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.
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)
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.
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 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
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.