Koratty

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?Koratty Kerala • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Thrissur
Population	17,463 (2001)
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle	• 680308 • ++91480 • KL -08/ KL-45

Koratty is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala.

1 Demographics
2 Tourism & Pilgrimage Travel
3 Industry
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[1], Koratty had a population of 17,463. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Koratty has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 84%. In Koratty, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Tourism & Pilgrimage Travel

Koratty is one of the biggest Marian/Christian/Catholic pilgrimage travel destination of Kerala in India. It is also known as the Lourdes of Kerala. Korattymuthy^[2] is the well known name for Holy Mary or Mother Mary here. Devotees from all over the world visit Koratty annually.

[edit] Industry

Koratty is also famous for its industrial units. Vaigai Thread Processors Ltd. (formerly J&P Coats, Jamuna Threads & Madura Coats and Coats Viella (I) Ltd. etc.). Another major industry is in Public Sector under the control of Government of India - Government of India Press, Koratty (GIPK). It is the one and only Indian Government controlled press in Kerala. Earlier it has been proposed to convert it into a security press for the printing of Stamp Papers and Postal Stamps etc.Other industries like Carborandum Universal, Kerala Chemicals & Proteins Ltd (KCPL) are also located here.

Sri. Panampilly Govinda Menon , former Chief Minister of Kerala and former Central Cabinet Minister for Railways, was the frontrunner in bringing these industries to Koratty and nearby areas as he was a native of Kathikudam near Koratty.

New upcoming mega project is Kinfra Small Industries Promotion Park (KSIPP)^[3], in which lot of new industrial units are coming up. It is located 0.5 km east of Koratty Jn. on Konoor Rd. A new venture for manufacturing and quality control of Ayurvedic medicines promoted jointly by Kinfra & and major Ayurvedic Medicine manufactures (Pankajakasthuri, The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Vaidyaratnam Oushadasala, Nagarjuna, Sitaram, Sreedhareeyam, S.D. Pharmacy, Kandamkulathy, Dhanwantari and Kerala Ayurveda Pharmacy) namely Confederation of Ayurvedic Renaissance-Keralam Pvt Ltd (CARe-Keralam),^[4] is also upcoming in 10 acres of land near Koratty Kinfra Park.

An IT park is expected to be setup at the former Madura Coats Campus. The 54 acre plot recovered by Revenue Department and now Land Bank of Kerala Government is used for the park. The park is considered to provide direct employment to 10,000 people.^[5] ^[6]