Perambra
Grama Panchayat

In the early decades of the twentieth century, this region was known as Payyormala. Many parts of the panchayat were uncultivated and covered in forest. Commercial crops like coconut and black pepper, along with paddy, were the main sources of income here. Around 100 years ago, the Basel Mission established the first school in Perambra near the location where the present-day Government U.P. School stands. In 1910, the first government institution in the area, a post office, was started. In the 1950s, the famous playwright and literary figure K.T. Muhammad worked as a clerk in this post office. In the early period, land ownership in Perambra was vested in a few landlord families and Devaswoms (temple trusts). Except for the Nadukkandi family belonging to the Muslim community, all landowners were high-caste...