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Aranattukara at a glance
Where Aranattukara is, who governs it, the places around it, and how many people live here.
Aranattukara is a neighbourhood in the west of Thrissur city, about 2.5 km south-west of the Swaraj Round, where the town meets the kol wetlands. It was once a village and a river port of its own; today it is part of the Thrissur Corporation.
Facts
| District | Thrissur, Kerala |
| Taluk | Thrissur |
| Revenue village | Aranattukara (village office for land and revenue matters) |
| Local body | Thrissur Municipal Corporation, since 2000. Before that, part Thrissur Municipality and part Ayyanthole panchayat |
| Corporation wards | Since December 2025: 48 Aranattukara and 47 Laloor. From 2010 to 2020 they were wards 51 and 50 |
| Councillors (2025) | Vibhitha Vasu (Aranattukara) and Lali James (Laloor) — all councillors |
| Assembly constituency | Thrissur (no. 67) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thrissur |
| Post office | Aranattukara, PIN 680618. Some streets near Elthuruth use Elthuruth, PIN 680611 |
Boundaries
There is no single official boundary for “Aranattukara”. The name covers a neighbourhood that today falls in two Corporation wards. The Aranattukara ward takes in the northern part, with the schools and convents. The old heart of the place, the market streets around St. Thomas Church and Tharakan’s school, is in the Laloor ward.
- Aranattukara ward (no. 48 since 2025; 51 before)
- Laloor ward (no. 47 since 2025; 50 before) — church and market
- Neighbouring wards
Ward boundaries: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), from the 2015 ward division. Wards were redrawn in 2025; the map will be updated when the new boundaries are available.
Measured on the map, the Aranattukara ward covers about 1.9 km² and the Laloor ward about 1.2 km². The old revenue village was larger: the book says it took in the desams (localities) of Aranattukara, Lalur, Karyattukara and Olari.
Surrounding areas
Going round the two wards, starting in the north:
- North: Kanattukara and Ayyanthole, with the Civil Station to the north-west.
- North-east: Poothole, on the way to the Round.
- South-east: Vadookara.
- South-west: Karyattukara, which includes St. Aloysius College.
- West: Elthuruth, and beyond it the kol wetlands.
Laloor itself — the Lalur temple and the old trenching ground — lies within the Laloor ward, next door to Aranattukara’s market.
People
The census does not count Aranattukara on its own. It counts the whole Thrissur Corporation as one town, with 315,957 people in 2011.
The 2011 census also published figures for each Corporation ward, using the ward numbers of the time. The ward that appears to be Aranattukara (ward 50 in the 2005 numbering) had:
| Census 2011 | |
|---|---|
| People | 5,230 (2,560 men, 2,670 women) |
| Households | 1,179 |
| Women per 1,000 men | 1,043 (Kerala: 1,084) |
| Literacy | 89.8% |
| Children under 7 | 417 |
These ward figures are still being checked: the census tables give ward numbers but not names, and the wards were redrawn in 2010. We will confirm them against the official District Census Handbook.
More
- Councillors of Aranattukara, from the first municipal councillor to today.
- From village to city ward: how Aranattukara became part of Thrissur.
- Map and heritage walk: every place on one map.
Sources
- Ward boundaries: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Thrissur Corporation wards as divided in 2015 — Aranattukara, Laloor
- State Election Commission, Kerala: Thrissur Corporation, ward 048 Aranattukara and ward 047 Laloor, December 2025 (sec.kerala.gov.in)
- Local Self Government Department, Kerala: elected members of Thrissur Corporation, 2010–2020 (lsgkerala.gov.in)
- Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala: Thrissur district assembly constituencies, 2008 delimitation (ceo.kerala.gov.in, archived 2012)
- India Post: Aranattukara S.O., PIN 680618; Elthuruth S.O., PIN 680611
- Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract, Thrissur (M Corp.) — as republished at censusindia2011.com; to be checked against the District Census Handbook
- Joy Chiramel, Arranadu – Aranadu – Orunadu (2024), ch. 16