Chittar, Kerala

Chittar
Chittar
	town/village
	An Elephant used to load timber in Chittar
	Chittar Location in Kerala, India Chittar Chittar (India)
	Coordinates: 9°19′58″N 76°55′58″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Government
• Type	Democratic
• Body	Chittar grama panchayath
Area
• Total	25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	33,977
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	689663
Telephone code	04735
Vehicle registration	KL-62, KL-03
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Vadasserikkara, Angamoozhy
Climate	Tropical summer (Köppen)
Avg. summer temperature	35 °C (95 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	18 °C (64 °F)
Website	lsgkerala.in/chittarpanchayat/

Chittar is a village in Pathanamthitta district, located in Kerala state, India. It is a Panchayat and is situated in the Ranni Taluk and in Konni constituency in Pathanamthitta District. It is located 29km away from Pathanamthitta town at its east. Nearby Panchayats are Seethathodu, Perunad, Vadaserikkara and Thannithodu. Chittar was formerly represented in the Ranni legislative assembly, but now in Konni assembly. Its previous parliament constituency was Idukki. Chittar was given the Nirmal Gram award from former president Pratibha Patil.

Economy

Chittar is predominantly a plantation township. Earlier famed for tea and coffee, nowadays swaying rubber trees have replaced them, fuelled by the fertile land and rich ecosystem. In addition to rubber cultivation, pineapple, tapioca, nuts, ginger, and pepper are cultivated. It was once a part of the demolished Nilakkal trade centre.

Location

Chittar lies in the eastern part of Pathanamthitta district and bordered by Perunad panchayath in north, Thannithodu in south, Vadasserikkara in west and Seethathodu in east.

Administration

The panchayath of Chittar was formed in 30 September 1970 by partitioning the Vadaseerikkara and Seethathodu panchayaths in Ranni taluk. For administrative convenience, the panchayath is divided into 13 wards.

Pambini
Panniyar
Manakkayam
Chittar
Chittar thottam
Meenkuzhi
Kulangaravali
Vayyattupuzha
Manpilavu
Neelipilavu
Vaiga
Chittar thekkekkara
Kodumudi[1]

Education

Chittar has one Government High School, two higher secondary education facilities, in addition to several middle schools and lower primary schools. Chittar also has a college.

Important schools:

Govt. L.P.S. Chittar Estate
L.P.School Neeliplavu,
Holy Family Public School,
Govt. H. S. S., Chittar,
Govt. Model L. P. S., Chittar,
V. K. N. M. V. H. S. S, Vayyattupuzha
Komala Vilasm School, Padayanippara
Little Angels English Medium High School
Royal Parallel College, Chittar
Santhinikethan College chittar.

Nearby Colleges:

SNDP Arts College, Ettichuvadu - Meenkuzhi, chittar
Caarmel Engineering College, R-Perunad
Ideal Parallel College, Chittar
Musalliar Engineering College, *Malayalappuzha
Mount Zion Engineering College, Kadammanitta
Pushpagiri Medical College, Tiruvalla
Muthoot Nursing College, Pathanamthitta
St. Thomas College, Ranni,
Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta
Mar Ivanios ITC, Seethathodu

Population

The people of Chittar are mainly agriculturists and plantation workers. People began settling down in Chittar about 75 years ago. The people mainly belong to Hindu, Christian and Muslim religions. There are several places of religious worship in Chittar. In many of the families based in Chittar, there are large numbers of people working outside Kerala as well as outside India. The new generation is highly educated and well placed in different parts of the world.includes merchant navy engineers,doctors,civil engineers and well known scientists. K.C. Raghunatha Pillai is the vehicle director for the Chandrayaan-2 mission ,Sreejith bhadran ,merchant navy engineer officer at shipping corporation of india are few examples

As of 2001 India census, Chittar had a population of 33977 with 16498 males and 17479 females.[2]

References

"LSGI Election 2010". www.lsgkerala.gov.in. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
"Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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[1] "LSGI Election 2010". www.lsgkerala.gov.in. Retrieved 29 November 2016.

[censusindia-2] "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.