 Different varieties of birds can be found in this area.Because of this, Nooranad is known as the "Pakshigraamam" of Kerala, meaning village of birds.The famous Sree Buddha College Of Engineering is situated in this village.A leprosy sanatorium is there in this village,which is first of its kind in Kerala and one of the largest in Asia.Currently, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP)unit has started functioning in the sanatorium compound.One of the seventeen 220 KV Substations of KSEB is located near Pattoor,the northernmost portion of the village.