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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amarambalam (Pookkottumpadam)
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[[File:Nilambur Railway Station54.jpg|thumbnail|Amarabalam Road]]
'''Amarambalam''' is a forest village near [[Nilambur]] town and conjoins [[Silent Valley National Park]]. The area is 265.72 km<sup>2</sup>. Altitude rises sharply from 40 to 2,554 m.

==New Amarambalam Reserved Forest==
The [[New Amarambalam Reserved Forest]] is noted for 10 species of threatened or restricted bird species including: lesser adjutant (''[[Leptoptilos javanicus]]''), white-rumped vulture (''[[Gyps bengalensis]]''), Nilgiri wood-pigeon (''[[Columba elphinstonii]]'') Malabar parakeet (''[[Psittacula columboides]]'') Malabar grey-hornbill (''[[Ocyceros griseus]]''), white-bellied treepie (''[[Dendrocitta leucogastra]]''), grey-headed bulbul (''[[Pycnonotus priocephalus]]''), rufous babbler (''[[Turdoides subrufus]]''), white-bellied blue-flycatcher (''[[Cyornis pallipes]]'') and crimson-backed sunbird (''[[Nectarinia minima]]'').<ref>BirdLife International (2005) BirdLife's online World Bird Database, Important Bird Areas (IBA) Factsheet IN232, Amarambalam Reserved Forest - Nilambur, accessed 26/3/2007 [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sites/index.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=18238&m=0 Birdlife International]</ref>

==Villages and Suburbs==
* Thondiyil and Koottampara
* Chelode, Mannathipoyil & Mampata
* Naripoyil, Thottekkad and Pookkottumpadam
* Chettippadam, Pariyangad and Pottikkallu
* Thelpara, Antonykkadu and T.K.Colony
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/nilambur-maoist-malayalam-news-1.1529750

==Naxalite threat==
In November 2016, three Naxalites were killed near Karulai in an encounter with Kerala police. Naxalite leader Kappu Devaraj from Andhra Pradesh is included in the list of killed in the incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/nilambur-maoist-malayalam-news-1.1529750|title = നിലമ്പൂര്‍ ഏറ്റുമുട്ടല്‍: കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടവരില്‍ മാവോവാദി നേതാവും}}</ref>
Villages like Mundakkadavu, Kalkullam and Uchakkulam near Karulai are threatened by Naxalite attacks. Naxalites visit the locality regularly and ask for food and shelter from the tribals. The police are also combing the area regularly but have not arrested any Naxalites.
On 27 September 2016, there was firing between the Maoists and the Kerala police in this area and no one was injured in this incident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/print-edition/kerala/nilampoor-malayalam-news-1.1394437|title = മുണ്ടക്കടവില്‍ ആദ്യവെടി ഞങ്ങളുടേത് തന്നെയെന്ന് മാവോവാദികള്‍}}</ref>

==Tourist attractions==
* Waterfall at T.K.Colony
* Kathir Farm,
* Kotta Puzha gives you natural and refreshing bath

==Transportation==
Amarambalam village connects to other parts of India through [[Nilambur]] town. State Highway No.28 starts from Nilambur and connects to [[Ooty]], [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]] through Highways.12,29 and 181. National highway No.66 passes through [[Ramanattukara]] and the northern stretch connects to [[Goa]] and [[Mumbai]]. The southern stretch connects to [[Cochin]] and [[Trivandrum]]. State. The nearest airport is at [[Kozhikode Airport|Kozhikode]]. The nearest major railway station is at [[Nilambur Road railway station]].

==Picture Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Nilambur 23, Kerala, India.jpg|Thottekkad, T.K.Colony Road
File:Pookkottumpadam, Kerala, India.jpg|Pookkotumpadam, T.K.Colony Road
File:Church at T.K.Colony, Nilambur.jpg|Church in T.K.Colony
File:T.K.Colony, Nilambur.jpg|Communist Office, T.K.Colony
File:PycnonotusPriocephalus.svg|Grey Headed Bulbul
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Amarambalam}}

{{Malappuram district}}

[[Category:Villages in Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Nilambur area]]

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