PALA MUNICIPALITY
No. of CDS
1
No. of ADS
26
No. of NHGs
126
No. of NHG Members
1856
No. of NHGs Linked
116
No. of MEs
10
History

There are two belives regarding the name Pala , one is early Meenachil river was known as Palazhi river later this become Pala.Another belief is that the name pala is the rememberance of Paliyath Chettiyar who established Pala Aganadi in the year of 1736. Pala town is situvated in the banks of Meeneachil river and pala is  the main entarnce to the high range region.Most of the people in this town mainly depending on the agricultural section.

Population

Palai is a Municipality city in district of Kottayam, Kerala. The Palai city is divided into 26 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Palai Municipality has population of 22,056 of which 10,768 are males while 11,288 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. 

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1677 which is 7.60 % of total population of Palai (M). In Palai Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 1048 against state average of 1084. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Palai is around 930 compared to Kerala state average of 964. Literacy rate of Palai city is 97.63 % higher than state average of 94.00 %. In Palai, Male literacy is around 97.97 % while female literacy rate is 97.32 %.