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| name = Aymanam
| native_name_lang = ml
| other_name = Ayemenem
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
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'''Aymanam''' is a village in the [[Kottayam|Kottayam District]] of [[Kerala]], India. It is about 4 km from the railway station in Kottayam along the road to [[Parippu]], and 85 km from the [[Cochin International Airport]]. Aymanam is the setting for [[Arundhati Roy]]'s 1997 novel ''[[The God of Small Things]]''.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Aimanam had a population of 34,985 with 17,268 males and 17,717 females.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|work=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|accessdate=2008-12-10| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx| archivedate= 8 December 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Ay'' means "five" in and ''Vanam'' means "forest" in [[Malayalam]]. Hence, ''Aymanam'' means "five forests", which, according to tradition, were Vattakkadu, Thuruthikkadu, Vallyakadu, Moolakkadu and Mekkadu. They survive today only as "snake groves", where fertility idols, in the form of snakes, were worshiped under the trees. Families depute Brahmin once a year for ritualistic offering.

==Geography==
[[Vembanad|Lake Vembanad]] lies to the west of the village, near [[Kumarakom]], with the [[Meenachil River]] providing its water supply, which often floods from June to August due to regular [[monsoons]]. Consequently, two-thirds of the village are [[paddy field]]s.

The borders of the village are mostly delineated by rivers or canals, and include the villages of Arpookara, Kumara Nallooru, Thiruvarpu and Kumarakom, and the municipality of Kottayam.

== Notable residents ==
* [[Arundhati Roy]] - writer
* [[Aymanam John]] - writer
* [[N.N. Pillai]] - Drama and cinema artist.
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)]] - [[Malayalam]] movie actor.
* [[Mary Poonen Lukose]] - Surgeon General of India and state legislator of [[Travancore]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Kottayam district}}
[[Category:Villages in Kottayam district]]

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