▁Christians , ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁co exist ▁in ▁harm ony . ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁agricult ural ▁area ▁and ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁its ▁population ▁are ▁far mers . ▁N ut m eg , ▁c ocoa , ▁cas hew , ▁Ban ana ▁and ▁co con ut ▁are ▁the ▁major ▁products . ▁Now ad ays ▁people ▁are ▁used ▁to ▁doing ▁p ig ▁far ming ▁and ▁p oul try ▁far ming ▁too . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Po ov ran th od ▁is ▁an ▁imm igr ant ▁village . ▁The ▁ancest ors ▁were ▁migr ants ▁from ▁Th ir uv ith am ko or . ▁Im m igration ▁was ▁started ▁from ▁K ott ay am , ▁Pala ▁and ▁Th od up uz ha . ▁Mal ab ar ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁Mad ras ▁Pres iden cy ▁in ▁independent ▁India . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁large ▁population ▁of ▁Central ▁Th ir uv ith am ko or ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁but ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁the ▁agricult ural ▁land ▁remained ▁un changed , ▁many ▁migr ated ▁to ▁Mal ab ar ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁cultiv ation . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁imm igr ants ▁were ▁Sy rian ▁Christians . ▁ ▁Location ▁Po ov ar anth ode ▁is ▁situated ▁at ▁around ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁meters ▁( 3 2 8 0 . 8 4   ft ) ▁above ▁mean ▁sea ▁level ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁Gh ats ▁mountain ▁range . ▁The ▁place ▁is ▁about ▁ 4 8   ▁km ▁from ▁K oz h ik ode ▁city ▁by ▁road . ▁The