Perumbavoor is a municipality in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies in the North Eastern tip of the Greater Cochin area and is also the headquarters of Kunnathunad Taluk. Perumbavoor is famed in the state for wood industries and small-scale industries. Ernakulam lies 33 km southwest of Perumbavoor. The town lies between Angamaly and Muvattupuzha on the Main Central Road (MC), which connects Thiruvananthapuram to Angamaly through the old Travancore part of Kerala. Perumbavoor lies in the banks of rivers Periyar and Muvattupuzha.Perumbavoor is the land of merchant's and business. Perumbavoor has many immigrants from other parts of India mostly from West Bengal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh etc. Most work in the plywood or other industries. Tamils and Nepalese have special colonies of their own. Perumbavoor municipality was formed in 1936. It was one among the 4 Panchayats sanctioned by Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer (Diwan-Thiruvithamcore). The others were Paravur, Nedumangad and Boothapandi.[1] Kandanthara is the nearest place & most populated area in perumbavoor, which is the largest Muslim Jamaath in Ernakulam district. Thandekkad is 4 km far from perumbavoor through Aluva Munnar Road (Private bus route). The name perumbavoor is coming from perumba+oor , were 'perum' means 'big' and 'oor' means 'place'. Others opinion is that, the name coming from perumbambu+oor 'perumbammbu' means 'pythons'-a non venomous snake 'oor' means 'place'. In olden times , most of the places are thick forest and full of pythons were Tamil peoples are coming first for hunting pythons to make sidha medicines and snake meat, snake fat etc.
