Vandanpathal Explained

Vandanpathal
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:9.5333°N 76.8833°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kottayam
Government Type:Panchayath
Governing Body:Mundakayam Grama Panchayath
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:686513
Registration Plate:KL-34
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Mundakayam
Blank2 Name Sec1:Civic agency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Mundakayam Grama Panchayath

Vandanpathal is a small village located in the district of Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Economy

The main occupation is agriculture, especially the cash crop, rubber. When the latex price crashed, many farmers switched to vanilla. Apart from rubber, other major crops include coriander, ginger and tapioca. It is 2 km away from Mundakayam . St. Paul's church is in the village. Four decades prior, it was a forest area.(Kaipuzha)

Schools

Geography

The village is surrounded by thick green vegetation, with the Travancore Rubber & Tea (TR&T) rubber plantation on one side and a teak plantation on the other. The river draws border line between, Kottayam and Idukki districts.

Communication and Transport

Most of the villagers own a telephone connection and are connected to the rest of the world through television. There are more than 50 channels, both local and foreign made available to the viewers of the locality by a cable operator named based in Puthanchantha.Most of the residents depend on public transport. Private buses connecting Koruthodu and Mundakayam passes through Vandanpathal.

Economy

Economy is agrarian in context but many people are working in overseas. Also the place have three or four rehabilitation settlements popularly known as colonies. Also plantation given by the govt of kerala during post independent era to the educated youth to promote agriculture is in this area. Also the small plantation called Chakkithottam owned by a lady called Chakki was in this area. Chakkithottam was sold off later and now it is owned by different families as agriculture land

Religion

Vandanpathal is known for its religious harmony and political activism.

There is a church is in Vandanpathal named St. Paul's Church as well as a mosque and a Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (S.N.D.P) temple.