 Now rubber is raised as the main agricultural crop in almost all the villages and panchayat towns of Vilavancode taluk and Kalkulam taluks of the district.Arumana is in Vilavancode taluk and since it is very close to the foothills of the Western Ghats, all the available lands in the town have been used for raising rubber.In and around Arumana there are lot of higher secondary, secondary and primary schools with medium of study as English, Tamil and Malayalam.