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District Spatial Plan - Thrissur                                                             URBAN PROFILE     113




                                                Chapter – 8
                                              URBAN PROFILE

       In this chapter the trend of urbanization of          2001. The population figures of the State as per census
Thrissur District is assessed and is compared with the       2001 are shown in the Table 8.1.
level of Urbanization of the State so as to ascertain the
                                                                   There is an increase of about 400% in the total
position of the District in the State scenario.
                                                             population of Kerala within a century. During this pe-
8.1 TREND OF URBANIZATION – KERALA                           riod rural population has increased by 300 %. Rural
                                                             population content in Kerala has declined from 92.89%
       At the turn of the 21st century, Kerala had a popu-
                                                             to 74% of the total population within a century. This is
lation of 63.96 lakhs, of which 59.42 lakhs were in its
                                                             an indication on the trend of urbanization in Kerala that
rural areas as per Census 2001. This constituted 92.89%
                                                             has happened in a century.
of the total population of the state. At the end of the

         Table 8.1: Population (2001) of Kerala at a glance
                                                         2001
                                        Person         Males                  Females          Growth rate

           Total                       31838619       15468664               16369955              9.42
           Rural                       23571484       11450785               12120699              10.05
           Urban                       8267135        4017879                4249256               7.64

           Source: Census of India - 2001


20th century the total population in Kerala has in-                 The population figures of the immediate past, ie
creased to 3.18 crores (31838619) of which rural popu-       last three decades are analyzed here (see table 8.2).
lation is 2.35 crores. This means that the rural popula-
                                                                   There is a steady decline in the population growth
tion constitutes about 74% of the total population in
                                                             rate over the last three decades. Population growth rate

        Table 8.2: Trends of population growth of Kerala - 1981-2001
            Year                   Total population     Growth rate of             Growth rate in urban
                                                       total population                population

            1981                      25453680               19.24%                      37.64%
            1991                      29098518               14.32%                      60.97%
            2001                      31838619                9.42%                       7.64%
    Source: Census of India - 2001

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was 19.24% in 1981 and it reduced to 9.42% in 2001.                   But the urban population growth rate has drasti-
During the period 1981-91 population of 36.45 lakhs            cally declined to 7.64% in 2001 with a decrease of 87.5
were added to the previous decades population,                 % over the preceding decadal urban population growth
whereas during the period 1991-2001, population of             rate. At the same time the growth rate in total popula-
only 27.4 lakhs were added within. The growth rate of          tion has decreased from 14.32 % to 9.42% only with a
urban population of Kerala over the last three de-             decrease rate of 34.2%. This indicates that over the last
cades shows that it is in a transition phase. Over the         three decades there is spread effect of population into
last two decades (1971-81 and 1981-91) growth rate in          the rural area. This is an indication to the planners to
urban population was on the rise, 37.64% in 1981 and           take the planning of rural areas seriously than before
60.97% in 1991. (see table 8.3).                               and subsequently address the reasons for the spread

  Table 8.3: Trends in urbanization of Kerala - 1981-2001
                                                   Percentage of              Growth rate of      Growth rate in
     Year         Total              Urban             urban                      total               urban
               Polpulation         Population       Population                 Population           Population

     1981        25453680            4771275                18.74                    19.24                 37.64
     1991        29098518            7680294                26.39                    14.32                 60.97
     2001        31838619            8267135                25.97                     9.42                  7.64
  Source: Census of India - 2001




                                          Fig 8.1: Urban area of Thrissur District
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effect of population to rural areas.                        Census Town, Iringapurom Census Town, Thaikkad Cen-
                                                            sus Town, Paluvai Census Town, Pavaratty Census Town,
8.2 CENSUS URBAN AREAS IN THRISSUR DISTRICT                 Brahmakulam Census Town, Venmanad Census Town,
       As per the 2001 census, the population of Thrissur   Kolazhy Census Town, Pottore Census Town,
District is 2,974,232 which constitute about 9.34 % of      Puranattukara Census Town, Nadathara Census Town,
the total population of the State. Of the total popula-     Marathakkara Census Town, Avinissery Census Town,
tion of the district, 839433 is urban population. That is   Palissery Census Town, Chevvoor Census Town,
28.2 % of the total population of the District is in the    Vallachira Census Town, Methala Census Town,
urban areas of the District. There are thirty urban areas   Nenmenikkara Census Town, Puthukkad Census Town,
viz, Thrissur Municipal Corporation, Kunnamkulam            Koratty Census Town, Pookode Out Growth, and Eriyad
Municipal Council, Chavakkad Municipal Council,             Out Growth, in the District as per 2001 census. The de-
Guruvayoor Municipal Council, Kodungallur Municipal         tails are shown in figure 8.1 The details of census towns
Council, Irinjalakuda Municipal Council, Chalakudy          is shown in table 8.4.
Municipal Council, Akathiyoor Census Town, Perakam

