Kizhakken Muthoor is a
ward of
Thiruvalla
Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...
,
Kerala
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, located approximately 1.3 kilometres north of the town centre It falls within the boundaries of the
Kuttappuzha
Kuttappuzha is a revenue village and postal code in Thiruvalla, Kerala, located approximately 1.3 kilometres north of the town centre. The revenue village was formed by bifurcating the Thiruvalla revenue village in 1985. The name Kuttapuzha is a ...
pincode (689103).
Government
Kizhakken Muthoor falls under the jurisdiction of Thiruvalla municipality. It is registered as Ward number 4, with a
general reservation. The ward councilor is Thomas Vanchipalam, elected from the
KC(M) party.
Geography
Kizhakken Muthoor has an average elevation of 39m above sea level. Low-lying paddy fields lie on its eastern side, along the border with
Kottayam District
Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...
.
Demographics
The ward has a population of 1304 persons as of the 2011 census.
[https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803303-thiruvalla-kerala.html#:~:text=Thiruvalla%20Town%20Population%20Census%202011%20%2D%202023&text=The%20Thiruvalla%20city%20is%20divided,released%20by%20Census%20India%202011.] Most of the population are
Malayali
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, and speak
Malayalam
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and
English
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. The area is also home to a sizeable community of
migrant labourers, most of whom are
Bengalis
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,
Oriyas
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, or
Oxomiya (Assamese).
Culture
Religious Places:
*St. Paul's Marthoma church
Sharon Fellowship Church KUTTAPUZHA*Padapad Temple
*Pallikulagara Temple
*Muthoor Bhadrakali Temple
*Brethren Church
*
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*IPC Bethel Worship Centre
*Chumathra Brethren Assembly
Education
Schools & Colleges:
*Government Lower Primary School, Muthoor
*NSS High School, Muthoor
*Thiruvalla
Mar Thoma College
Mar Thoma College is an institution of higher education located in Tiruvalla in the south Indian state of Kerala. The college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University and offers 12 undergraduate, 10 post-graduate, and 7 doctoral programmes ...
*Joys Tutorials College
*MTLP School
*Mar Thoma Residential School
*SDA Higher Secondary School
*Believers Church School
*Jacobite Syrian Christian School
*Balavihar
*Christ Central School
References
Villages in Pathanamthitta district
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