Seethathodu | |
Settlement Type: | Village/town |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 9.325°N 76.9667°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Pathanamthitta |
Government Type: | Panchayat Raj |
Governing Body: | Seethathodu grama panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 651.94 |
Population Total: | 18,222 |
Population Density Km2: | 28 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 689667 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 04735 |
Registration Plate: | KL-83 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest towns |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chittar, Angamoozhy |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 98% |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Pathanamthitta |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Gram panchayat |
Blank5 Name Sec1: | Panchayat President |
Blank5 Info Sec1: | P R PRAMOD |
Seethathodu is a village in the Pathanamthitta district, state of Kerala, India, near Chittar Town. Predominantly it is a rural region where agriculture being the most important sector. Both state-run and privately operated buses connect Seethathodu to various parts of Pathanamthitta district.
Seethathodu is a scenic hilly rural region in the eastern side of Pathanamthitta district. Many mountains, valleys and steep slopes beautifies its geographical background.90% of the area is dense reserve forest, a part of Goodrical Range, Periyar Tiger Reserve. The rest is populated, where the main cultivation is rubber. The main attraction of Seethathodu is Sabarimala, a Hindu hill pilgrim centre.
The Koikkal rajas of Pandalam divided their kingdom into two parts as Valiyakoyikkal (including the parts of Pandalam) and Kochukoikkal (including the western parts) for administrative convenience. Kochukoikkal is today a part of Seethathodu panchayath. Advocate Kochukoikkal Thalachira Barayanan founded the first school (S.N.D.P school) in this region. Seethathodu panchayath was formed on 20 November 1968 and T.K Raghavan became the first president.
Joby T Easow is the current president of Seethathodu panchayath and Beena Muhammed Rafi is the vice president. Communist, Congress & BJP parties have strong base here. The panchayath itself is self-sufficient in the case of basic infrastructures and the members of each wards are so concerned about the developmental activities.
India census, Seethathodu panchayath has a population of about 18222 in which 9268 are males and 8954 are females. The village has literacy of 92.4%. More than 95% of the population speaks Malayalam and 4% speak Tamil. There are also some English and Hindi speakers. Hindi speakers are relatively new immigrant workers from North India.