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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Parifr

(Paravur) Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Travancore State, Madras, situated in 10 10' N. and 76 15' E., about 17 miles north of Ernakulam, the southern terminus of the Cochin-Shoranur Railway. Population (1901), 12,962, including almost all the Jews of Travancore. A Raja of Parur once ruled here. At one time the place belonged to Cochin, but it was made over to Travancore in 1762. It was then converted into a military station for the frontier troops. Tipu, in his second invasion of Travancore, destroyed a great portion of it. It is now a busy trading centre, and contains the courts of a District and Sessions Judge, a Munsif and a magistrate, and other public offices.