Arpookara
Encyclopedia
Arpookara is a village
in Kottayam district
in the state of Kerala
, India
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The Kottayam Medical College is situated in Arpookara.
The main attraction is the backwaters in Arpookara.
India census
, Arpookara had a population of 23538 with 11629 males and 11909 females.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Kottayam district
Kottayam district
Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The district has its headquarters at Kottayam town, located at 9.36° N and 76.17° E. According to the 1991 census, it is the first district to achieve highest literacy rate in the whole of India...
in the state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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The Kottayam Medical College is situated in Arpookara.
The main attraction is the backwaters in Arpookara.
Demographics
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Arpookara had a population of 23538 with 11629 males and 11909 females.
Hospitals
- Medical College Hospital, Gandhinagar
- LCM Hospital, Villoonni
- Welfare Center, Karippa
High School
- St. Philomina's Girls High School, Villoonni
- Government High School, Karippoothettu
UP School
- St. Joseph's English Medium School, Villoonni
- Government UP School, Maniaparampu
LP School
- Government LP School, Panampalam
- Government LP School, Thonnamkuzhi
- St. Philomina's LP School, Villoonni
- C.M.S. L.P. School, Kumaramkunnu
- S.N.D.P. L.P. School, Maniyaparambu
Library
- Adarsam Library, Nerekadavu
- Navodaya Grandhasala, Karippoothettu
- PRANAVAM GROUP LIBRARY,Near Kolettu Temple Jn.Panampalam Arpookkara,Kottayam
Places of Worships
- Sree Subrahmonya Swami Kshethram, Ambalakkavala
- St. Xavier's Church, Villoonni
- Kolettu Sree Shanmugha Vilasam Temple
- St.Micheles Chapel Panampalam
- St. George Church Aykkarachira
- Saint Alphonsa's Birthplace
- Little Flower Church (Cherupushpam Palli)
Clubs
- TIFA-Thonnamkuzhi International Football Academy
- Adarasam Club
- Golden Jubilee Club, Karippa
- PRANAVAM GROUP ARTS,SPORTS CLUB & LIBRARY.Near Kolettu Temple JN.Panampalam,Arpookkara,Kottayam-8
Academic
- Mr. KC Varkey, Kunnumpuram - The first degree holder of Arpookara.
- Mr. MM JOHN , Moloparambil- one of the early MSW holders in Kerala, Labour Welfare Officer in Grasim Industry Mavoor, Kozhikode.
- Dr.Achankunju Chacko - The first Allopathic doctor from Arpookara, Andumaly,Washington DC, USA
- Dr.Jose Joseph Peruvazhaparampil,HOD Dept of Community Medicine, Medical College Kottayam
- Dr.Pius Kurian MD FACP FASN FASH, Kodoparampil, Arpookara, Kidney and Hypertension Specialist, Assoc Prof Med of Medicine,Wright State University School Of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
Politics
- Mr. George Joseph Podipara - Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prof. M.M. Joseph(Moloparambil) -dept head malayalam SB College, Panchayath president, Member of legislative assembly, Member of parliament.
Bureaucratic
- Mr. George C. Podipara - Inspector General of CRPF (Retd)
- Mr. Antony Cyriac, Kunnumpuram IES - Director, Investment and Technology Promotion, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.