  Table 8.4: Census Towns & Out growth in Thrissur District - 2001

      Sl.No          Name of Census Town      Name of Grama Panchayat/                  Wards numbers
                                                    Muncipal council
      1              Akathiyyoor(C.T)             Porkulam                     Ward No.4,5,6,7
      2              Perakam(C.T)                 Pookode                      Ward No.8,9,10,11,12,13
      3              Iringaprom(C.T)              Pookode                      Ward No.3,4,5,6,7,8
      4              Thaikkad(C.T)                Thaikkad                     Ward No.2,3,4,5,6,7
      5              Paluvai(C.T)                 Pavaratty                    Ward No.1,2,7,8,9,10
      6              Pavaratty(C.T)               Pavaratty                    Ward No.1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10
      7              Brahmakulam(C.T)             Elavally                     Ward No.1,2,9,10,11,12
      8              Venmanad(C.T)                Pavaratty                    Ward No. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11, 12
      9              Kolazhy(C.T)                 Kolazhy                      Ward No. 4,5,6,7,8
      10             Pottore(C.T)                 Kolazhy                      Ward No. 2,3,4,8,12,13
      11             Puranattukkara(C.T)          Adat                         Ward No. 7,8,9,12,13
      12             Nadathara(C.T)               Nadathara                    Ward No. 1,3,8,9,10,11
      13             Marathakkara(C.T)            Puthur                       Ward No. 12,13,14,15,16, 17,19
      14             Avinissery(C.T)              Avinissery                   Ward No.3,4,5,6,7,10
      15             Palissery(C.T)               Avinissery                   Ward No.1,2,8,9
      16             Chevvoor(C.T)                Cherpu                       Ward No.1,2,3,4,5,10, 11, 13
      17             Vallachira(C.T)              Vallachira                   Ward No.1,2,3,4,8,9,10
      18             Methala(C.T)                 Methala                      Ward No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,
                                                                               9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
      19             Nenmanikkara(C.T)            Nenmanikkara                 Ward No. 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11
      20             Pudukkad(C.T)                Pudukkad                     Ward No. 1,2,3,8,9,10,11
      21             Koratty(C.T)                 Koratty                      Ward No. 1,2,3,4,5,12,
                                                                               13,14,15,16
      22             Pookode(O.G)                 Guruvayur                    Ward No.21
      23             Eriyad(O.G)                  Kodungallur                  Ward No.25
    Source: Census of India - 2001                               Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
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8.3 URBAN POPULATION CONTENT (EXISTING)                              It can be summarized that urban population has
       The process of urbanization of an area can be as-       increased by 236 % against an increment of 315% in the
sessed in relation to its urban population content. The        extent of urban area. Urban population and urban area
urban population content of Kerala state is 26%,               of the district increased during 1971-2001 period. But
whereas that of the District is 28.2%, which clearly points    the increase in population is less than the increase in
out the fact that the process of urbanization in Thrissur      the urban area. This indicates that there is a chance of
district is slightly more than that of average state fig-      migration of further densification of the urban areas of
ure. On comparing the urban content of all the 14 Dis-         Thrissur.
trict of the State, it can be seen that Thrissur District is
                                                               8.4 GROWTH RATE OF URBAN POPULATION
positioned in the 6th rank.
                                                                      The graph (see fig 8.3) shows the decadal varia-
       There is a steep increase (From 11.74% to 21.1%)
                                                               tion in the urban population of Thrissur District from
in the urban content of the total population for a pe-
                                                               1971 to 2001. The total urban population of the District
riod from 1971 to 1981. The urban area of the district
                                                               has increased from 249845 to 839433 in a period of four
during this period (1971-1981) shows an increase of
                                                               decades. The variation during this period was not uni-
131.87 sq km. The sudden surge in the urban popula-
                                                               form. A steady increase in the urban population is ob-
tion during this period correspond to this increase in
                                                               served from 1971 to 1991, but during the period from
area. A slight increase in the urban population and ur-
                                                               1991 to 2001 there is comparatively less increase in the
ban area is noted during the period from 1991 to 2001.
                                                               urban population.
(Table 8.5).

      Table 8.5: Thrissur District - variation in urban content 1991-2001
        Year          Total Population Urban Population             Percent of urban         Urban area in
                                                                        Population               Sq. km
       1971                2,128,877             249,845                   11.74                     83.43

       1981                2,439,633             514,783                  21.1                      215.3

       1991                 2,737,311            720,216                  26.31                     301.2

       2001                2,974,232             839,433                  28.2                      345.85
    Source: Census of India - 2001


       The increase in urban areas of the District as indi-           The graph (see fig 8.4) shown below depicts the
cated in the corresponding years census figures, is            growth rate of urban population against the growth rate
showed the fig 8.2. In 1971 the extent of urban area in        of population over the last two decades in the District.
Thrissur District was 83.43 sq km, which has increased         When the population growth rate of the District has
to 301.2 sq km in 1991. The increase of urban area of the      declined from 12.21 to 8.66, the urban population
district was not uniform from 1971 to 2001, but the in-        growth rate has declined from 39.9 to 16.55 during the
crease was high during the period from 1971 to 1981            same time period (1981 to 2001), indicating a possibil-
and from 1981 to 1991. There is only slight increase of        ity of considerable reduction in the migration of popu-
urban area during the last decade, i.e. during the pe-         lation to the urban areas of the District. The growth
riod 1991 –2001.                                               rate of urban population is more than the growth rate
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                                        Fig 8.2: Extent of urban area of the District

of the district. There is a reduction in growth rate the                   Figure (fig 8.5) depicts the variation of popula-
rural and urban scenario, but it is found that the urban            tion growth rate of various local government of Thrissur
areas exhibit faster growth indicating a constant mi-               district. From the figure it is clear that growth rate is
gration to urban area. This may be due to the educa-                maximum at Kunnamkulam Muncipal Council. Growth
tional, medical and Infrastructural facilities available            rate of population of Thrissur Municipal Corporation is
in the urban areas of the district.                                 less than the surrounding Grama Panchayats. But the




                                                                                                           Source: Census of India - 2001




                                   Fig 8.3: Total urban population during various decades


       Table 8.6 compares the growth rate of urban popu-            Grama Panchayats that are census towns show more
lation of the State and the District. This shows that there         growth rate than the surrounding Grama Panchayats.
is a huge decline in the growth rate of urban popula-               There are 11 census towns located near Thrissur Mu-
tion of Kerala; more or less the same decreasing pat-               nicipal Corporation. Guruvayur Muncipal council and
tern is seen in Thrissur also, but the rate of decrease is          Chavakkad Muncipal council show less growth rate than
just half that of the state.                                        the surrounding Grama Panchayats. Grama Panchayat
                                                                    parts of which are census towns via Akathiyoor Census
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        Table 8.6: Growth rate of urban population – Comparison with state
                                                      1981-91                            1991-01

                   Kerala                             60.89 %                             7.69 %
                   Thrissur                            39.9 %                            16.55 %
         Source: Census of India - 2001




                                  Fig 8.4: Population Growth Rate- Comparison with District




                             Fig 8.5: Growth rate of population 2001- Local Govt. wise variation

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Town, Perakam Census Town, Iringapuram Census                      slowly withdrawing from the primary sector and started
Town, Thaikkad Census Town, Paluvai Census Town,                   depending more on the service sector. Because of this
Brahmakulam Census Town, Kolazhy Census Town,                      shift in the occupational structure some of the rural
Pottore Census Town, Puranattukara Census Town,                    areas will be having more than 75% of the male work-
Marathakkara Census Town, Avinissery Census Town,                  ers in the non-agricultural category in the near future
Palissery Census Town, Vallachira Census Town,                     and hence will fall in the category of census urban.
Methala Census Town, Nenmenikkara Census Town,                     Hence there may be significant increase in the urban
Koratty Census Town, Pookode Out Growth and Eriyad                 population as well as in the extent of urban areas of
Out Growth show greater population growth rate. In                 the District in the future. In the following paragraphs,
general there is a chance of in migration of people to             the future urban LSGs are delineated based on the
the urban areas from the rural areas.                              three fold census classification as per census 2001, and
                                                                   the result is further iterated with the factors like im-
8.5 URBAN SETTLEMENTS – FROM 1971 TO 2001                          pact of proposed urban development projects, grade
       The number of urban settlements of the district             of the LSGs and hierarchy of settlements.
was increasing from 1971 to 1991 (see table 8.7). In 2001,
Thrissur Municipal Corporation has been upgraded to                CRITERIA-1: CENSUS URBAN AREA
Thrissur Municipal Corporation appending the adjoin-                     A study on the existing occupational structure in
ing the census urban settlements, thus there is decrease           various settlements of the District will throw light on
in the total number of urban settlements of district               the future urban profile of the district. The workers of
compared to the previous decade. But area wise there               each settlement which are classified in to four fold clas-


