Kuthiathode is a gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 in Alappuzha district

Alappuzha district

Alappuzha is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala in India. It was formed as Alleppey District on August 17, 1957. The name of the district was officially changed to Alappuzha in 1990. The district is a widely known tourist destination, and is well known for its coir factories. Most of...

 in the 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...

n 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....

. Kuthiathode comes under the Pattanakad Block in Aroor

Aroor

Aroor is a census town in Alappuzha district,is a suburb of Kochi in the state of Kerala, India. It is a Sea food related industrial area south of Kochi...

 Assembly constituency.The name Kuthiathode comes from Kuthia (digged )+ thode (river stream) means a digged-river.The Kuthiathode or the river stream was once the major waterway for transporting goods to the local market from Kochi via the Vembanad lake.The local market on both sides of the river was a major commercial hub around the locality. Even now the market exists with few wholesale traders selling vegetables,provisions.The Kuthiathode river connects the vembanad lake with the Tazappu backwaters on the western side. The Panchayat has a Gandhi memorial inside its office dedicated to Mahathma Gandhi who visited this place during the Pre-Independence period .The Panchayat office has library and a community hall.The Range Excise office is next to the Panchayat building.The Kuthiathode village office,Krishi Bhavan,Govt. Veterinary Clinic and a Sub-treasury also functions in Kuthiathode. The BSNL telephone exchange functions near the Kuthiathode Jamat mosque.The greenary of paddy

Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia. Paddies can be built into steep hillsides as terraces and adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such...

 fields on both sides of the Pallithode-Chavady road is really splendid. One can enjoy the evening panoramic view of Chinese fishing nets across the Pallithode backwaters from the Pallithode bridge.A small backwater lake at Tazzupu connects Kuthiathode with Valiathode.During Onam

Onam

Onam is a Hindu festival celebrated by the people of Kerala, India. The festival commemorates the Vamana avatar of Vishnu and the subsequent homecoming of the legendary Emperor Mahabali. It falls during the month of Chingam and lasts for ten days...

 boat racing is held in Tazzupu backwaters

Kerala Backwaters

The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state...

 and attracts many seasonal tourists.
Kuthiathode,Parayakad,Nallukulanagara,Pallithode,Chapakadavu,Tirumalabhagom,Tazappu,Thuravoor North and Valamangalam North are the local areas covered under the Panchayat. The vast agricultural lands on the western side or the Thuravoor Kari where large scale paddy cultivation and shrimp farming is done annually and serves as the seasonal livelihood for many of them . The population consists of Ezhavas, Nairs, Nampoothiris, Tulu Brahmins, Vermas, Tamil Brahmins,Goldsmiths, Viswakarmas, Gouda Saraswat Brahmins, Pulayas,Parayas, Kudumbis ,Muslims and Christians living harmoniously.A large number of Shrimp Peeling Sheds operating in this panchayat provides large scale employment.The village is well connected to the nearest towns by NH-47, Thuravoor

Thuravoor

Thuravoor is a gram panchayat in the Pattanakkadu Block of Cherthala Taluk of Alappuzha District in the South Indian State of Kerala. Thuravoor lies exactly between Kochi and Alappuzha. A four lane National Highway 47 passes through the village, which along with a railway station gives it...

-Ezhupunna

Ezhupunna

Ezhupunna is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.. It lies between Alappuzha and Kochi, on National Highway 47. It is at a distance of 23 km from Kochi. There is also a railway station, where only passenger trains halt...

 road and the Pallithode-Chellanam

Chellanam

Chellanam is a village in the Kochi sub-district of Ernakulam District in the South Indian state of Kerala.- History :Chellanam formed the southern border of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Cochin....

-Kochi beach road. The Alapuzha-Ernakulam

Ernakulam

Ernakulam refers to the downtown area or the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. The city is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Ernakulam is called the commercial capital of the state of Kerala and is a main nerve of business in...

 Railway has a crossing station at Thuravoor

Thuravoor

Thuravoor is a gram panchayat in the Pattanakkadu Block of Cherthala Taluk of Alappuzha District in the South Indian State of Kerala. Thuravoor lies exactly between Kochi and Alappuzha. A four lane National Highway 47 passes through the village, which along with a railway station gives it...

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Temples & Mosques

• Pattukulangara Devi Temple
• Amedathu kavu Devi temple
• Kuthiathode Juma Masjid
• Kuthiathode Vilanjoor Mahadeva Temple
• Kodamthuruthu Sreekrishna Temple
• Kodamthuruthu Fathima Matha Church
• Nalukulangara Devi Temple
• St. Sebastein Church,Nalukulangara
• Nalikattu Subramanian Temple
• Kuthiathode Dharma Sastha temple
• Rahmathul Islam Masjid near KP Junction
• Purantheraswaram Siva temple
• Thirumala Devasom - Sree Lakshmi Narasimha Temple
• Thirumala Devasom - Arthikulangara Devi Temple
• Thuravoor Thirumala Bhagom Sree Mahadeva Temple
• Ponnpuram Jamat Masjid- Chavady
• Masjid-Ul-Ansar - Near North Railway cross
• Pallithode Helapuram Devi Temple
• Pallithode Sree Krishnaswamy Temple
• St. Sebastien Church - Pallithode
• Salafi Masjid,Near Petrol Pump
• Masjid near NCC junction

Schools & Hospitals

• Govt. Primary School - Parayakadu
• T.D. Schools - TD Higher Secondary School, Teacher's Training Institute - ThirumalaBhagom
• Govt. Primary School- ThirumalaBhagom
• Saraswathi Vidya Mandir ,Saraswathi Sishu Mandir - ThirumalaBhagom
• Noor-ul-Huda English Medium School - Ponnpuram Chavady
• Govt. Upper Primary School -Thuravoor
• St.Sebastein's Panicavettil Public school-Thuravoor
• St. Augustine School, Pallithode
• Med Aid India Health Care(Old Santhi Hospital) - Pattukulangara.Dr.Mohd.Saji Sithara,MD Physician is the medical Director & Chief M.O,Dr.Safia M.Sithara,MBBS,DCH is the Peadiatrition.
• Govt. Primary Health Center -Thuravoor
• Kannat Hospital - Parayakad Headed by Dr.Surendren
• Govt.Community Health Centre, Thuravoor
• Number of Ayurvedic & Homeopathic Clinics also available.

Banks & Govt. Offices

• Kuthiathode Grama Panchayat office ,Kuthiathode
• Land Registration Office - Sub Registrator, Kuthiathode
• Agriculture Development Office
• Kuthiathode Village Office - Village officer , Kuthiathode
• Sub treasury - Kuthiathode
• Excise office - Kuthiathode
• Bank Of India- Thuravoor Branch
• ATM - State Bank of India, Federal Bank - Thuravoor
• Post Offices - Thuravoor North | TirumalaBhagom | Parayakad | Pallithode
• BSNL Telephone Exchange and Sub Div. Engineer's Office (Telephones)
• Parayakad 2869 Service Co-operative Bank - Parayakad & Thuravoor
• 939 - Service Co-operative Bank - Pattukulangara
• State Bank of travancore- kuthiathode
• Co-operative bank - Kuthiathode
• The Dhanalakshmi bank -Kuthiathode

Demographics

India census

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...

, Kuthiathode had a population of 22,880 with 11,098 males and 11,782 females.