Pulincunnu is an island village

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 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....

.Pulincunnu is located in the Kuttanad

Kuttanad

Kuttanadu is a region in the district of Alappuzha, in the state of Kerala, India, well known for its picturesque vast paddy fields and its geographical peculiarities. It's the region with the lowest altitude in India, and one of the few places in the world where farming is carried out below sea...

 taluk and region of Alappuzha

Alappuzha

Alappuzha , also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. As per 2001 census Alleppey is the sixth largest city in Kerala with an urban population of 177,029. Alleppey is situated to the south of Kochi and north of Trivandrum...

 District.

The scenic beauty of the wide river ride through the Pampa

Pamba River

Pamba River is the third longest river in the South Indian state of Kerala after Periyar and Bharathappuzha and the longest river in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore...

 river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 is the reason why this route is one of the most favoured by houseboats tourism operators in Kerala. It is part of the Kerala Backwaters, a network of lakes, wetlands, and canals. The famous Rajiv Gandhi Trophy boat race

Rajiv Gandhi Trophy boat race

Rajiv Gandhi trophy boat race is held every year on commemoration of the late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Smt. Sonia Gandhi’s visit to kuttanadu on 5th september 1985. Rajiv Gandhi ever rolling trophy was donated by Shri. K...

 is held here during the months of October-November every year.

Education

Considered an educational village, Pulincunnoo has schools and colleges that are hundreds of years old. St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School is one of the important and the oldest institution in Pulincunnoo, with more than 100+ years of its presence. Cochin University College of Engineering Kuttanad under CUSAT, is a famous engineering college at this place.
Notable educational institutions from the village include: Little Flower Girls High School Pulincunnoo, Amalolbava lower primary school, St. Mary's ITC,K E Carmel ICSE School etc. Students from far and wide, in and around kuttanadu became well educated in this small village premises.

Prominent Natives of Pulincunnoo

• Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil
  Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil
  Mar Aloysius Pazheparambil was the Vicar Apostolic of Ernakulam in the Syro-Malabar Church. Originally a monk of the Syrian Carmelites, he was expelled along with nine others in 1875 from the religious order by the local bishop for writing to the Pope asking for an Indian bishop to rule his church...
  
  
• I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil
  I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil
  Illiparambil Corah Chacko was an eminent geologist, philologist, writer and grammarian of Kerala, India.He was born in Pulinkunnoo in Kuttanad, Kerala. After graduation from Maharajas College in Trivandrum, he went to London, and during 1901-06 he studied Physics in the Imperial College of Science...
  
  , Geologist and Physicist, State Geologist of Travancore State from 1906-1921
• Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose {Navodaya Appachen} -Indian film producer, director, and entrepreneur
• Kunchako Boban Maliampurackal - Famous film Actor and director
• Kunchacko
  Kunchacko
  Kunchacko was a Malayali Indian film producer and director who heavily influenced the Malayalam film industry by redefining the commercial film scenario. His venture Udaya Studios influenced the gradual shift of Malayalam film industry from its original base of Madras, Tamil Nadu to Kerala...
  
   Maliampurackal - Udaya Studio -Indian film producer and director

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Pulinkunnu

Appachan

Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose, known as Navodaya Appachan is an Indian film producer, director, and entrepreneur. He is mainly involved in Malayalam cinema....

had a population of 16795 with 8188 males and 8607 females.