Aloor is a place in Thrissur district in Kerala, South India. Nearby towns are Irinjalakuda, Chalakudi and Kodakara.
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Aloor falls under the Thrissur Lok Sabha Constituency and parts of it fall under the Mala and Irinjalakuda Assembly Constituencies.
The Postal Index Number (PIN) of Aloor is 680683 since Aloor and a few other post offices fall under the Divisional Post Office of Thazhekkad. The name 'Aloor' has been simplified to ALUR by the postal department; that is how the name is engraved on the wooden/iron stamp of the post office of Alur.
Telephone code (land connection) of Aloor is +480. It is followed by a seven digit phone number.
Educational institutions in the area include R M Higher Secondary School, St. Joseph's EMHS and Sree Narayana Vilasam Vocational Higher secondary School.[1] Parents who have high ambitions can send their children to schools in nearby towns like Irinjalakuda, Chalakudi, Kodakara,Potta etc. Lack of seats in the schools in Aloor can also be the reason for children in Aloor to seek admission in schools in nearby towns.
Many Aloorians, quite similar to other Keralites, go abroad, or to other cities outside the State, to earn their livelihood. Many of the educated youth from Aloor become skilled blue color workers or unskilled workers in the Middle East, or in Indian cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore.
Christian, Hindu and Muslim religions coexist harmoniously in Aloor. While St. Joseph's Church is the parish church of all Roman Catholics in Aloor, St. Mary's Church is a subsidiary of the former. Full length Holy Mass is performed in both these churches. Muthappan Bagavathy temple at the Edathadan centre, two kilometers from Aloor Junction, is an attraction among Hindu devotees.
Aloor Panchayat is a much wider area which includes places like Kallettumkara, Thazhekkad, Kombadinjamakkal, Anathadom etc. in addition to Aloor. Aloor Panchayat office is located at Kallettumkara, another small town located two km away from Aloor.
Irinjalakuda railway station (IJK in railway lexicon) is located at Kallettumkara. Aloor natives reach Kallettumkara railway station (Irinjalakuda railway station) to board trains leaving for Chennai (Alleppey-Chennai Express), Mumbai (Kanyakumari-Mumbai CST Jayanti Janatha Express), Bangalore (Kanyakumari-Bangalore Island Express) and many other places within and outside Kerala.
The traffic intersection at Aloor, popularly known as Aloor Centre or Aloor Junction, is one of the liveliest areas in Aloor. From Aloor Junction, government run or private buses can be boarded to major towns like Chalakudi and Irinjalakuda.State Highway 51 traverse through Aloor.
Aloor is 25 km away from Thrissur town, the district headquarters of Thrissur. From Thrissur one can board government run bus (KSRTC bus or Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus) to Mala. Only government buses ply on this route at full length. Aloor Junction comes 12 km before Mala. While in a KSRTC ordinary bus it takes 1 hour from Thrissur, if the bus is fast passenger, for which the ticket charge will be Rs.5/- to 10/- higher than the normal rate, it takes less than 45 minutes to reach Aloor Junction. Coming from Thrissur the order of bus stops within the limits of Aloor is: Aloor Junction, Mala via junction, Aloor Gate, RMHS School and English Medium School. Before entering Aloor, the bus passes through the territory of Kodakara and leaving Aloor the bus enters the territory of Kombadingamakkal. Starting from Kodakara to a long way after Aloor, this road is part of State Highway 51 of Kerala.
Aloor can be reached from Irinjalakuda and Chalakudi by private owned buses that ply between these two nearby towns between 5.30 am and 9 pm. Chalakudi-Irinjalakuda route touches State Highway 51 at Mala via, overlaps with the Highway till Aloor Junction, and the two diverge. While Chalakudi is at a distance of eight km from Aloor, Irinjalakuda town is nine km away from here.
Aloor does not have a cinema theater of its own, nor a wine shop or a bar (where liquor is served). But it has several toddy shops (colloquially called "kallu shap" - "kallu" means toddy and 'shap' being the Malayalam inflection of the English word 'shop'). Unlike several other parts of Kerala, only toddy from the coconut tree is available at the 'kallu shaps' of Aloor. Those who tap toddy from coconut tree, ("chethukaran" in singular) are legally bound to deposit their collection at the nearby toddy shop to which they are registered. Toddy thus pooled by several "chethukar" is sold at a toddy shop owned, by way of bidding, by a private Abkari contractor. Toddy shops at Kanal Palam, Aloor Gate and Mala via are famous for their unadulterated toddy.
As of now Aloor is not having a theatre as Rashmi theatre located at Kallettumkara is also closed. "Babu" talkies, which was located adjacent to Better Life Movement (BLM), showed Tamil-thriller movies of Rajnikant and other Tamil heroes and heroines, is another theatre which was closed due to financial constraints.
Now movie fans in Aloor, travels to nearby places like Chalakudy or Irinjalakuda to catch up with the latest movies.
Malayalam is the mother tongue of almost all natives of Aloor. Even though it has some similarities with the accent of Malayalam generally spoken in Thrissur district, it is not as thick in accent as the language spoken by Thrissur town natives. Going by the literal meaning of the word Aloor, the name signifies "place with people" or "place inhabited by people" ("Aal" in Malayalam means "human" and "ur" or "oor" means "town" in old Malayalam and Tamil, the language spoken in Tamil Nadu, the neighbouring state, and which has influence on Malayalam.).
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