Puthukkary is a small village in

Kuttanadu Kuttanad ( ml, കുട്ടനാട്‌) is a region covering the Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta Districts, in the state of Kerala, India, well known for its vast paddy fields and geographical peculiarities. The region has the lo ...

Taluk. It is located in

Ramankary Ramankary is a village in the Kuttanad region of India. It is 9 km away from Changanacherry town and 17 km from Alappuzha city. It is one of the villages in Alapuzha on the bank of the Manimala River with picturesque vast paddy fields ...

Panchayat. It is 2 km far from Mampuzhakkary, at AC Road and, 5 km far from

Edathua Edathua is a small village in Kuttanad, Alappuzha district, Kerala, India. It is located 12 km from Thiruvalla city center, National Highway 183 and the Thiruvalla railway station. Pilgrim Center St. George Forane Church, Edathua is the maj ...

at Thiruvalla-Ambalappuzha Road. It is believed that this region (most part of Kuttanad) was a very big forest in ancient years but later destroyed by a

forest fire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire ...

. Still we can see "kari" (means

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dea ...

) if we dig deep into the soil. So this place's name ended up with Kari.

Mampuzhakkary Mampuzhakkary is a village in the Kuttanad region of Alappuzha District in South India. It is located near the Pampa River. This village is about 7 km from Changanacherry and 15 km from Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the ...

Road Passing through Puthukkary, 2 kilometers to Mampuzhakary and 5.5 kilometers to Edathua. Major Christian church is St Xaviers Church (Estd 1869 February 4), now under the Archdiocese of

Changanassery Changanassery or Changanacherry is a municipal town in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. History The first recorded history on the origin of Changanacherry is obtained from Sangam period literature. According to Sangam era d ...

. Nearby villages are Kalangara

Mithrakary Mithrakary is a small village in Kerala, India. It is located in Muttar Panchayat in Kuttanadu Taluk. It is presumed that this region (most part of Kuttanad) was a very big forest in ancient years, but later destroyed by a forest fire. It is s ...

, Oorukkary, Thekke Puthukkary, Kalangara,

Koduppunna Koduppunna is a small village in kuttanad region of Alappuzha district in Kerala. It lies 2 km away from the Alappuzha- Changanacherry road. It is a part of Edathua Panchayath. How to reach Koduppunna can be easily accessed by road. Th ...

, Mampuzhakary,

etc. Most of the villagers here are

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...

s and mainly depend on

Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Indi ...

and Changanacherry for their day-to-day life. St.Xavier's Church in Puthukkary is one of the old churches in Kuttanadu Taluk. It established in 1869, as a Chapel of St Mary's Church Champakkulam. Puthukkary Church hails to Edathua Forane and The Archeparchial Diocese of Changanacherry. Puthukkary Church has a Chapel in South Puthukkary, in the name of St Joseph. A Temple is also there in South Puthukkary, The Koyipurathu Kavu Temple, for the Hindu devotees. The puthukary service co-operative bank started on 1939. Famous film personality hailing from Puthukary is filmmaker

Vinayan T. G. Vinayakumar (born 16 May 1957), professionally credited as Vinayan, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and occasionally in Tamil cinema. Early life Vinayan is from ...

. Most of the area is covered with water throughout the year. Kuttanadu is one of the few places in the world where

farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

is carried out below sea level. Puthukary in Kuttanad,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India

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{{Alappuzha district Villages in Alappuzha district