    Table 8.7: Urban settlements in different period of time

          Census year              Total number of    Muncipal     Muncipal      Census       Urban out     Total urban
                                    urban centres    Corporation    Towns        Towns         Growths     area (Sq. Km)

              1971                        9                            4           4              1            83.43
              1981                       26                            6           19             1            215.3
              1991                       44                            6           34             4            301.2
              2001                       30              1             6           21             2           345.85

    Source: Census 2001

is an increase from 1991 to 2001 in the urban area.                sification as per census 2001 are divided in to the fol-
                                                                   lowing nine categories based on the workers classifica-
8.6 FUTURE URBANIZATION PROFILE OF THE DIS-                        tion in the 1991 census.
TRICT
                                                                           1. Main Cultivators
       The analysis of the occupational structure of the
                                                                           2. Main Agricultural Labourers
District shows that the primary sector i.e., the agricul-
                                                                           3. Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Planta-
ture sector, shows declining trend in the district. The
                                                                              tion, Orchards, and allied activates
sectors, which show growth, are industrial and the ser-
                                                                           4. Mining and Quarrying
vice sectors. More than 50% of the total urban popula-
                                                                           5. Manufacturing, Processing, Servicing and
tion depends on the service sector for their lively hood.
                                                                              repairs in Household industries
It is observed that rural areas of the district are also
                                                                           6. Manufacturing, Processing, servicing and

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         repairs in other than household industries         vicing and repairs in other than house hold industries,
      7. Trade and commerce                                 trade & commerce, transport, storage & communica-
      8. Transport storage and Communications               tion and others are totaled to calculate the percentage
                                                            of male workers in non-agricultural activities in each of
      9. Others
                                                            the LSGs of the District. The details are shown in
       The methodology adopted for the extrapolation        Annexe-21. In order to avoid the possibility of errors,
to get the nine fold classification of workers in 2001      i.e. exclusion of some of the actual urban area, the ex-
based on the workers classification in census 1991 is       trapolation of the data to get classification of workers
described briefly here. The only two types of workers       based on 1991 census, is attempted only for the LSGs
included in both 1991 and 2001 census are the cultiva-      with non-agricultural male workers more than 90% (in-
tors and agricultural laborers. The remaining two types     stead of 75%) is taken for the study. Based on this, there
of workers in the 2001 census, house hold industrial        are 45 LSGs identified in the District, which are satisfy-
workers and other workers are totaled together and          ing the three-fold census criteria to be urban in imme-
this total is divided in to 7 classes of workers in the     diate future. The list of which is given below and the
same proportion as these 7 classes of workers as there      spatial location of these LSGs is shown in fig 8.6.
in the 1991 census. Then the number of male workers
                                                                    1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation
in manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs in
                                                                    2. Methala
House hold industries, manufacturing, processing, ser-              3. Edavilangu




                                  Fig 8.6: Urban Centers based on 3 fold Census Criteria
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        4.      Eriyad                                                    28.    Pudukkad
        5.      Guruvayur Municipal Council                               29.    Thaikkad
        6.      Avinissery                                                30.    Alagappanagar
        7.      Chavakkad Municipal Council                               31.    Edathiruthy
        8.      Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council                           32.    Kaiparamba
        9.      Kaipamangalam                                             33.    Punnayur
        10.     Sreenarayanapuram                                         34.    Kandanissery
        11.     Mathilakam                                                35.    Elavally
        12.     Nenmanikkara                                              36.    Vadakkekad
        13.     Pookode                                                   37.    Kadukkutty
        14.     Kodungallur Municipal Council                             38.    Adat
        15.     Perinjanam                                                39.    Vellangallur
        16.     Kolazhy                                                   40.    Engandiyur
        17.     Chalakkudy Municipal Council                              41.    Mala
        18.     Valappad                                                  42.    Venkitangu
        19.     Thalikulam                                                43.    Poyya
        20.     Cherpu                                                    44.    Mulamkkunnathukkavu
        21.     Nattika                                                   45.    Nadathara
        22.     Manalur
                                                                       The classification of an area into urban depending
        23.     Kadapuram
        24.     Vadanappilly                                       upon 9 fold classification of workers obtained out of a
        25.     Pavaratty                                          mere extrapolation of the census 2001 data based on
        26.     Kunnamkulam Municipal Council                      the previous decades data can’t be taken as very accu-
        27.     Orumanayur




                                   Fig 8.7: Urban Centers Based on Census Criteria & Grade of LSGs
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rate. Though it gives a near accurate picture about the         19.     Perinjanam
trend of urbanization, some other factors like the ex-          20.    Mathilakam
tent of physical and economic development, future               21.    Sreenarayanapuram
urban development projects and existing hierarchy of
                                                                22.    Methala
settlements need to be considered.
                                                                23.     Nenmanikkara
CRITERIA 2: GRADE OF LSGs
                                                                24.     Alagappanagar
      The grading of LSGs is done previously compar-
                                                                25.     Vadanappilly
ing their physical and economical development. So, in
the absence of direct data to assess the physical and           26.     Pudukkad
economic development, the grade of Grama Panchayat              27.     Vellangallur
can be taken as a proxy indicator to measure the physi-         28.    Mala
cal and economic development of the LSGs
                                                                29.     Kadukkutty
       Out of the 45 Grama Panchayats listed based on           30.    Nadathara
criteria one, 24 are Special grade Grama Panchayts and
                                                                31.     Vadakkekad
14 are first grade Grama Panchayats. The first grade
Grama Panchayats are excluded from the list. The re-              Figure 8.7, shows the spatial location of these 31
maining LSGs are:                                         LSGs. Before finalizing the future urban LSGs of the Dis-
                                                          trict, the urban development Projects of the District
       1.      Thrissur Municipal Corporation
                                                          and their possible impacts are also to be studied.
       2.      Guruvayur Municipal Council
       3.      Chavakkad Municipal Council                CRITERIA: 3: PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN DEVELOP-
                                                          MENT
       4.      Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council
                                                                The major urban development projects envis-
       5.      Kodungallur Municipal Council
                                                          aged in the District as of now are the proposal for a
       6.      Chalakkudy Municipal Council               Medical University in the Avanoor Grama Panchayat
       7.      Kunnamkulam Municipal Council              where part of the existing medical college is function-
       8.       Valappad                                  ing. This will obviously induce a tremendous develop-
                                                          ment impulse in this area.
       9.       Engandiyur
       10.      Edavilangu                                       It is to be noted that Avanoor Grama Panchayat is
                                                          not included in the 31 LSGs listed as probable urban
       11.      Edathiruthy
                                                          LSGs of the District. So this local body is to be consid-
       12.      Venkitangu                                ered while listing the future urban LSGs. After the in-
       13.      Nattika                                   clusion of this LSGs the number of LSGs in the select list
       14.      Pavaratty                                 will increase to 32 as listed below and also shown in Fig
                                                          8.8.
       15.      Adat
                                                                1.         Thrissur Municipal Corporation
       16.      Manalur
                                                                2.         Guruvayur Municipal Council
       17.      Cherpu
                                                                3.         Chavakkad Municipal Council
       18.      Eriyad
                                                                4.         Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council

