Puthukkad is a town on the banks of Kurumali River, also known as Mupliyam River, in

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 ...

. The town is to the south of

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and ...

, to the north of

Chalakudy Chalakudy is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy River in Thrissur district of the Kerala state in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly Falls and Vazhachal Fa ...

, and west of Cheruval. The National highway NH 544 passes through thi town.

Transportation

Puthukkad railway station is on the

Irinjalakuda Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur, this town has most number of administrative, law-enforcement and judicial ...

-Thrissur railway line. Both KSRTC and private bus services connect Puthukkad to

Amballur Amballur is a suburban region of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Amballur had a population of 11757 with 5763 males and 5994 females. Location Amballoor is located about 20 km from the downtown Kochi. It ...

, Mannuthy and Palakkad in the north,

Kodakara Kodakara is a town in the Thrissur district of Kerala state in South India. It is located next to the national highway ( NH 544), south of Thrissur town and about north of Chalakudy. Administratively, Kodakara is part of Kodakara Panchayat ...

, Chalakudy, and South Thorave, Near Pudukad Railway Station and Ernakulam in the south, Palazhi and Thottippal in the west and Mupliyam and Chengaloor in the east. The

Cochin International Airport Cochin International Airport is an International airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India. Located at Nedumbassery, about northeast of the city centre, Cochin International Airport is first of its kind which is devel ...

Nedumbassery, Kochi Nedumbassery, , is a suburb of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. Situated around northeast of the city centre, Nedumbassery is also an integral part of the Kochi Metropolitan Area. Location Nedumbassery lies between the two municipalitie ...

is located approximately south of Puthukkad.

Educational institutions

* St Antony's Higher Secondary School * Mary Matha I.C.S.E School * Prajyoti Niketan College * Govt Vocational Highschool * MCA centre of Calicut University

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 ...

, Puthukkad had a population of 12,500. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Pudukkad has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 83%. In Pudukkad, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Personalities

* Chelat Achutha Menon, former Chief Minister of

. *

C. Raveendranath Prof. Cheranalloor Raveendranath is an Indian politician and is the formeMinister for Educationof the Government of Kerala in the first Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry. He is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Thrissur and the m ...

, former Minister of Education.

References

External links

* Timeline of Thrissur * http://www.pudukad.com {{Thrissur district Cities and towns in Thrissur district