Puthuvely

Puthuvely is a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala state, south India. It is a border village of Kottayam district.

Puthuvely
village
Inside the Puthuvely Church
Coordinates: 9°49′0″N 76°35′0″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Languages
  OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
686636
Vehicle registrationKL-67
Nearest cityKoothattukulam
Lok Sabha constituencyKottayam

Economy

The village's economy depends mainly on crop plantations like rubber, cocoa, pepper, ginger and foreign income from workers abroad. People from different communities live very peacefully here. Hindus, Knanaya Catholics and Orthodox and Jacobites are the main communities. Most of village consists of a single large family and its several branches. Major source of the village's income is from agriculture.

Location

Puthuvely is situated on the MC road, 4 km south of Koothattukulam and 3 km north of Monippally. There are roads to Areekara, Veliyannoor, Uzhavoor, Elangi from here.

Schools

It has a Government Higher Secondary School named [GOVT HSS PUTHUVELY ] and a Primary School and a college named Mar Kuriakose Arts and Science College (Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam ) run by Divine Educational & Charitable Trust Puthuvely

Village products

It is also famous for its toddy shop named Puthuvely Kallu Shapu. It is also famous for its toddy from Coconut.

References

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