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        5.            Kodungallur Municipal Council                      21.         Sreenarayanapuram
        6.            Chalakkudy Municipal Council                       22.         Methala
        7.            Kunnamkulam Municipal Council                      23.         Nenmanikkara
        8.            Valappad                                           24.         Alagappanagar
        9.            Engandiyur                                         25.         Vadanappilly
        10.           Edavilangu
                                                                         26.         Pudukkad
        11.           Edathiruthy
                                                                         27.         Vellangallur
        12.           Venkitangu
                                                                         28.         Mala
        13.           Nattika
                                                                         29.         Kadukkutty
        14.          Pavaratty
                                                                         30.         Nadathara
        15.          Adat
                                                                         31.         Vadakkekad
        16.          Manalur
                                                                         32.         Avanoor
        17.          Cherpu
        18.          Eriyad                                       CRITERIA: 4: HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENT

        19.           Perinjanam                                        The hierarchy of the above 32 LSGs in the overall
                                                                  context of the District are also to be taken in to account
        20.           Mathilakam
                                                                  before finalizing the LSGs with urban character, be-
                                                                  cause it is an indicator of the type and number of facili-




              Fig 8.8: Urban Centers Based on Census Criteria, Grade of LSGs & Perspectives in Urban Development
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ties in the LSGs. Annexe 10 shows the hierarchy of the      lists of the probable urban LSGs are given below.
settlements and according to this, out of the 32 LSGs
                                                                  1.    Thrissur Municipal Corporation
listed above the following are in the category of LSGs
having the lowest hierarchy.                                      2.    Guruvayur Municipal Council

       1.    Engandiyur                                           3.    Chavakkad Municipal Council
       2.    Edathiruthy                                          4.    Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council
       3.    Venkitangu
       4.    Nattika                                              5.    Kodungallur Municipal Council
       5.    Perinjanam                                           6.    Chalakkudy Municipal Council
       6.    Mathilakam
                                                                  7.    Kunnamkulam Municipal Council
       7.    Nenmanikkara
       8.    Alagappanagar                                        8.    Valappad
       9.    Vadanappilly                                         9.    Edavilangu
       10.   Vellangallur
                                                                  10.   Pavaratty
       11.   Kadukkutty
       12.   Nadathara                                            11.   Adat
       13.   Vadakkekad                                           12.   Manalur
       14.   Avanoor                                              13.   Cherpu
        These fourteen LSGs are to be excluded from the           14.    Eriyad
list of the selected list of likely urban LSGs. The final


  Table 8.8: Future urban profile of the District
         Existing Urban area                                      Future probable urban area

         1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation                        1. Valappad
         2 Kunnamkulam Municipal Council                          2. Edavilangu
         3 Chalakkudy Municipal Council                           3. Pavaratty
         4 Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council                        4 . Adat
         5 Kodungallur Municipal Council                          5. Manalur
         6 Guruvayur Municipal Council                            6. Cherpu
         7 Chavakkad Municipal Council                            7. Eriyad
                                                                  8. Sreenarayanapuram
                                                                  9. Methala
                                                                  10. Pudukkad

                                                                  11. Mala




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        15.           Sreenarayanapuram                            ture.
        16.          Methala                                              The pattern of growth rate of population among
                                                                   the LSGs of the District as per census 2001 shows that
        17.           Pudukkad
                                                                   the growth rate is the highest among those LSGs adja-
        18.          Mala                                          cent to the Thrissur Municipal Corporation. And hence
      Clearly the above local governments define the               it can be presumed that those LSGs adjacent to the
future urban profile of the District. The likely future            Thrissur Municipal Corporation and those along the
urban profile of the district evolved is shown in the              National high way can be assumed to attain urban sta-
table 8.8 and the same is shown in fig 8.9                         tus in the next 10 years and the remaining LSGs to be-
                                                                   come urban within the next 20 years. In the study of
8.7 URBAN PROFILE                                                  the hierarchy of settlements Adat is positioned next to
       All the 11 LSGs listed as probable future urban             Thrissur Municipal Corporation. So this LSGs can be as-
LSGs can’t be expected to attain urban character in next           sumed to attain urban nature in the first phase itself.
decade (2011) but only some of these will attain urban             That means Adat, Pavaratty, Eriyad, Mala and Methala
character by the next decade and the remaining will                will attain the status of urban LSGs in the next 10 years
attain urban character in the succeeding decade after              where as all the other 6 LSGs will attain the urban sta-
that. The growth rate of population can be taken as                tus within the next 20 years.
deciding criteria by how fast a LSGs attains urban na-
                                                                            This is shown in Table 8.9.




