Puthukkad is a town on the banks of

Kurumali River The Kurumali River is a major tributary of the Karuvannur River in the Thrissur district of Kerala. It originates in the Western Ghats in the Chimmony Wildlife sanctuary, Chimmony Wildlife Sanctuary of Thrissur District. Course The Kurumali Riv ...

, also known as Mupliyam River, in

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

. The town is to the south of

Thrissur Thrissur (, ), Renaming of cities in India, formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Ke ...

, to the north of

Chalakudy Chalakudy () is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy River in Thrissur district of the Kerala state in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly Falls and Vazhachal Falls ...

, and west of Cheruval. The National highway

NH 544 National Highway 544, commonly referred to as NH 544, is a National Highway in South India connecting Salem in Tamil Nadu to Kochi in Kerala. It is a spur of National Highway 44 and forms part of the North–South corridor of the National ...

passes through this town.

Transportation

Puthukkad railway station is on the

Irinjalakuda Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division, Thrissur Rural Police and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur, this town has most number of administrative, law-enfor ...

-Thrissur railway line. Both KSRTC and private bus services connect Puthukkad to

Amballur Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Amballur had a population of 11757 with 5763 males and 5994 females. Location Amballoor is located about 20 km from downtown Kochi. It is a part ...

, Mannuthy and Palakkad in the north,

Kodakara Kodakara is a town in the Thrissur district of Kerala state in South India. It is located next to the national highway ( NH 544), south of Thrissur town, 3 km to the south of Puthukkad town and about north of Chalakudy. Administratively, Koda ...

, Chalakudy, and South Thorave, Near Pudukad Railway Station and Ernakulam in the south, Palazhi and Thottippal in the west and Mupliyam and Chengaloor in the east. The

Cochin International Airport Cochin International Airport , popularly known as Kochi International Airport or Nedumbassery Airport, is an international airport serving the city of Kochi, Kerala, in southwestern India. It is located at Nedumbassery, about northeast of th ...

at Nedumbassery, Kochi is located approximately south of Puthukkad.

Educational institutions

* St Antony's Higher Secondary School * Mary Matha I.C.S.E School * Prajyoti Niketan College * Govt Vocational Highschool * MCA centre of Calicut University

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Puthukkad had a population of 12,500. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Pudukkad has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 83%. In Pudukkad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Personalities

* Chelat Achutha Menon, former Chief Minister of

. *

C. Raveendranath Prof. Cheranalloor Raveendranath is an Indian politician and is the formeMinister for Educationof the Government of Kerala in the First Vijayan ministry, first Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry. He is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician fro ...

, former Minister of Education.

References

External links

Timeline of Thrissur Thrissur is the administrative capital of Thrissur district, Thrissur District, in the central part of Kerala state, India. Thrissur district was formed on 1 July 1949. It is an important cultural centre, and is known as the Cultural Capital of K ...

* http://www.pudukad.com {{Thrissur district Cities and towns in Thrissur district