Pathiramanal

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| settlement_type = island

| image_skyline = Pathiramanal island - view from muhamma.jpg

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| image_caption = Pathiramanal island, view from Muhamma

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| coordinates = {{coord|9|37|7|N|76|23|6|E|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Alappuzha

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| governing_body = Gram panchayat

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

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| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 688525{{cite web |url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx |title=Welcome to the Indiapost Website |access-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520133707/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/pinsearch.aspx |archive-date=20 May 2012 }}

| registration_plate = KL-32,http://www.keralamvd.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=5 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}

| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city

| blank1_info_sec1 = Alappuzha, Kumarakom (Kottayam dist)

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Pathiramanal is a small island in Muhamma panchayat of Alappuzha district located in Vembanad Lake.{{Cite web |title=മുഹമ്മ ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Muhamma Grama Panchayat) » പഞ്ചായത്തിലൂടെ |url=http://lsgkerala.in/muhammapanchayat/general-information/description/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123101745/http://lsgkerala.in/muhammapanchayat/general-information/description/ |archive-date=23 January 2021 |access-date=11 July 2011}} The name Pathiramanal means 'midnight sand'. It is home to many rare varieties of migratory birds from different parts of the world.

Geography

The Pathiramanal Island is 28.505 ha. It is about 1.5 km from Muhamma boat jetty and about 13 km from Alapuzha. From the jetty close by Baker Bungalow the distance to the island is about 5 km and from Kumarakom 4 km towards northwest.

Maximum length: 550m (SW to NE)
Maximum width: 450m (SE to NW)
Perimeter: 1800 m
Estimated Area: 19.6 ha
Distance to the nearest main land: 810m

History

File:Pathiramanal Info Board, Vembanadu kayal 01.jpg

The island (also known as Anantha Padmanabhan Thoppu) was purchased by Chevalier ACM Anthraper, from M/s Bheemji Devji Trust of Cochin and was under the private ownership of Thaimattathil Family until the late seventies.{{Cite web|last=Babu|first=K. A.|title=The arrival of Portuguese and origin of Anthrappers|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/social-issues/the-arrival-of-portuguese-and-origin-of-anthrappers-1.29766|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}} When Land Reforms Acts were enforced in the State in 1979, the island came under government ownership. The island was returned to the government as a surplus land that crossed the land ceiling. It was later transferred to the Tourism Department and the idea of leasing it out to private enterprises was under consideration. The island at present is uninhabited. Till the late 1970s, 14 worker families resided in the island, who were later rehabilitated on the mainland in the Muhamma panchayath.{{Cite web|title=About Pathiramanal, Island, Alappuzha, Kumarakom, Kerala, India|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kumarakom/mythology-history-pathiramanal.php|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Kerala Tourism - Kumarakom|language=en}}

File:Pathiramanal walkway2.jpg