Chengalam

Chengalam
—  village  —
Chengalam Location of Chengalam in Kerala and India
Coordinates	9°38′56″N 76°42′09″E / 9.6488600°N 76.702450°E / 9.6488600; 76.702450Coordinates: 9°38′56″N 76°42′09″E / 9.6488600°N 76.702450°E / 9.6488600; 76.702450
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kottayam
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Vehicle • KL-

Chengalam is a village situated in the eastern part of Kottayam District (28 km).

The village is on the border of Kottayam kanjirappally and pala Taluka. Chengalam is well connected by road to Pala (15 km) and Ponkunnam 10 km. Most of the people here are Roman Catholic. This place is under the province of Kanjirappally Diocese. This place is not very famous now. But it has some history. Before 50–60 years the church was very much famous. The church is in the name of Anthony of Padua.The foundation stone of this church has laid in 1914. Also the chengalam market was very famous. The place is very calm and quiet. The climate is nice with enough rainfall and medium temperature conditions. The Telephone Exchange has divided into two divisions and one is under kottayam secondary switching area and other is in the Kanjirappally Switching area. So this place has got two types of phone number starting with different Codes.