Thottakad is a village in

Kottayam district Kottayam () is one of List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Kerala, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettu ...

in the state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

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. The nearest towns are

Changanacherry Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 I ...

and

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 ...

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Thottakad had a population of 15,391 with 7,531 males and 7,860 females.

Transportation

Thottakad is a village in

, in

state. There are many buses passing via Thottakad. Main bus routes are - Kottayam–Karukachal-Mallappally-Kozhenchery, Kottayam–Karukachal-Mallappally-Ranni, Kottayam–Karukachal-Manimala-Ranny and Kottayam-Perumbanachy-Changanacherry. Thottakad is 14 kilometres from Kottayam town towards karukachal route.

Temples and churches

Thottakkad Sree Sankaranarayana Swamy Temple is one of the important temples of the glory days of King Thekkumkoor. When Thekkumkoor became part of Venad during the reign of King Marthanda Varma, most of Thottakkad belonged to Devaswom. The temple, which is over a thousand years old, was under the control of the government. St.George Catholic Church, Mar Aprem Church, Pentecostal Church of God PC Assemblies of God church entecostal church The Pentecostal Mission PM Eravuchira St. Mary's Church, P.R.D.S Church Koduvelil, St Mary's Bethelahem Orthodox Church Thottakad, Thottakad Sankaranarayana Swami Temple, Sreenarayanaguru Temple Thottakkadu, Kuruthikaaman Kaavu Temple, and Rajamattom Church.

Administration

Thottakadu is under

Vakathanam Vakathanam is a Panchayat in Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is from Kottayam on the way to Changanassery via Puthupally. Vakathanam panchayat consists of two villages: Vakathanam and Thottakkad. History In ancient times Vakathanam ...

and Puthupally Grama Panchayath. It is located 14 kilometres west of District headquarters Kottayam.

Post Office

There is a post office in this village and the pin code is 686539.

Essential Data

* * Village Thottakadu * * Block Pallom * * District Kottayam * * State

* * Country India * * Continent Asia * * Time Zone IST (UTC + 05:30) * * Currency Indian Rupee (INR ) * * Dialing Code +91 * * Date format dd/mm/yyyy * * Driving side left * * Language Malayalam

Educational institutions

* Eravuchira St. George UPS * Thottakad Government Higher Secondary School * St. Thomas High School Thottakad * Government Teacher Training college Center Thottakad * H.W.L.P. School. * CMS LP School, Ezhuvanthanam

References

Villages in Kottayam district {{Kottayam-geo-stub