Ollur is a major suburban area and an old commercial town in the city of Thrissur of Kerala state, South India.

From ancient time onwards, Ollur was a major business centre in Thrissur district.

Paulose Kallukkaren, Menachery Erinjery Lonappan Ouseph, Menachery Erinjery Dr. E. J. Anthony (twice) as Panchayat Presidents when India became Independent in 1947 and later the landlords only voter system gave place to one person one vote democratic system.

The Panchayat comprise mainly areas of Ancheri, Chiyyaram, Kuriachira, Chelakkoottukara, Kuttanellur, Padavaradu, Peruvamkulangara, Panamkuttichira, Edakkunni and Thaikkattussery.

In 1997, the Government of Kerala decided to merge Ollur Panchayat to the Thrissur Municipal Corporation, which newly established on 1 October.

Marcellinos Menachery Erinjery who was also the first vicar of the cathedral church of Lourdes and the first native major seminary rector.

[9][10][11] Ollur lies in the central part of Kerala and has financial institutions, industries and a railway station around it.

In the pre-independence period, tiles were exported from Ollur railway station to different parts of the country by rail network.

Before India's independence, the British used to source sleepers and wooden platforms for railways from Ollur.

During the First World War, wooden packing cases were built in Ollur for military purposes also.

The business grew and now, the wooden packing cases of Ollur reach all parts of India and are even used for export.

Another main business which goes with wooden packing case is the timber industry which is highly concentrated in Ollur.

Rolled gold jewelries are also exported to Middle East countries which have a large Indian diaspora.

Both KSRTC and private bus services connect Ollur to Thrissur, Amballur, Kodakara, Cherpu, Irinjalakuda and Chalakkudy, Angamaly, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram and other major cities of Kerala.

The pastor was convicted and sentenced to 40 years rigorous imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor.

The POCSO special prosecutor Pious Mathew was quoted as saying that another case related to sexual assault on an under-age SC/ST girl has been registered against the same pastor and that trial was yet to commence.