Kizhakken Muthoor is a
ward
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of
Thiruvalla
Thiruvalla, () also spelled Tiruvalla, is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipality in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of and has a population of 52,883 people, down from 56,837 in 2001. It is also the H ...
,
Kerala
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, located approximately 1.3 kilometres north of the town centre It falls within the boundaries of the
Kuttappuzha
Kuttappuzha is a revenue village and postal code in Thiruvalla, Kerala, located approximately 1.3 kilometres north of the town centre. The revenue village was formed by bifurcating the Thiruvalla revenue village in 1985.
Kuttapuzha is the locat ...
pincode (689103).
Government
Kizhakken Muthoor falls under the jurisdiction of Thiruvalla municipality. It is registered as Ward number 4, with a
general reservation. The ward councilor is Thomas Vanchipalam, elected from the
KC(M) party.
Geography
Kizhakken Muthoor has an average elevation of 39m above sea level. Low-lying paddy fields lie on its eastern side, along the border with
Kottayam District
Kottayam () is one of List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Kerala, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettu ...
.
Demographics
The ward has a population of 1304 persons as of the 2011 census.
[https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/803303-thiruvalla-kerala.html#:~:text=Thiruvalla%20Town%20Population%20Census%202011%20%2D%202023&text=The%20Thiruvalla%20city%20is%20divided,released%20by%20Census%20India%202011.] Most of the population are
Malayali
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, and speak
Malayalam
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and
English
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* English people
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. The area is also home to a sizeable community of
migrant labourers, most of whom are
Bengalis
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,
Oriyas, or
Oxomiya (Assamese).
Culture
Religious Places:
*St. Paul's Marthoma church
Sharon Fellowship Church KUTTAPUZHA*Padapad Temple
*Pallikulagara Temple
*Muthoor Bhadrakali Temple
*Brethren Church
*
Believers Church
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*IPC Bethel Worship Centre
*Chumathra Brethren Assembly
Education
Schools & Colleges:
*Government Lower Primary School, Muthoor
*NSS High School, Muthoor
*Thiruvalla
Mar Thoma College
Mar Thoma College is an institution of higher education located in Tiruvalla in the south Indian state of Kerala. The college is affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi University and offers 12 undergraduate, 10 post-graduate, and 7 doctoral programmes ...
*Joys Tutorials College
*MTLP School
*Mar Thoma Residential School
*SDA Higher Secondary School
*Believers Church School
*Jacobite Syrian Christian School
*Balavihar
*Christ Central School
References
Villages in Pathanamthitta district
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