Monippally is a small village in

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders ...

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, South India. Formerly known as 'Mohanappally' (Beautiful Place) or 'Munippally' (Temple of ''Muni''s, Sage or Saints). In her yesteryears, Monippally was a famous

ginger Ginger (''Zingiber officinale'') is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems (false stems made of the rolled bases of ...

cultivation area in Central Travancore. Dry Ginger, Turmeric and Kacholam were the main attractions of trade.

Location

Monippally town is located in between

Kuravilangad Kuravilangad is an Indian town located in the northern part of the Kottayam district in Kerala. It is situated in the Meenachil taluk, about 22 km north of the district capital Kottayam and 17 km west of the municipal town Pala. K ...

and

Koothattukulam Koothattukulam is a town and municipality situated in Muvattupuzha taluk, towards the south east corner of Ernakulam district in Kerala State, India. It lies at the junction of three districts: Ernakulam, Kottayam Kottayam () is a ...

on the

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(SH1). This village is part of Uzhavoor Grama Panchayat in Meenachil (Pala) Taluk.

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Elanji Elanji is a village in Ernakulam district, Indian state of Kerala. Demographics census, Elanji had a population of 16,995 with 8,455 males and 8,540 females. The majority of people living in Elanji are Syro Malabar Catholic Christians. The ...

, Njeezhoor and

are the neighboring areas. The nearest city is Pala.

Economy

Monippally's non-resident population has always had a significant impact on its economy. But agriculture is the soul of Monippallians, and is critically important to its economy. Villagers are engaged in crop plantations of rubber, cocoa, vanilla, black pepper, ginger and turmeric. Due to a large amount of emigration, and thus a large amount of foreign cash flowing into the village, the village has a very high social life index - very high literacy rates and high occurrence of "creature comforts".

Education

There's a strong emphasis on education and healthcare - there are seven schools and three hospitals within a 4 km² area. As well as five catholic churches and one Hindu temple. The area was rich in ginger cultivation. The first ginger Co-operative Society (Monippally Marketing Co-operative Society) was founded here. The late senior congress leaders M. A. John and Adv K. Joseph Monippally (Farmers Leader, Veteran Co-operator) were from this village

References

Villages in Kottayam district {{Kottayam-geo-stub