Muthuthala is a small town, village and

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...

. It lies northwest of

Pattambi Pattambi is a town taluk and municipality in the Palakkad district of the state of Kerala, India. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Pattambi Taluk. Pattambi is located along the banks of Bharathappuzha river. A Mini Civil Stati ...

in Palakkad district, of the state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a 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 regions of Cochin, Malabar, South C ...

, India. It is located on the banks of the

Bharathapuzha River Bharathappuzha ("River of Bhārata"), also known as the Nila or Ponnani River, is a river in India in the state of Kerala. With a length of 209 km, it is the second longest river that flows through Kerala after the Periyar. It flows throu ...

. The infrastructure of the panchayath is divided into

Kodumunda Kodumunda is a small village in Muthuthala and Parudur gramapanchayath, Pattambi Taluk, Palakkad district Kerala. It is a minor trading center in Muthuthala Panchayath. The portions of Kodumunda in Parudur Panchayath are called west Kodumund ...

and Muthuthala.Muthuthala,

and Karakkuth are important centres. The adjacent villages to Muthuthala are Pallippuram,

Koppam Koppam is a growing town and gram panchayat in Pattambi taluk Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, ...

and

. The major institutions are GOHSS Pattambi, GHSS Kodumunda, GLPS Kodumunda AMLP Kodumunda, Aups muthuthala, Aups perumudiyoor, SBI muthuthala etc. Also there are temples such as sree muthassiyar kavu, ayappan kavu, Ganapthi temple muthuthala. Siva temple perumudiyoor, kozhikottii temple etc. The main Islamic symbol of this village is Muhyidheen Juma Masjid located at Muthuthala centre. An Islamic educational institution named as Thanveerul Islam Madrassa is also running near to this. Thes agnostoma somayagam is conducted at perumudiyoor on 2016. Lakhs of people visited there. Major cultivation is paddy here. Banana and rubber plantations are also abundant here.

Demographics

India

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Muthuthala had a population of 21,496 with 10,297 males and 11,199 females.

Important trading center

Karakkuthangadi Muthuthala

Transportation

Waterways

There had been a trade link passing through the River Bharathapuzha. Varantakuttikkatavu was a ferry point which was connecting Thrithala, the local market place and

, one of the market place in muthuthala now there is no water transportation available by the coming of new roads. About fifteen years back small boats and rafts are a major scene of this area.

Road

The village, located 8 km from Pattambi on the Pattambi-Pallippuram Road, and can be reached by road and rail. The road from Pattambi forks in two directions at the Muthuthala junction. One road goes to Pallippuram and the other one reaches the state highway to

Perinthalmanna Perinthalmanna is a major town and municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It serves as the headquarters of the Perinthalmanna taluk, and a block and a Revenue Division by the same name. It was formerly the headquarters of Valluvan ...

at Trithala Koppam junction. A diversion from Parakkad, a local village connects

state highway at Sankaramangalam. Rail ''

'' is the only railway station in Muthuthala, which is en route to

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

on the Shoranur–Kozhikode railway line. Only a few passenger trains halt at this station, so the preferable means to reach Muthuthala is by road. Pattambi is the main railway station nearby where most of the trains do have a stopping.

Photos

File:muthuthala tmp 2007.JPG, Muthuthala Sree Maha Ganapathy Temple (2007) File:Muthuthala.jpg,

is the only railway station in Muthuthala File:Muthuthala-ganesh-temple-1984.jpg, Muthuthala Sree Maha Ganapathy Temple (1984)

References

Muthuthala - Election Details
{{Kerala Villages in Palakkad district Gram panchayats in Palakkad district