🏛️ Institutional Services

The various government institutions and service centres in Chowannur Grama Panchayat provide people with healthcare, agricultural, animal husbandry, fisheries, social welfare, and poverty alleviation services.

🏥 Healthcare Centres Providing Relief

The major healthcare institutions of the Grama Panchayat include the Family Health Centre located in the Chemmannur–Pazhunana area, the Ayurveda Hospital, and the Homoeopathic Hospital located adjacent to the Panchayat Office. Through Allopathic, Ayurveda, and Homoeopathic systems of medicine, these institutions provide disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and health awareness services.

🏥 Government Homoeopathic Hospital

The AYUSH NHM Homoeopathic Primary Health Centre under the Grama Panchayat functions from its own building within the Panchayat Office compound. One doctor and a pharmacist appointed by the Panchayat provide services here.

Services Available

• Free medical consultation and distribution of medicines
• Preventive medicines for communicable diseases
• Medical camps
• Health awareness classes
• Medical certificates for treated patients

⏰ Working Hours: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

📍 Address: AYUSH NHM Homoeopathic Primary Health Centre, Chowannur P.O.

✉ Email: ghdchowannur@gmail.com

🌿 Government Ayurveda Hospital

The Ayurveda Primary Health Centre under the Grama Panchayat functions from its own building at Pazhunana. Ayurveda treatment and various healthcare services are provided here.

Services Available

• Free medical consultation and distribution of medicines
• Preventive medicines for communicable diseases
• Medical camps
• Health awareness classes
• Various certificates
• Yoga classes
• Palliative home care

⏰ Working Hours: 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

📍 Address: Government Ayurveda Hospital, Chemmannur P.O. 680502

✉ Email: gadchowannur@gmail.com

💙 Chowannur Family Health Centre

This is the first Family Health Centre in the constituency to implement the e-Health project. The centre has 22 staff members, including 3 doctors, along with 7 NHM staff and 17 ASHA workers.

Services Available

• Free medical consultation and distribution of medicines
• Preventive medicines for communicable diseases
• Medical camps
• Health awareness classes
• Various certificates
• Yoga classes
• Palliative home care
• Health and Wellness Centre services
• NRHM activities
• Financial assistance for dialysis patients
• Disease diagnosis
• Jagratha Counselling Centre

⏰ Working Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

📍 Address: Poklai Beach, P.O. Koolimuttam 680691

✉ Email: chowannurphc@gmail.com

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🌾 Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Centres

The main objective of these institutions is to improve people's income and quality of life through increasing agricultural production, providing veterinary treatment and disease prevention services, promoting fish farming, implementing dairy development programmes, providing subsidies, and conducting training programmes.

🐄 Government Veterinary Hospital

The Chowannur Veterinary Hospital under the Grama Panchayat functions from its own building. Veterinary services including animal healthcare, disease diagnosis, treatment, and preventive vaccinations are provided here.

Services Available

• Free medical examination and distribution of medicines
• Medical camps
• Health awareness classes
• Mobile veterinary unit
• Vaccination

⏰ Working Hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

📍 Address: Government Veterinary Hospital, Puthussery

✉ Email: vdchowannur@gmail.com

🌾 Krishi Bhavan, Chowannur

Krishi Bhavan functions to provide farmers within the jurisdiction of Chowannur Grama Panchayat with information on modern agricultural technologies and scientific farming practices.

Services Available

• Agricultural assistance and subsidies
• Farmer welfare schemes
• Agricultural development programmes
• Farmer registration
• Farmer pension

⏰ Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

📍 Address: Krishi Bhavan, Chowannur P.O. 680517

✉ Email: chowannurao@gmail.com

🌊 Fisheries Extension Office

The Fisheries Extension Office is an important centre that helps fishermen and fish farmers access government schemes and assistance. It provides support related to fishing, aquaculture, welfare schemes, and people’s planning programmes.

Services Available

• Subsidies for fishing equipment
• Distribution of fish seeds
• Fish farming schemes
• Pension and insurance
• Fishermen registration
• Training and awareness programmes

⏰ Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

📍 Address: Fisheries Extension Office, Matsya Bhavan, Chavakkad

✉ Email: chavakkadmatsyabhavan@gmail.com

🥛 Dairy Farm Instructor's Office

The Dairy Farm Instructor's Office is an important institution supporting rural dairy development and increased milk production. It provides dairy farmers with training in scientific dairy farming methods and the necessary technical assistance.

Services Available

• Training and awareness programmes
• Promotion of fodder cultivation
• Improvement of milk quality in dairy cooperative societies
• Dairy farmers' support centre

⏰ Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

📍 Address: Dairy Development Office, Chowannur P.O. 680517

✉ Email: chowannurdesu@gmail.com

🌿 Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation

Various government and participatory planning programmes are implemented with the objective of ensuring social justice and equal opportunities for all. These programmes aim to improve the quality of life of backward communities, economically disadvantaged people, and vulnerable groups, while also providing child and maternal welfare, nutrition, and basic support services.

👶🏽 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Office

ICDS is a government programme aimed at child and maternal welfare and the overall development of children. 17 Anganwadis function within the Panchayat as the basic units through which the programme's services are delivered.

The main beneficiaries include children below six years of age, pregnant women, lactating mothers, adolescent girls, and women between 15 and 45 years of age.

Services Available

• Supplementary nutrition
• Immunisation
• Health check-ups
• Counselling services
• Pre-school non-formal education
• Health and nutrition education

⏰ Working Hours: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

📍 Address: ICDS Office, Chowannur Grama Panchayat, Chowannur P.O. 680517

✉ Email: icdschowannur@gmail.com

🏢 Village Extension Office (VEO)

The Village Extension Office is an important centre for bringing various development and welfare services of the Grama Panchayat to the people. The office plays a role in implementing housing schemes, employment programmes, and social security schemes, as well as in beneficiary identification.

Services Available

• 🏠 Housing schemes (LIFE, PMAY)
• 💼 Self-employment and rural development programmes
• 👷 Employme