                                   Fig 8.9: Urban Future urbanization profile – Thrissur District


                                                                           Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
126       URBAN PROFILE                                                                District Spatial Plan - Thrissur

Table 8.9: Urban profile - Phasing

               Sl No          In the next 10 years                       In the next 20 years

               1              Adat                                       Edavilangu

               2              Pavaratty                                  Valappad

               3              Eriyad                                     Sreenarayanapuram

               4              Mala                                       Pudukkad

               5              Methala                                    Manalur

               6                                                         Cherpu



Table 8.10: Facilities in general to be provided
   Order           Name of the settlement            Projected
                                                 Administrative status           Facilities

       1      Thrissur Municipal Corporation         Urban LSG           Higher order urban and
                                                                         rural facilities

       2      Irinjalakuda Municipal Council         Urban LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities

       2      Chalakkudy Municipal Council           Urban LSG           Higher order rural facilities and
                                                                         middle order urban facilities

       2      Kunnamkulam Municipal Council          Urban LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities

       2      Mattathur                              Rural LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities

       2      Chelakkara                             Rural LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities

       3      Kodungallur Municipal Council          Urban LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities

       3      Wadakkanchery                          Rural LSG           Middle order rural facilities
                                                                         and Lower order urban facilities

       3      Valappad                               Urban LSG           Middle order rural facilities
                                                                         and Lower order urban facilities

       3      Guruvayur Municipal Council            Urban LSG           Higher order rural facilities
                                                                         and middle order urban facilities




Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
District Spatial Plan - Thrissur                                                             URBAN PROFILE     127
        3      Venkidangu                          Rural LSG                Middle order rural facilities
                                                                            and Lower order urban facilities

        3      Pananchery                          Rural LSG                Middle order rural facilities
                                                                            and Lower order urban facilities

        3      Alagappanagar                       Rural LSG                Middle order rural facilities
                                                                            and Lower order urban facilities



8.8  FUNCTIONS (PROPOSED) TO BE PER- 8.9 INFERENCE
FORMED BY VARIOUS HIGHER ORDER SETTLE-
                                           Thrissur District is more urbanized when com-
MENTS.
                                                            pared to the State. However the level of urbanization
      The functions to be performed by various higher       shows an inclining trend within the District. The urban
order settlements are derived based on their order,         areas of the district show higher growth rate of popula-
administrative status, character of the settlements and     tion whereas the rural areas surrounding the urban ar-
the service area. The result is summarized in table 8.10.   eas show significantly lower growth rate indicating pos-
        All the other LSGs will act as basic service cen-   sible in migration of people to the urban areas from
ters.                                                       the surrounding rural settlements.




