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' Pandalam CHERICKAL'
CHERICKAL is a locality in the city of pandalam. Geographically it is situated in the eastern ending of Alappuzha district and western part of Pathanamthitta district. Southern end of cherickal is on the verge of alappuzha District (in fact cherickal formed a part of alappuzha, before it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Pathanamthitta District). Part of Pandalam Panchayat and Adoor Taluk, Cherickal comes under the Pathanamthitta Parliamentary and Adoor Assembly Constituencies.
Cherickal is encompassed by and valleys, paddy fields, rivulets and streams, as well as country roads that pass through rubber plantations and dales.
How to reach Cherickal Village
Cherickal borders two Districts – Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta - thus spanning on both Districts. If you are coming via Alappuzha, the ideal place to start the travel is Kayamkulam. NH 47 is passing through Kayamkulam Town and connecting Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. From Kayamkulm one should travel to pandalam. From pandalam you will get buses and autorikshaws to cherickal. But if you are travelling through the Main Central Road (MC Road), connecting Cochin and Trivandrum, then the ideal place to step down is Pandalam. From Pandalam, it is just only 4 km to cherickal. If you are using train then alight on chengannur railway station. From their you will get plenty of KSRTC buses to Pandalam.
From pandalam it is very easy to go to cherickal. Go to the autorikshaw stand in front of pandalam panchayath. Approach an autorikshaw driver, Tell the name of the person you want to meet. He will direct you on the right way.
Central part of cherickal is "Puthenkutti". Govt. ITC is there. If you turn right you will go to the SVLPS SCHOOL side. If you turn left then you go to the Cherickal muslim jamaath masjid. "Anthruman" annan's shop is very near to masjid. If you go straight then you will reach the back side of mannam sugar mill. Now mannam ayurvedic medical college is there.