Kooroppada | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 9.6°N 76.6667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kottayam |
Governing Body: | Gramapanchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 27.42 |
Population Total: | 22432 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | 818 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 686502 |
Registration Plate: | KL-05 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kottayam, Pampady. |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 998 ♂/♀ |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 97%% |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Kottayam |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank5 Info Sec1: | Puthuppally |
Blank6 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank6 Info Sec1: | Gramapanchayat |
Kooroppada is a village in Kottayam district, Kerala, India, situated 16 kilometres east to Kottayam town.[1] Kooroppada village was formed in 1953 by merging Kooroppada with a certain portion of Pampady and Anikkad villages.
As per the known history, Kooroppada was the place where Thekkumkur Kings with their headquarters at Vennimala[2] accommodated their royal army. In Malayalam, the word ‘koor’ means loyalty and 'pada' means army. So the land of loyal army has become Kooroppada. In AD 1749 King Marthanda Varma captured Thekkumkur and annexed it to Venad. Previous land lords namely Ambazhathunkal Karthas were removed from their posts and a large portion of the land then came under the tenancy of Kolathettu family who were migrated to Kooroppada from Kolathunadu due to Islamic conquest.
Kooroppada has a predominantly agricultural economy. The major products include: rubber, banana, cocoa and pineapple.
Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Kothala, Government L.P School Lakkattoor, Santa Maria Public School & Junior College,[3] Kooroppada, Sacred Heart High School,[4] Pangada, MGM NSS Higher Secondary School,[5] Lakkattoor and NSS Higher Secondary School, Kothala
Major churches in Kooroppada
Mar Sleeva Syro Malabar Church (Kooroppada pally) [6] and Sacred Heart Church, Pangada, Marthamariyam Syro Malabar Church Chepumpara Lakkootoor
major temples in the heart of Kooroppada village. They are Shree Dharmasastha temple, Mathrumala Devi temple and Anthimahakalan temple. Other temples in the village are Madappadu Bhagawati temple, Pangada Moothedath Bhagawati temple, Lakkattoor Shiva Parvathi temple, Kothala Ilankavu Bhagawati temple and SN Puram Surya temple.
Prominent churches of this village are St Johns SYRIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, Edakattukunnu (Edakattukunnupally) .[7]
It is well connected to Pampady, Kottayam, Ponkunnam, Kanjirappally, Pallickathode, Puthuppally and Karukachal
India census, Kooroppada had a population of 24480 with 12142 males and 12338 females.