Vayala is a village located in the Meenachil (

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) Taluk of

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 ...

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. It is approximately 5 kilometers from the village

Kuravilangad Kuravilangad is an Indian town located in the northern part of the Kottayam district in Kerala. It is situated in the Meenachil taluk, about 22 km north of the district capital Kottayam and 17 km west of the municipal town Pala. Ku ...

, about 11 kilometers from

municipality town and about 24 kilometers away from district capital

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south-we ...

History

It is believed that the name Vayala is derived from the

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word ''vayal'' meaning "paddy field".

Transportation network

Vayala is connected with the district headquarters

and other major cities. Public transport in the town is largely dependent on buses, run by private operators.

Schools

* Govt:V H S S Vayala

Churches & temples

Vayala is located 10 km from Ettumanoor town and 6 km from Kuravilangdu Town. Vayala has four

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temples (Paruthurthikavu, Njaralappuzha Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, Thrikkayil Sree Subrahmanya Swami Temple, SNDP Balasubrahmaanya kshetram) and a Roman Catholic church Syrian church (St. George Church, Vayala), a

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Latin church (St. Marys Church, Vayala-Puthenangady), three

Syrian chapels: St Joseph (Puthenangady, Vayala), St Xavier (Saviour Giri, Vayala), St Sebastian chapel (Thuruthimukku, Vayala), and a Sacred Heart Convent.

Hospitals

Sacred Heart Catholic Nuns operated St. George Mount Hospital, is the only Allopathic Hospital Facility available with Vayala. Also Vayala has a Govt. Veterinary Hospital, Govt. Ayurvedic Hospital and two private operated Ayurvedic Hospitals (Vedasudha and Omsree).

Neighbouring major cities & towns

References

Government Vocational Higher Secondary School Vayala

{{Kottayam district Villages in Kottayam district