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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chennamkary
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 688501
| area_code = 0477272
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| registration_plate = KL-04, KL-66
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| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
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| blank3_name_sec1 = Nearest National Highway
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'''Chennamkary''' is a village in [[Kuttanad]] Taluk in [[Alappuzha District]] of [[Kerala]] state, India.<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711042331/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42554/download/46180/2011-IndiaStateDistSbDistVill-0000.xlsx |archive-date=11 July 2022 |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>

== Geography ==
Chennamkary is located 12 km east of the district headquarters Alappuzha, 4 km from [[Champakkulam]], 141 km from the state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]], and is surrounded by Veliyanad Taluk towards the east, Ambalappuzha Taluk and Alappuzha Taluk towards the west, and Aryad Taluk towards the north.

[[Alappuzha]], Changanassery, Thiruvalla, [[Kottayam]] are nearby cities.

== Economy ==

The major income is still from agriculture and fishing despite tourism. Chennamkary is also a major spot of movie/TV soap/music video shootings due to its beautiful landscape view. Saint [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]], one of the founding fathers and the first superior general of C.M.I., was baptized at [[St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Chennamkary]] Which is also The first Catholic Church in Asia dedicated to [[Saint Joseph]].

== Places around Chennamkary ==
*[[Thottuvatala]]
*[[Pallathuruthy]]
*[[Thomayiram]]
*[[Pazhupadam]]
*[[Irumpanam]]
*[[Somathuram]]
*[[Arunootampadam]]
*[[Kuppappuram]]
*[[Kuttamangalam]]
*[[Kainakary]]
*[[Chathurthiakary]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Places in Alappuzha district]]

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