Kuttippuram Explained
| Kuttippuram |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 10.8439°N 76.0328°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Malappuram |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Kuttippuram is a town and a block headquarters, which is situated in the Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. The town is located 32 kilometres south of Malappuram. The Bharathappuzha river flows through Kuttippuram. According to the last Census of India conducted in 2011,
History
Kuttippuram, on the northern bank of the river Bharathappuzha, was ruled by the Zamorin of Calicut during the middle ages.[1] Kuttippuram railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in Kerala. The second railway line in Kerala was laid from Tirur to Kuttippuram in 1861, as an extension of the first line laid from Tirur to Beypore in the same year.[2] In the 1940s, several national leaders including C. Rajagopalachari, M. Bhaktavatsalam, and Yakkob Hassan has visited Kuttippuram.[1] Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, a former president of India, has also visited here.[1] The ashes of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Lal Bahadur Shastri, were deposited in Kerala between Tirunavaya, Kuttippuram, and Thavanur, on the bank of the river Bharathappuzha.[3]
The Kuttippuram bridge, built-in 1953, is one of the famous bridges in Kerala. The poem Kuttippuram Palam, describing the beauty of Bharathappuzha River at the sandy riverbank of Kuttippuram, was written by the poet Edasseri Govindan Nair.[4] [5] Kuttippuram was also a constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 2011, which was then replaced by Kottakkal constituency.[6]
Tirunavaya, the centre of medieval Mamankam festival, and Athavanad, which was the centre of Azhvanchery Thamprakkal, lie adjacent to Kuttippuram.[7]
Geography
Kuttippuram is located at 10.83°N 76.07°W.[8] It has an average elevation of 15m (49feet).
Industries
Kuttippuram is home to some of the major public sector industries in the state.[9] The municipal town of Valanchery is situated adjacent to Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat. There is a demand to upgrade Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat into a municipality.
- The Kerala State Detergents and Chemicals Ltd. has its headquarters at Kuttippuram.[10]
- The KELTRON (Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation) Electro Ceramics (KELCERA) is located here.[11]
- A KELTRON tool room is also located here.[9]
Educational institutions
College(s)
School(s)
- Government Higher Secondary School, Kuttippuram[12]
- Junior Technical High School, Kuttippuram[12]
Connectivity
- Railway Station: Kuttippuram is home to two railway stations, Kuttippuram railway station opened in 1861,[2] which is also one of the oldest stations in the state, and a minor railway station - Perassannur railway station. The nearest major railway station at Tirur is just away from the town where almost every train stops.
- Road: Kuttippuram is well connected to the other cities by road, National Highway-66 passes through the town. NH-66 connects Kuttippuram with the cities of Kozhikode and Kochi. The SH 69 (Thrissur-Kuttippuram State Highway) connects Kuttippuram with Thrissur city. The Kuttippuram bridge is one of the famous bridges in Kerala, which was built in 1953, to connect Kozhikode with Kochi through National Highway-66.[13] There are regular buses plying to other cities including Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thrissur, and Coimbatore. There are a few private buses offering over night journeys to Bangalore, Trivandrum, and Coimbatore.
- Nearest Airport: The Karipur International Airport is approximately away.
Kuttippuram Block
See main article: article and Kuttippuram Block Panchayat. Kuttippuram Block Panchayat is the block-level administrative body responsible for the administration of the following Gram panchayats:
- Kuttippuram
- Edayur
- Irimbiliyam
- Marakkara
- Athavanad
- Kalpakanchery
Valanchery municipality shares its boundary with Kuttippuram town, which was a Gram panchayat in Kuttippuram block until 2015.
Notable people
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: The official website of Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat. 2021-01-30. lsgkerala.in.
- News: ആ ചൂളംവിളി പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും.... 17 June 2019. 19 December 2020. Mathrubhumi. 30 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201130082010/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/malappuram/specials/50-years-of-malappuram/kerala-first-railway-line-tirur-to-beypore-1.3880175. dead.
- News: അമ്പതിന്റെ നിറവില് മലപ്പുറം; മലപ്പുറത്തിന്റെ മാനവിക മഹാപൈതൃകം. Leelakrishnan. Alamkode. 17 June 2019. 21 February 2021. Mathrubhumi. 7 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507091729/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/malappuram/specials/50-years-of-malappuram/alamkode-leelakrishnan-writes-about-malappuram-1.3880292. dead.
- News: 64ന്റെ നിറവില് ഇടശ്ശേരിയുടെ 'കുറ്റിപ്പുറം പാലം'. 21 February 2018. 24 January 2021. Mathrubhumi.
- News: The river sutra. Binoy. Rasmi. 27 September 2018. 24 January 2021. The Hindu.
- Web site: Constituencies (1976-2008). eci.gov.in .
- Book: Sreedhara Menon . A. . Kerala Charitram . January 2007 . DC Books . Kottayam . 9788126415885 . 2007.
- http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Kuttippuram.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kuttippuram
- Web site: Brief Industrial Profile of Malappuram District 2017-18. msmedithrissur.gov.in .
- Web site: Kerala State Detergents and Chemicals Limited. 29 July 2020. The Economic Times.
- Web site: KELCERA. 2021-01-30. keltronelcera.
- Web site: Kuttippuram PS. 2021-03-25. Kerala police.
- Web site: കുറ്റിപ്പുറം പാലത്തിന്റെ ശില്പി കെവി അബ്ദുള് അസീസ് നിര്യാതനായി. 2018-01-31. 2021-01-24. Malayalam One India. V. P.. Nisar.
