Vallamkulam is a small town located in

Tiruvalla 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 ...

Taluk of

Pathanamthitta district Pathanamthitta District (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Adoor, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvalla ...

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state,

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. The village is located 6 km from Tiruvalla town, on state highway 7.

Location

The T.K. Road (

- Pathanamthitta-

Kumbazha Kumbazha is a main junction in the Pathanmthitta Municipality Pathanamthitta City Suburbs, located in Kerala state, India. The Achenkovil river flows through Kumbazha. The Thiruvalla - Kumbazha (SH-7) road, also known as the T.K road, ends at ...

Road/SH-07) connects the town to other major towns, and here the

Vallamkulam Bridge Vallamkulam Bridge is a two-lane concrete bridge linking the Eraviperoor and Kaviyoor panchayats in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. The Vallamkulam Bridge crosses the Manimala river on the Thiruvalla - Kozhencherry Road. It is 6 km a ...

carries that road over the Manimala river. The place is within 5 km of Tiruvalla, and lies on the shores of the

Manimala River Manimala River or Manimalayar is a 92km long river which flows through South and Central Kerala. The river used to be wrongly considered as a tributary of Pamba River before satellite maps became popular, but this was proved incorrect. Manimala d ...

(Manimalayar) in

Eraviperoor Eraviperoor is a village in Thiruvalla Taluk,Pathanamthitta district in the state of Kerala . Eraviperoor is the part of Thiruvalla Taluk in east location and is part of the Aranmula legislative assembly constituency.It Comes Under Thiruvalla ...

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Administration

Vallamkulam presently belongs to

Aranmula Aranmula is a temple town in the state of Kerala, India. It is known as the cultural capital of Pathanamthitta district, located at a distance of around 116 km from Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, it is situated on the banks of the ...

state constituency and the Pathanamthitta Parliament seat.

Schools

Vallamkulam also has a good educational background as this small place includes a good number of L.P. and U.P. schools and a high school called National High School Vallamkulam located in

Nannoor Nannoor is a place near Vallamkulam in Thiruvalla Taluk Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seven ...

, just 2 km away.Educational District: Thiruvalla
(PDF). Dept. of Education, Govt. of Kerala. Retrieved on 2008-06-26

Facilities

A number of good hospitals and dispensaries are available here which offer modern medical treatments alongside ayurvedic and

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branches. The Karthika Nair Memorial N S S Ayurveda Hospital is in the town itself which provides all kinds of ayurvedic treatments. Karthika Nair Rehabilitation center for the disabled, located in Nannoor, is another establishment in the village.

Economy

Like most parts of the district, the village relies mostly on the income generated by the large

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community working in the Middle East and other countries around the globe. Vallamkulam has a significant influence on the development and rise of the

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printing and publishing world for being the home to the Kandathil family of '' Malayala Manorama Daily''.

Temples

Nannoor Devi Temple, Theloormala Kali Temple, Puthankauvmala Shiva Temple, Thiruvamanapuram Temple, Kunnathettu Kudumba temple, Kurumala Kavu and St. Mary's Orthodox Church are the major religious attractions of Vallamkulam.

Churches

* India Pentecostal Church of God * Assemblies of God in India * The Pentecostal Mission

Notable persons

Vallamkulam is home to many notable people. Abilash Kizhakethil is originally from Vallumkulam until 2007, where he moved to Australia.

References

{{Pathanamthitta district Villages in Pathanamthitta district