Originally the name was Padantha-alumoodu (படந்த ஆலுமூடு) because there were once a huge Banyan tree, circled outskirts of the village and people believed to guard it and latter when NH47 road was laid between Nagercoil and Trivandrum and by climate changes the Banyan was lost.

Due to time the original name joined together from Padantha-alumoodu (Village of huge Banyan) to Padanthalumoodu (படந்தாலுமூடு).

Presently one Banyan Tree stands at the Junction known as Aalumoodu (ஆலுமூடு) also called as Karuppattiyalumoodu.

People of this town generally know both Tamil and Malayalam languages, because of its proximity to the border state of Kerala.

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