                                                                 Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala

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  • 1. << CHAPTER 7 < CONTENTS > District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 113 Chapter – 8 URBAN PROFILE In this chapter the trend of urbanization of 2001. The population figures of the State as per census Thrissur District is assessed and is compared with the 2001 are shown in the Table 8.1. level of Urbanization of the State so as to ascertain the There is an increase of about 400% in the total position of the District in the State scenario. population of Kerala within a century. During this pe- 8.1 TREND OF URBANIZATION – KERALA riod rural population has increased by 300 %. Rural population content in Kerala has declined from 92.89% At the turn of the 21st century, Kerala had a popu- to 74% of the total population within a century. This is lation of 63.96 lakhs, of which 59.42 lakhs were in its an indication on the trend of urbanization in Kerala that rural areas as per Census 2001. This constituted 92.89% has happened in a century. of the total population of the state. At the end of the Table 8.1: Population (2001) of Kerala at a glance 2001 Person Males Females Growth rate Total 31838619 15468664 16369955 9.42 Rural 23571484 11450785 12120699 10.05 Urban 8267135 4017879 4249256 7.64 Source: Census of India - 2001 20th century the total population in Kerala has in- The population figures of the immediate past, ie creased to 3.18 crores (31838619) of which rural popu- last three decades are analyzed here (see table 8.2). lation is 2.35 crores. This means that the rural popula- There is a steady decline in the population growth tion constitutes about 74% of the total population in rate over the last three decades. Population growth rate Table 8.2: Trends of population growth of Kerala - 1981-2001 Year Total population Growth rate of Growth rate in urban total population population 1981 25453680 19.24% 37.64% 1991 29098518 14.32% 60.97% 2001 31838619 9.42% 7.64% Source: Census of India - 2001 Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 2. 114 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur was 19.24% in 1981 and it reduced to 9.42% in 2001. But the urban population growth rate has drasti- During the period 1981-91 population of 36.45 lakhs cally declined to 7.64% in 2001 with a decrease of 87.5 were added to the previous decades population, % over the preceding decadal urban population growth whereas during the period 1991-2001, population of rate. At the same time the growth rate in total popula- only 27.4 lakhs were added within. The growth rate of tion has decreased from 14.32 % to 9.42% only with a urban population of Kerala over the last three de- decrease rate of 34.2%. This indicates that over the last cades shows that it is in a transition phase. Over the three decades there is spread effect of population into last two decades (1971-81 and 1981-91) growth rate in the rural area. This is an indication to the planners to urban population was on the rise, 37.64% in 1981 and take the planning of rural areas seriously than before 60.97% in 1991. (see table 8.3). and subsequently address the reasons for the spread Table 8.3: Trends in urbanization of Kerala - 1981-2001 Percentage of Growth rate of Growth rate in Year Total Urban urban total urban Polpulation Population Population Population Population 1981 25453680 4771275 18.74 19.24 37.64 1991 29098518 7680294 26.39 14.32 60.97 2001 31838619 8267135 25.97 9.42 7.64 Source: Census of India - 2001 Fig 8.1: Urban area of Thrissur District Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 3. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 115 effect of population to rural areas. Census Town, Iringapurom Census Town, Thaikkad Cen- sus Town, Paluvai Census Town, Pavaratty Census Town, 8.2 CENSUS URBAN AREAS IN THRISSUR DISTRICT Brahmakulam Census Town, Venmanad Census Town, As per the 2001 census, the population of Thrissur Kolazhy Census Town, Pottore Census Town, District is 2,974,232 which constitute about 9.34 % of Puranattukara Census Town, Nadathara Census Town, the total population of the State. Of the total popula- Marathakkara Census Town, Avinissery Census Town, tion of the district, 839433 is urban population. That is Palissery Census Town, Chevvoor Census Town, 28.2 % of the total population of the District is in the Vallachira Census Town, Methala Census Town, urban areas of the District. There are thirty urban areas Nenmenikkara Census Town, Puthukkad Census Town, viz, Thrissur Municipal Corporation, Kunnamkulam Koratty Census Town, Pookode Out Growth, and Eriyad Municipal Council, Chavakkad Municipal Council, Out Growth, in the District as per 2001 census. The de- Guruvayoor Municipal Council, Kodungallur Municipal tails are shown in figure 8.1 The details of census towns Council, Irinjalakuda Municipal Council, Chalakudy is shown in table 8.4. Municipal Council, Akathiyoor Census Town, Perakam Table 8.4: Census Towns & Out growth in Thrissur District - 2001 Sl.No Name of Census Town Name of Grama Panchayat/ Wards numbers Muncipal council 1 Akathiyyoor(C.T) Porkulam Ward No.4,5,6,7 2 Perakam(C.T) Pookode Ward No.8,9,10,11,12,13 3 Iringaprom(C.T) Pookode Ward No.3,4,5,6,7,8 4 Thaikkad(C.T) Thaikkad Ward No.2,3,4,5,6,7 5 Paluvai(C.T) Pavaratty Ward No.1,2,7,8,9,10 6 Pavaratty(C.T) Pavaratty Ward No.1,2,3,4,7,8,9,10 7 Brahmakulam(C.T) Elavally Ward No.1,2,9,10,11,12 8 Venmanad(C.T) Pavaratty Ward No. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11, 12 9 Kolazhy(C.T) Kolazhy Ward No. 4,5,6,7,8 10 Pottore(C.T) Kolazhy Ward No. 2,3,4,8,12,13 11 Puranattukkara(C.T) Adat Ward No. 7,8,9,12,13 12 Nadathara(C.T) Nadathara Ward No. 1,3,8,9,10,11 13 Marathakkara(C.T) Puthur Ward No. 12,13,14,15,16, 17,19 14 Avinissery(C.T) Avinissery Ward No.3,4,5,6,7,10 15 Palissery(C.T) Avinissery Ward No.1,2,8,9 16 Chevvoor(C.T) Cherpu Ward No.1,2,3,4,5,10, 11, 13 17 Vallachira(C.T) Vallachira Ward No.1,2,3,4,8,9,10 18 Methala(C.T) Methala Ward No.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 19 Nenmanikkara(C.T) Nenmanikkara Ward No. 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11 20 Pudukkad(C.T) Pudukkad Ward No. 1,2,3,8,9,10,11 21 Koratty(C.T) Koratty Ward No. 1,2,3,4,5,12, 13,14,15,16 22 Pookode(O.G) Guruvayur Ward No.21 23 Eriyad(O.G) Kodungallur Ward No.25 Source: Census of India - 2001 Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 4. 116 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur 8.3 URBAN POPULATION CONTENT (EXISTING) It can be summarized that urban population has The process of urbanization of an area can be as- increased by 236 % against an increment of 315% in the sessed in relation to its urban population content. The extent of urban area. Urban population and urban area urban population content of Kerala state is 26%, of the district increased during 1971-2001 period. But whereas that of the District is 28.2%, which clearly points the increase in population is less than the increase in out the fact that the process of urbanization in Thrissur the urban area. This indicates that there is a chance of district is slightly more than that of average state fig- migration of further densification of the urban areas of ure. On comparing the urban content of all the 14 Dis- Thrissur. trict of the State, it can be seen that Thrissur District is 8.4 GROWTH RATE OF URBAN POPULATION positioned in the 6th rank. The graph (see fig 8.3) shows the decadal varia- There is a steep increase (From 11.74% to 21.1%) tion in the urban population of Thrissur District from in the urban content of the total population for a pe- 1971 to 2001. The total urban population of the District riod from 1971 to 1981. The urban area of the district has increased from 249845 to 839433 in a period of four during this period (1971-1981) shows an increase of decades. The variation during this period was not uni- 131.87 sq km. The sudden surge in the urban popula- form. A steady increase in the urban population is ob- tion during this period correspond to this increase in served from 1971 to 1991, but during the period from area. A slight increase in the urban population and ur- 1991 to 2001 there is comparatively less increase in the ban area is noted during the period from 1991 to 2001. urban population. (Table 8.5). Table 8.5: Thrissur District - variation in urban content 1991-2001 Year Total Population Urban Population Percent of urban Urban area in Population Sq. km 1971 2,128,877 249,845 11.74 83.43 1981 2,439,633 514,783 21.1 215.3 1991 2,737,311 720,216 26.31 301.2 2001 2,974,232 839,433 28.2 345.85 Source: Census of India - 2001 The increase in urban areas of the District as indi- The graph (see fig 8.4) shown below depicts the cated in the corresponding years census figures, is growth rate of urban population against the growth rate showed the fig 8.2. In 1971 the extent of urban area in of population over the last two decades in the District. Thrissur District was 83.43 sq km, which has increased When the population growth rate of the District has to 301.2 sq km in 1991. The increase of urban area of the declined from 12.21 to 8.66, the urban population district was not uniform from 1971 to 2001, but the in- growth rate has declined from 39.9 to 16.55 during the crease was high during the period from 1971 to 1981 same time period (1981 to 2001), indicating a possibil- and from 1981 to 1991. There is only slight increase of ity of considerable reduction in the migration of popu- urban area during the last decade, i.e. during the pe- lation to the urban areas of the District. The growth riod 1991 –2001. rate of urban population is more than the growth rate Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 5. