| Marutharode | |
| Other Name: | Marutharoad |
| Settlement Type: | Suburb |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 10.7737°N 76.6973°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Palakkad |
| Government Type: | Panchayati Raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Marutharode Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.68 |
| Population Total: | 34627 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Minority |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 678007 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-09 |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Parliament constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Palakkad |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Assembly constituency |
Marutharode (also spelled Marutharoad) is a census town, gram panchayat and suburb of Palakkad city in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India.[2] [3] It is one of Panchayat which is supposed to be part of proposed Palakkad Municipal Corporation.[4]
As of 2011 Census, Marutharode had a population of 24,963 with 12,304 males and 12,659 females. Marutharode census town has an area of with 6,040 families residing in it. 9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Marutharode had an average literacy of 89.67% higher than the national average of 74.04% and lower than state average of 94.00%; male literacy was 93.72% and female literacy was 85.78%.[5]