Manjoor (village)

Manjoor
—  village  —
Manjoor
Location of Manjoor
in Kerala and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Kerala
District(s) Kottayam
Nearest city Kuruppanthara. Ettumanoor
Parliamentary constituency kottayam
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Website scworg

Manjoor is a village in the Kottayam district of Kerala state, Southern India. Manjoor is situated on the Kottayam-Vaikom bus-rout, and close to the towns of Ettumanoor and Kaduthuruthy.(Kuruppanthara)(Kothanalloor)

Manjoor is notable for being the birthplace of Bishop Mathew Makil, the first bishop of the Kottayam Diocese of Knanaya Church.

Places of interest

The Head Office of Pattikajathi Kshema Samithi (scworg) a Charitable Socity,80 G. certified,since 2002. Vewing -www.scworg. And also as 'pattikajathi' being landmark. Manjoor Bhagavathy Madam (under Kumaranallor Devaswam) and Sreekandeswara Temple (under Travancore Devaswam) are landmarks. The Holy Malliyoor Mahaganapathy Temple at Eravimangalam , is also at a short distance from Manjoor.

The railway line which goes from Thiruvananthapuram to Ernakulam via Kottayam passes near Manjoor.Nearest railway station is Kuruppanthara in Manjoor Panchayath