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 117 Fig 8.2: Extent of urban area of the District of the district. There is a reduction in growth rate the Figure (fig 8.5) depicts the variation of popula- rural and urban scenario, but it is found that the urban tion growth rate of various local government of Thrissur areas exhibit faster growth indicating a constant mi- district. From the figure it is clear that growth rate is gration to urban area. This may be due to the educa- maximum at Kunnamkulam Muncipal Council. Growth tional, medical and Infrastructural facilities available rate of population of Thrissur Municipal Corporation is in the urban areas of the district. less than the surrounding Grama Panchayats. But the Source: Census of India - 2001 Fig 8.3: Total urban population during various decades Table 8.6 compares the growth rate of urban popu- Grama Panchayats that are census towns show more lation of the State and the District. This shows that there growth rate than the surrounding Grama Panchayats. is a huge decline in the growth rate of urban popula- There are 11 census towns located near Thrissur Mu- tion of Kerala; more or less the same decreasing pat- nicipal Corporation. Guruvayur Muncipal council and tern is seen in Thrissur also, but the rate of decrease is Chavakkad Muncipal council show less growth rate than just half that of the state. the surrounding Grama Panchayats. Grama Panchayat parts of which are census towns via Akathiyoor Census Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 6. 118 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur Table 8.6: Growth rate of urban population – Comparison with state 1981-91 1991-01 Kerala 60.89 % 7.69 % Thrissur 39.9 % 16.55 % Source: Census of India - 2001 Fig 8.4: Population Growth Rate- Comparison with District Fig 8.5: Growth rate of population 2001- Local Govt. wise variation Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 7. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 119 Town, Perakam Census Town, Iringapuram Census slowly withdrawing from the primary sector and started Town, Thaikkad Census Town, Paluvai Census Town, depending more on the service sector. Because of this Brahmakulam Census Town, Kolazhy Census Town, shift in the occupational structure some of the rural Pottore Census Town, Puranattukara Census Town, areas will be having more than 75% of the male work- Marathakkara Census Town, Avinissery Census Town, ers in the non-agricultural category in the near future Palissery Census Town, Vallachira Census Town, and hence will fall in the category of census urban. Methala Census Town, Nenmenikkara Census Town, Hence there may be significant increase in the urban Koratty Census Town, Pookode Out Growth and Eriyad population as well as in the extent of urban areas of Out Growth show greater population growth rate. In the District in the future. In the following paragraphs, general there is a chance of in migration of people to the future urban LSGs are delineated based on the the urban areas from the rural areas. three fold census classification as per census 2001, and the result is further iterated with the factors like im- 8.5 URBAN SETTLEMENTS – FROM 1971 TO 2001 pact of proposed urban development projects, grade The number of urban settlements of the district of the LSGs and hierarchy of settlements. was increasing from 1971 to 1991 (see table 8.7). In 2001, Thrissur Municipal Corporation has been upgraded to CRITERIA-1: CENSUS URBAN AREA Thrissur Municipal Corporation appending the adjoin- A study on the existing occupational structure in ing the census urban settlements, thus there is decrease various settlements of the District will throw light on in the total number of urban settlements of district the future urban profile of the district. The workers of compared to the previous decade. But area wise there each settlement which are classified in to four fold clas- Table 8.7: Urban settlements in different period of time Census year Total number of Muncipal Muncipal Census Urban out Total urban urban centres Corporation Towns Towns Growths area (Sq. Km) 1971 9 4 4 1 83.43 1981 26 6 19 1 215.3 1991 44 6 34 4 301.2 2001 30 1 6 21 2 345.85 Source: Census 2001 is an increase from 1991 to 2001 in the urban area. sification as per census 2001 are divided in to the fol- lowing nine categories based on the workers classifica- 8.6 FUTURE URBANIZATION PROFILE OF THE DIS- tion in the 1991 census. TRICT 1. Main Cultivators The analysis of the occupational structure of the 2. Main Agricultural Labourers District shows that the primary sector i.e., the agricul- 3. Livestock, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Planta- ture sector, shows declining trend in the district. The tion, Orchards, and allied activates sectors, which show growth, are industrial and the ser- 4. Mining and Quarrying vice sectors. More than 50% of the total urban popula- 5. Manufacturing, Processing, Servicing and tion depends on the service sector for their lively hood. repairs in Household industries It is observed that rural areas of the district are also 6. Manufacturing, Processing, servicing and Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 8. 120 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur repairs in other than household industries vicing and repairs in other than house hold industries, 7. Trade and commerce trade & commerce, transport, storage & communica- 8. Transport storage and Communications tion and others are totaled to calculate the percentage of male workers in non-agricultural activities in each of 9. Others the LSGs of the District. The details are shown in The methodology adopted for the extrapolation Annexe-21. In order to avoid the possibility of errors, to get the nine fold classification of workers in 2001 i.e. exclusion of some of the actual urban area, the ex- based on the workers classification in census 1991 is trapolation of the data to get classification of workers described briefly here. The only two types of workers based on 1991 census, is attempted only for the LSGs included in both 1991 and 2001 census are the cultiva- with non-agricultural male workers more than 90% (in- tors and agricultural laborers. The remaining two types stead of 75%) is taken for the study. Based on this, there of workers in the 2001 census, house hold industrial are 45 LSGs identified in the District, which are satisfy- workers and other workers are totaled together and ing the three-fold census criteria to be urban in imme- this total is divided in to 7 classes of workers in the diate future. The list of which is given below and the same proportion as these 7 classes of workers as there spatial location of these LSGs is shown in fig 8.6. in the 1991 census. Then the number of male workers 1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation in manufacturing, processing, servicing and repairs in 2. Methala House hold industries, manufacturing, processing, ser- 3. Edavilangu Fig 8.6: Urban Centers based on 3 fold Census Criteria Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 9. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 121 4. Eriyad 28. Pudukkad 5. Guruvayur Municipal Council 29. Thaikkad 6. Avinissery 30. Alagappanagar 7. Chavakkad Municipal Council 31. Edathiruthy 8. Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council 32. Kaiparamba 9. Kaipamangalam 33. Punnayur 10. Sreenarayanapuram 34. Kandanissery 11. Mathilakam 35. Elavally 12. Nenmanikkara 36. Vadakkekad 13. Pookode 37. Kadukkutty 14. Kodungallur Municipal Council 38. Adat 15. Perinjanam 39. Vellangallur 16. Kolazhy 40. Engandiyur 17. Chalakkudy Municipal Council 41. Mala 18. Valappad 42. Venkitangu 19. Thalikulam 43. Poyya 20. Cherpu 44. Mulamkkunnathukkavu 21. Nattika 45. Nadathara 22. Manalur The classification of an area into urban depending 23. Kadapuram 24. Vadanappilly upon 9 fold classification of workers obtained out of a 25. Pavaratty mere extrapolation of the census 2001 data based on 26. Kunnamkulam Municipal Council the previous decades data can’t be taken as very accu- 27. Orumanayur Fig 8.7: Urban Centers Based on Census Criteria & Grade of LSGs Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 10. 