Kerala Armed Police 5th Battalion Detachment Camp Maniyar

KERALA armed force 5 th Battalion Camp..Situated besides the Vadasseikkara - Angamoozhy Road. Calm and beautiful place

Kerala Armed Police 5 Battalion was raised on 23/04/1983 as per the GO( MS ) 58/83 Home for providing guard to Hydro Electric Projects and to other Vital Installations. Later vide GO ( MS ) 34/84 Home dated 20/03/84 this Battalion was named Kerala Police 5 Battalion with its Headquarters at Ernakulam.KAP 5 Battalion was renamed as Armed Police Training centre in 1984-85. This was re-converted as Kerala Armed Police 5 Battalion on 3/12/1990 vide GO(MS ) 163/90 Home. At present the Battalion is meant to feed the needs of Kottayam and Idukki Districts.nnIn order to accommodate Kerala Police Academy at Thrissur in the campus of the KAP 5 Battalion the Headquarters of the Battalion was shifted on 2.09.2003 from Thrissur to Maniyar in Pathanamthitta District. The Battalion is ordered to be shifted to Kuttikkanam, Idukki District in 2003. Orders have been issued for the construction of new barracks and quarters over there.nnDetails of Landed PropertynnManiyarnnAt the Headquarters in Maniyar the Department possess 09. 40.40 hectares of Govt. Land in resurveyNo.371/3 of Vadasserikkara village, Maniyar, Pathanamthitta District.

Climate here is very good.

Lovely Place