Mattakkara is a part of

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

District mainly spread in Akalakunnam Panchayath. This is considered as the biggest kara (land) in Kottayam. The place is accessible by local roads. It is about from

and from

Palai Pallai (, ), also spelt Palai, is a small town in the Kilinochchi District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The town is located under the division of the Pachilaipally Divisional Secretary and is administered by the Pachilaipally Pradeshiya Sa ...

and from

.Historically the region was under domain of ullatt karthas since old travancore rule, .Mattakkara has 90%literacy and major religion in the region are Hinduisam and Christianity.

Demographics

The area is divided by the Pannagam Thodu stream. This has got its name as it flows in a shape of snake (pannagam). The main faiths of Mattakkara are

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

and

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for a range of Indian religions, Indian List of religions and spiritual traditions#Indian religions, religious and spiritual traditions (Sampradaya, ''sampradaya''s) that are unified ...

. People speak

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

in their own

slang A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing and speech. It also often refers to the language exclusively used by the members of pa ...

. More than 98% of them are literate. Most of the people are farmers. The main cultivation is

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...

. You can find

pepper Pepper(s) may refer to: Food and spice * Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plants ** Black pepper ** Long pepper ** Kampot pepper * ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanacea ...

paddy Paddy may refer to: People *Paddy (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname *A nickname or slur for an Irish person Birds *Paddy (pigeon), a Second World War carrier pigeon *Snowy sheathbill or paddy, a bird species *Black ...

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...

coffee Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted, ground coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content, but decaffeinated coffee is also commercially a ...

tapioca Tapioca (; ) is a starch extracted from the tubers of the cassava plant (''Manihot esculenta,'' also known as manioc), a species native to the North Region, Brazil, North and Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast regions of Brazil, but which has ...

and

coconut tree The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (biology), family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, ...

s like any other place of Kerala in Mattakkara.

Education

The Top Engineering College in Mattakara is TOMS College of Engineering. There is Polytechnic Diploma College under TOMS College.There are many schools like Mattakkara H.S, in the heart of Mattakara, St. Joseph H.S, Manjamattam and Thachilangadu LP School (Government L.P. School) to name a few. There is also a higher secondary school under C.B.S.E syllabus situated at cheppumpara; Cluny Public School and Junior College. The Government of Kerala has put up a Polytechnic here under the aegies o
Model Poly Technic Mattakkara
- IHRDE to provide technical Education to the rural masses. The Model Polytechnic started functioning in 1995. National Education And Research Foundation established a Photography and Film Institute called Creative Hut Institute of Photography And Film. One of the AMIE coaching Institute and Visveswaraya Institute of Engineering Technology and one engineering college, Toms College of Engineering.

Flora and fauna

All places consist of wet evergreen plants. Hard working farmers of this place play an important role to make this happen. The main vegetation occurs due to rubber plantations which cover 50% of the area. Coconut trees, cocoa, bamboo and other plants can be found here. The Pannagam river which flows almost around the year also keeps this vegetation.

Topiary art garden

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes.

Religion

Place of worship in Mattakkara include:
Holy Family Church MattakkaraSree Bhaghavathi Temple Thuruthipalli Mattakkara
*Aiyroor MahaDeva Temple Pattiyalimattom
Alphonsagiri Church NellikunnuBlessed Sacrament Church KarimpanySt. Sebastian's Church ManjamattamSt. George's Church Mannoor
*Kuttiyanickal dharma shastra temple, Manal, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Kuttiyanikkal+Ayyappa+Temple/@9.6471596,76.6337395,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3b07d2af08c1308b:0x78e7fc7ba6e449ac!8m2!3d9.6476051!4d76.6328982 *st.antony's church paduva * Puthetukavu Devi Temple, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Puthetukavu+Devi+Temple/@9.6404558,76.6472383,17z/data=!4m21!1m15!4m14!1m6!1m2!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!2sPuthetukavu+Devi+Temple!2m2!1d76.649427!2d9.6404558!1m6!1m2!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!2sPuthetukavu+Devi+Temple,+Mattakkara+Kozhuvanal+Rd,+Mattakkara,+Kerala+686564!2m2!1d76.649427!2d9.6404558!3m4!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!8m2!3d9.6404558!4d76.649427 *Kovoor temple, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Kovoor+temple/@9.6432982,76.6475471,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3b07cd53b5a14c65:0xbde89a3a3dc6c864!8m2!3d9.6432982!4d76.6497358 Mattakkara Thuruthippally Bhagavathi Temple

Mattakkara Thuruthippally Bhagavathi Temple

Subdivisions

Mattakkara itself is split into 12 different main smaller areas. #Mannoor #Manal
Vadakkedam
#Manjamatam #Chuvannaplavu #Nellikunnu #Karimpany #Pattyalimattam #Cheppumpara #Moozhoor #Paduva #Thachilangadu

Schools And Colleges

#Mattakkara High School, https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Mattakkara+High+School/@9.6461017,76.5727648,12z/data=!4m18!1m12!4m11!1m3!2m2!1d76.6434893!2d9.6521941!1m6!1m2!1s0x3b07cd5640901f05:0x5f3c88e7d5938e42!2snss+high+school+mattakkara!2m2!1d76.6428054!2d9.6461088!3m4!1s0x3b07cd5640901f05:0x5f3c88e7d5938e42!8m2!3d9.6461088!4d76.6428054
Toms College Of Engineering For StartupsCreative Hut Institute Of Photography
#Thachilangadu LP School, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Thachilangadu+LP+School/@9.6437015,76.6455924,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3b07cd53ee030319:0xfb7bf3727920a2da!8m2!3d9.6437015!4d76.6477811 Akalakkunnam Govt. L P School, Mattakkara, the first Govt. School in the Panchayath #List of all Anganwadis in Mattakkara ## Anganwadi Manal (Centre No 17) ## Anganwadi Manjamattom (Centre No 2) ## Anganwadi Karimpani (Centre No 5) ## Anganwadi Thachilangad (Centre No 13)

Banks

*State Bank Of India (State Bank of Travancore), Vadakkedam *Akalakunnam Service Co-operative Bank

References

{{Kottayam district Villages in Kottayam district