122 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur rate. Though it gives a near accurate picture about the 19. Perinjanam trend of urbanization, some other factors like the ex- 20. Mathilakam tent of physical and economic development, future 21. Sreenarayanapuram urban development projects and existing hierarchy of 22. Methala settlements need to be considered. 23. Nenmanikkara CRITERIA 2: GRADE OF LSGs 24. Alagappanagar The grading of LSGs is done previously compar- 25. Vadanappilly ing their physical and economical development. So, in the absence of direct data to assess the physical and 26. Pudukkad economic development, the grade of Grama Panchayat 27. Vellangallur can be taken as a proxy indicator to measure the physi- 28. Mala cal and economic development of the LSGs 29. Kadukkutty Out of the 45 Grama Panchayats listed based on 30. Nadathara criteria one, 24 are Special grade Grama Panchayts and 31. Vadakkekad 14 are first grade Grama Panchayats. The first grade Grama Panchayats are excluded from the list. The re- Figure 8.7, shows the spatial location of these 31 maining LSGs are: LSGs. Before finalizing the future urban LSGs of the Dis- trict, the urban development Projects of the District 1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation and their possible impacts are also to be studied. 2. Guruvayur Municipal Council 3. Chavakkad Municipal Council CRITERIA: 3: PERSPECTIVES IN URBAN DEVELOP- MENT 4. Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council The major urban development projects envis- 5. Kodungallur Municipal Council aged in the District as of now are the proposal for a 6. Chalakkudy Municipal Council Medical University in the Avanoor Grama Panchayat 7. Kunnamkulam Municipal Council where part of the existing medical college is function- 8. Valappad ing. This will obviously induce a tremendous develop- ment impulse in this area. 9. Engandiyur 10. Edavilangu It is to be noted that Avanoor Grama Panchayat is not included in the 31 LSGs listed as probable urban 11. Edathiruthy LSGs of the District. So this local body is to be consid- 12. Venkitangu ered while listing the future urban LSGs. After the in- 13. Nattika clusion of this LSGs the number of LSGs in the select list 14. Pavaratty will increase to 32 as listed below and also shown in Fig 8.8. 15. Adat 1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation 16. Manalur 2. Guruvayur Municipal Council 17. Cherpu 3. Chavakkad Municipal Council 18. Eriyad 4. Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 11. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 123 5. Kodungallur Municipal Council 21. Sreenarayanapuram 6. Chalakkudy Municipal Council 22. Methala 7. Kunnamkulam Municipal Council 23. Nenmanikkara 8. Valappad 24. Alagappanagar 9. Engandiyur 25. Vadanappilly 10. Edavilangu 26. Pudukkad 11. Edathiruthy 27. Vellangallur 12. Venkitangu 28. Mala 13. Nattika 29. Kadukkutty 14. Pavaratty 30. Nadathara 15. Adat 31. Vadakkekad 16. Manalur 32. Avanoor 17. Cherpu 18. Eriyad CRITERIA: 4: HIERARCHY OF SETTLEMENT 19. Perinjanam The hierarchy of the above 32 LSGs in the overall context of the District are also to be taken in to account 20. Mathilakam before finalizing the LSGs with urban character, be- cause it is an indicator of the type and number of facili- Fig 8.8: Urban Centers Based on Census Criteria, Grade of LSGs & Perspectives in Urban Development Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 12. 124 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur ties in the LSGs. Annexe 10 shows the hierarchy of the lists of the probable urban LSGs are given below. settlements and according to this, out of the 32 LSGs 1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation listed above the following are in the category of LSGs having the lowest hierarchy. 2. Guruvayur Municipal Council 1. Engandiyur 3. Chavakkad Municipal Council 2. Edathiruthy 4. Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council 3. Venkitangu 4. Nattika 5. Kodungallur Municipal Council 5. Perinjanam 6. Chalakkudy Municipal Council 6. Mathilakam 7. Kunnamkulam Municipal Council 7. Nenmanikkara 8. Alagappanagar 8. Valappad 9. Vadanappilly 9. Edavilangu 10. Vellangallur 10. Pavaratty 11. Kadukkutty 12. Nadathara 11. Adat 13. Vadakkekad 12. Manalur 14. Avanoor 13. Cherpu These fourteen LSGs are to be excluded from the 14. Eriyad list of the selected list of likely urban LSGs. The final Table 8.8: Future urban profile of the District Existing Urban area Future probable urban area 1. Thrissur Municipal Corporation 1. Valappad 2 Kunnamkulam Municipal Council 2. Edavilangu 3 Chalakkudy Municipal Council 3. Pavaratty 4 Irinjalakkuda Municipal Council 4 . Adat 5 Kodungallur Municipal Council 5. Manalur 6 Guruvayur Municipal Council 6. Cherpu 7 Chavakkad Municipal Council 7. Eriyad 8. Sreenarayanapuram 9. Methala 10. Pudukkad 11. Mala Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 13. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 125 15. Sreenarayanapuram ture. 16. Methala The pattern of growth rate of population among the LSGs of the District as per census 2001 shows that 17. Pudukkad the growth rate is the highest among those LSGs adja- 18. Mala cent to the Thrissur Municipal Corporation. And hence Clearly the above local governments define the it can be presumed that those LSGs adjacent to the future urban profile of the District. The likely future Thrissur Municipal Corporation and those along the urban profile of the district evolved is shown in the National high way can be assumed to attain urban sta- table 8.8 and the same is shown in fig 8.9 tus in the next 10 years and the remaining LSGs to be- come urban within the next 20 years. In the study of 8.7 URBAN PROFILE the hierarchy of settlements Adat is positioned next to All the 11 LSGs listed as probable future urban Thrissur Municipal Corporation. So this LSGs can be as- LSGs can’t be expected to attain urban character in next sumed to attain urban nature in the first phase itself. decade (2011) but only some of these will attain urban That means Adat, Pavaratty, Eriyad, Mala and Methala character by the next decade and the remaining will will attain the status of urban LSGs in the next 10 years attain urban character in the succeeding decade after where as all the other 6 LSGs will attain the urban sta- that. The growth rate of population can be taken as tus within the next 20 years. deciding criteria by how fast a LSGs attains urban na- This is shown in Table 8.9. Fig 8.9: Urban Future urbanization profile – Thrissur District Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 14. 126 URBAN PROFILE District Spatial Plan - Thrissur Table 8.9: Urban profile - Phasing Sl No In the next 10 years In the next 20 years 1 Adat Edavilangu 2 Pavaratty Valappad 3 Eriyad Sreenarayanapuram 4 Mala Pudukkad 5 Methala Manalur 6 Cherpu Table 8.10: Facilities in general to be provided Order Name of the settlement Projected Administrative status Facilities 1 Thrissur Municipal Corporation Urban LSG Higher order urban and rural facilities 2 Irinjalakuda Municipal Council Urban LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 2 Chalakkudy Municipal Council Urban LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 2 Kunnamkulam Municipal Council Urban LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 2 Mattathur Rural LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 2 Chelakkara Rural LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 3 Kodungallur Municipal Council Urban LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities 3 Wadakkanchery Rural LSG Middle order rural facilities and Lower order urban facilities 3 Valappad Urban LSG Middle order rural facilities and Lower order urban facilities 3 Guruvayur Municipal Council Urban LSG Higher order rural facilities and middle order urban facilities Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala
  • 15. District Spatial Plan - Thrissur URBAN PROFILE 127 3 Venkidangu Rural LSG Middle order rural facilities and Lower order urban facilities 3 Pananchery Rural LSG Middle order rural facilities and Lower order urban facilities 3 Alagappanagar Rural LSG Middle order rural facilities and Lower order urban facilities 8.8 FUNCTIONS (PROPOSED) TO BE PER- 8.9 INFERENCE FORMED BY VARIOUS HIGHER ORDER SETTLE- Thrissur District is more urbanized when com- MENTS. pared to the State. However the level of urbanization The functions to be performed by various higher shows an inclining trend within the District. The urban order settlements are derived based on their order, areas of the district show higher growth rate of popula- administrative status, character of the settlements and tion whereas the rural areas surrounding the urban ar- the service area. The result is summarized in table 8.10. eas show significantly lower growth rate indicating pos- All the other LSGs will act as basic service cen- sible in migration of people to the urban areas from ters. the surrounding rural settlements. Department of Town & Country Planning, Kerala < CONTENTS > CHAPTER 9 >>