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{{Short description|Pancayath located in Ernakulam district, Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Avoly
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| leader_title = Panchayath President
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 686670<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pincode.net.in/KERALA/ERNAKULAM/A/AVOLY | title = Avoly, Kerala PinCode | access-date = 2020-03-12}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0485
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-17
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Muvattupuzha
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Idukki
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| governing_body = Avoly Grama Panchayath
| coordinates = {{Coord|9|57|31|N|76|37|22|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
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| established_date = 1953
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| native_name = ആവോലി
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'''Avoly''' is a [[panchayath]] located in [[Ernakulam district]] of the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. The panchayath is a part of [[Moovattupuzha taluk|Muvattupuzha taluk]] and consists of 14 wards which include [[Anikkad (Muvattupuzha)|Anikkad]], Kavana, Kizhakkekara, Kottapuram, Nadukkara, and Pareeka Peedika.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2010/704|title=Local Self Government Department {{!}} Local Self Government Department|website=lsgkerala.gov.in|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ernakulam.nic.in/grama-panchayat/|title=GRAMA PANCHAYAT {{!}} Ernakulam District Website {{!}} India|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>

Avoly comes under the Muvattupuzha assembly constituency which is coming under [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki parliamentary constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-03-04|date=2009-03-04|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> A major educational institution in Kerala, [[Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha|Nirmala College]] situated at Avoly panchayath.<ref name="kerala">{{cite web|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/POLLINGSTATION/AC086.pdf|date=2018-10-06|title=LIST OF POLLIN G STATIONS|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>

== History ==
Avoly panchayath was formed in 1953. The first meeting of the Panchayat was held on August 15, 1953 and K. V. Emmanuel Karuppamadam became the first president. It has an area of 18.6 km<sup>2</sup> and shares the borders with [[Ayavana|Ayavana Panchayath]] and [[Moovattupuzha taluk|Muvattupuzha Municipality]] in the North, [[Manjalloor|Manjalloor panchayath]] and [[Manakkad|Manakkad Panchayath]] in the South, Manjallor panchayath and Ayavana panchayath in the East and [[Arakuzha|Arakuzha panchayath]] and [[Muvattupuzha|Muvattupuzha Municipality]] in the West.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lsgkerala.in/avolypanchayat/avoly/|title=ആവോലി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Avoly Grama Panchayat) » ആവോലി|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As of 2001 census, had a population of 15760 with 7935 males and 7825 with a literacy rate of 93.9%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lsgkerala.in/avolypanchayat/general-information/|title=ആവോലി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Avoly Grama Panchayat) » പൊതുവിവരങ്ങള്‍|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> The town is mainly made up of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syrian Catholic Christians]], Hindus and Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lsgkerala.in/avolypanchayat/history/|title=ആവോലി ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Avoly Grama Panchayat) » ചരിത്രം|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref>

== Wards ==
# Kizhakkekkara
# Randar
# Kottappuram
# Thiruvumplavu Kshetram
# St.sebastian.h.s
# Pareekkapeedika
# Kavana
# Kavana Gov. LPS
# Nadukkara
# Panchayath Office
# Anicadu
# P.h.c
# Companippady
# Nirmala College

== Economy ==
[[Rubber]], [[pineapple]], and [[coconut]] are the main cultivation of this village.

== Places in and around Avoly ==
* [[Vazhakulam]]
* [[Ayavana]]
* [[Muvattupuzha]]
* [[Mullappuzhachal]]

== See also ==
* [[Moovattupuzha taluk|Muvattupuzha taluk]]
* [[Vazhakulam]]
* [[Vazhakulam pineapple]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.muvattupuzhamunicipality.in/ |title=Home |website=Muvattupuzha Municipality |access-date=2020-03-12}}

[[Category:Villages in Ernakulam district]]

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