clubs drive the cultural aspirations of people.Mavoor Public Library which is on the ground floor of Grama Panchayath Office provides a lot of books and journals for readers.

[edit] Climate

The district has a generally humid climate with a very hot season extending from March to May. The most important rainy season is during the South West Monsoon, which sets in the first week of June and extends up to September. In June,July season most of the places suffer thread of flood.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census[1], Mavoor had a population of 27,843. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Mavoor has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Mavoor, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. To reach Mavoor you can catch a privaste bus from the old bus stand at Calicut(Kozhikode). it will take half of an hour to reach mavoor from calicut

[edit] Places of interest

Chaliyar Jalak:A water boating park for boating through the river Chaliyar.

[edit] Educational institutions

Mavoor GMUP school

GHSS Mavoor

Mahlara Public school,Parammel

Cresent English school,Parammel

St.Mary's English Medium school,Kaniyath

Aduvad AUP school,Aduvad

Kanniparampa GUP school,Kanniparampa

Arayancode ALP school,Arayancode

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

[edit] External links

Nearest city: Kozhikode.

Neighbouring places: Vazhakkad, Koolimadu, Kunnamangalam, Chennamangalloor

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