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Amballur, Ernakulam

village in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ4741002
Source-derived summary

Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Amballur had a population of 11358 with 5537 males and 5821 females.

Location

Amballoor is located about 20 km from downtown Kochi. It is a part of the Amballoor Panchayath, which forms the southern edge of the Ernakulam district. It is situated along the Ernakulam-Thalayolaparambu main road.

Amballoor Pallithazham is the main junction of Amballoor. Main temples in this area are Amballur Kavu and Koote Kavu, both of which are Bhagavati. Amballoor Thrikkovu is another main temple; it is a Krishna temple. The St. Francis Assisi Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, established in 1810, is at this junction.

Editorial summary

“Amballur, Ernakulam” enters the record as village in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Amballur, Ernakulam and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 1810—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Amballur, Ernakulam and village.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Amballur, Ernakulam” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Amballur, Ernakulam and village provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4741002. Authority coordinates are 9.857, 76.401. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1810.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Amballur, Ernakulam”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Amballur, Ernakulam primary sources, Amballur, Ernakulam archive and Amballur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Amballur, Ernakulam”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from Amballur, Ernakulam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.