Cheeranchira

Cheeranchira Cheeramchira
—  town  —
Cheeranchira Location of Cheeranchira in Kerala and India
Coordinates	9°28′39″N 76°34′00″E / 9.4775931°N 76.566574°E / 9.4775931; 76.566574Coordinates: 9°28′39″N 76°34′00″E / 9.4775931°N 76.566574°E / 9.4775931; 76.566574
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kottayam
Nearest city	Kottayam, Town - Changanacherry
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 686106 • Vehicle • KL-05

Cheeranchira is a suburb of Changanasserry town, Kerala State in India. It is around 4 km from downtown. It is one of the first settlements in Changanachery Taluk. Most of the early settlers from Vazhappally another suburb of changanasserry and one of the first settlements in the state of Kerala.

Origin of the name

The name cheeran chira originated from Cheeran's(Cheeran is a Keralite name) chira, which small parcel of land mostly surrounded by water.

Anju Bobby George

It was here that Anju Bobby George was born, spent her early years. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics clearing 6.70 m. She went on to win the silver medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best.

Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam

Late Rev.Fr.T.C Jacob Thalakulam(1907–1976),well known as manager achen. Manager of old seminary kottayam for a long period of 30 years and Manager of Catholicate aramana for 15 important years in the history of Indian orthodox church.He was a highly respected personality across Malankara Orthodox Church ; Schools, libraries were built in his memory. Most of the books about malankara orthodox sabha includes some words about him. He had worked along with the declared saint of malankara sabha,Vattaseril Thirumeni and along with three Catholicos of the east (H.H Basilious Ghevarghese 2nd,H.H Augen 1st,H.H Mathews 2nd).Many books about Rev Fr. T.C Jacob are available including "Fr T.C Jacob oru anusmaranam" by Rev Fr. Mathew Koshy and T.U Mathew Thalakulam.

Community

Two schools:

1) Rev. Fr.T.C Jacob eng. medium school

2) Cheeranchira govt.school

Four Christian Churches :

1)Cheeranchira St.Marys Orthodox Church

2)Cheeranchira Roman Catholic Church

3)Cheeranchira CSI Church

4)Cheeranchira Salvation Army Church

5] sree Narayana Guru Darmma Paripalana Center, Cheeranchira;