The Kuttippuram Block Panchayat is the block-level administrative body that administers the region around

Kuttippuram Kuttippuram is a town and a block headquarters, which is situated in the Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. The town is located 32 kilometres south of Malappuram And 8 kilometers from Valanchery. The Bharathappuzha ...

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . The most populous district of Kerala, Malappuram is home to around 13% of the tot ...

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. It is also one of the 15 Block Panchayats established for the proper block-level administration of Gram panchayats in the district. Established in 1962, the block's current president is Vaseema Veleri since

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. Kuttippuram Block Panchayat lies in two assembly constituencies –

Kottakkal (State Assembly constituency) Kottakkal State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. ...

and Tirur (State Assembly constituency) – both of which are part of the Ponnani parliamentary constituency. The Block is headed by a President and council, and manages 155.83 km² of Kuttippuram block, with a population of about 229,468 within that area.

History

As per the recommendations of

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and the Administrative Reforms Committee chaired by

E. M. S. Namboodiripad Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as E.M.S. Namboodiripad or simply by his initials E. M. S., was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of ...

, the State Government had to enact legislation to empower the Panchayats to ensure greater public participation in social development, to shape planned development at the village level, and to implement decentralization. The Kerala Panchayat Act, 1960 was framed and came into force on 1 January 1962 in the state. Under this Act, 922 Gram Panchayats were formed covering all the rural areas of the State. In these panchayats elected governing bodies came into power with effect from 1 January 1964.

was the headquarters of a

Revenue block Revenue blocks, revenue circles, ''firka'', or ''patwar circles'' are the local revenue sub-divisions of the various districts of the states of India. The revenue blocks exist to simplify local administration, and each consists of a small numbe ...

(''Firka'') in

Tirur Taluk Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. Its headquarters is the town of Tirur. Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur, Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery. Most of the adminis ...

. The erstwhile ''Firka''s were reshaped into Block Panchayats and were provided with the duty for block-level administration of Gram panchayats. Hence Kuttippuram Block Panchayat came into existence on 1 January 1962. At the time of its formation, the block was composed of seven Gram panchayats namely

Valanchery Valanchery is a major municipal town in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is situated about southeast to Calicut International Airport, Karipur International Airport and southwards to the district headquarters, and forms a part of Malappu ...

, Parudur, Irimbiliyam, Edayur,

Marakkara Marakkara is a Grama Panchayath in Kuttippuram Block Panchayat, Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Kadampuzha Temple The famous Kadampuzha Devi Temple is situated inside the Marakkara panchayath.Kadampuzha Devi ...

, and

Athavanad Athavanad is a village and Gram Panchayath in the Tirur Taluk, in the Malappuram District of the state of Kerala, India. The town lies on the National Highway 66, between Puthanathani and Valanchery. Puthanathani is the main town of the Ath ...

. Later on 16 June 1969, Parudur village was transferred to Palakkad district, and in 2015,

was upgraded to a Municipal town. Other jurisdictional change that occurred in 2015 was the addition of Kalpakanchery Gram Panchayat into block.

History

Structure

Members of the Block Council

Election results

Kuttippuram Block Panchayat Election 2020

Kuttippuram Block Panchayat Election 2015

Kuttippuram Block Panchayat Election 2010

Kuttippuram Block Panchayat Election 2005

See also

References

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