Ongallur
Grama Panchayat

Kerala’s Palakkad District, in the Ottapalam Taluk and Pattambi Block, is home to Ongallur Grama Panchayat. Spread across the villages of Ongallur I and Ongallur II, the Panchayat covers an area of 31.68 square kilometres. Its boundaries are marked by Pattambi Municipality to the east, Koppam Grama Panchayat and Vallappuzha Grama Panchayat to the north, the Bharathapuzha River to the south, and Shoranur Municipality to the west.The geographical characteristics of Ongallur village, situated on the northern bank of the Bharathapuzha, may have contributed to the origin of its name. The word “Ongal” carries meanings such as hill, mound, elevated land, elephant, and ship. Combined with the suffix “Oor,” meaning village (as found in traditional Malayalam lexicons), the place name “Ongallur” emerged. This itself reflects the distinctive topography of the Panchayat.The northeastern regions of the Panchayat are characterized by hilly terrain, while the southwestern region along the...