Polpully

As of 2011 India census, Polpully is a large village located in Palakkad of Palakkad district, Kerala with total 3894 families residing. The Polpully village has population of 16500 of which 8029 are males while 8471 are females as per Population Census 2011.

in Polpully village population of children with age 0-6 is 1460 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average sex patio of Polpully village is 1055 which is lower than Kerala state average of 1084. Child sex ratio for the Polpully as per census is 891, lower than Kerala average of 964.

Polpully village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Polpully village was 84.73 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Polpully Male literacy stands at 91.04 % while female literacy rate was 78.84 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Polpully village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.[2]

The main attraction of Polpully is the Perunkurichiappan temple (Lord Shiva), which attracts many peoples from the neighboring states. Every year "Desa Nirmala" is celebrated well in this temple. The village is covered by paddy fields, and also there is a small river flowing by the village in which a small dam like structure called "Thodu" is present. Eventually the river joins with the chittur puzha and later to the Bharatha puzha.

Perunkurichiappan temple

There are also two more main temples in Polpully : Sree Polpully Bhagavathy temple and Sree Perunkurussi Bhagavathy temple within half kilometer distance of main Siva Temple.

The most important and prestigious festival of Polpully is the Vishu-Vela which is held every year on 20 April. Vishu-vela is a festival mainly in Palakkad. Some towns celebrate it before the festival of Vishu and some after. Polpully folk lore has it that two youth from the village went to attend the Vishu-Vela in a neighbouring village which ended up in a fight and they took it upon themselves to celebrate it in Polpully every year since then. The tradition in Polpully could be as old as 100 years.

The festivities mainly consists of the following programs starting mid-afternoon and up to midnight: - an Elephant parade – with the village deity Polpully Bhagavadi atop it – from the Polpully Bhagavadi Kshetram to the Mannam (village central area) - a kilometer distance covered with various stoppages along the route. The procession would be accompanied by the villagers and a band of musicians playing the Panchavadyam and takes about 4 hrs in the evening. The number of elephants varies from year to year, followed by Vedikettu (Fire works) - Double Thayambaka

Polpully Thodu

Polpully School