Punnala is a small village situated in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea seaport and an in ...

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, India. Punnala is located at a distance of 8 kilometers from both

Pathanapuram Pathanapuram is a Town in Pathanapuram Taluk Kollam district, Kerala, India. Pathanapuram is a part of Grama Panchayat and Block panchayat of same name and part of Kollam District Panchayat. History The history of Pathanapuram goes back to T ...

and

Punalur Punalur is a Municipality in Kollam district of Kerala State in India. It is the headquarter of the Punalur Taluk and Punalur Revenue Division. It's situated in the eastern part of Kollam district of Kerala, on the banks of the Kallada River a ...

and 1 km from Chachipunna. It is in the

Taluk,

Assembly Constituency and

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Parliament Constituency. Punnala is a part of Piravanthoor Grama Panchayth,

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and Kollam district Panchayat.

History

It is said that the place was inhabited long back by civilized people but settlement has been demolished probably of an attack. The settlement was based at Kumaramkudy, which is under State farming Corporation of Kerala now. The remains of the old temple can be seen there.

Geography

Punnala is located at 9.08264°N 76.914°E. The village is spread over an area of 69.1 km²

Demographics

As of 2011

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, Punnala had a population of 12,104. The total population constitute, 5,802 males and 6,302 females —a sex ratio of 1086 females per 1000 males. 1,167 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 641 are boys and 522 are girls —a ratio of 841 female per 1000 male. The average literacy rate stands at 83.03% out of which 83.45% males & 82.64% females with 2,054 illiterates.

Transport

The area is well connected to the rest of the state by bus services of

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. Even though there are still places remains transportation facility is poor. The nearest railway stations are Punalur railway station and Avaneeswaram railway station

Politics

Punnala Village is a part of the Mavelikkara Loksabha Constituency.

Kodikunnil Suresh Kodikunnil Suresh is an Indian politician and working president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour. He is a member of the seventeenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala. He ...

is the present

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who won the

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. Pathanapuram is assembly constituency and actor turned politician

K. B. Ganesh Kumar Keezhoote Balakrishna Pillai Ganesh Kumar (born 25 May 1966) is an Indian actor, television host, and politician. Ganesh Kumar is a proposed cabinet minister for the last 2.5 years in the ongoing 2nd LDF govt in Kerala and he is also the curre ...

is the current M. L. A. from Pathanapuram. He was the Minister of Forests, Sports & Cinema under UDF government. There are Many political parties working in the village. # Indian National Congress # Communist Party of India (Marxist) # Communist Party of India # Bhartiya Janatha Party # Indian Union Muslim League # Kerala Congress (M) etc are some of them. Also there are different communal and religious organizations working in the region.

Government Establishments

# Government Higher Secondary School Punnala. # Government Homeo dispensary, Chachippunna. # Telephone Exchange , Punnala. # Post Office, Punnala # Village office , Punnala.

Modern Medical Clinic

This village has a private Modern Medical Clinic -Kappithottathil Clinic & Lab, Chachipunna.

References

Villages in Kollam district {{Kollam-geo-stub