Vattamkulam

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Vattamkulam is a village in Malappuram district of Kerala state, India.

Latitude 11.34 Degrees North. Longitude 76.3 Degrees East.

Vattamkulam is located near Edappal. A village in the fertile valley of the Bharatapuzha River, also known as the Nila River. It was a sleepy farming village until the 1970s, but during the Gulf Fever in Kerala it sent most of its able bodied men to the Gulf countries, and now almost every family has one or more men earning in the Gulf.

"Vattamkulam" literally means "Round Pond"

Some interesting places in Vattamkulam panchayath are Chekanoor, Palapra, Mudur etc... The beautiful beach, at Ponnani is situated about 12 km away from Vattamkulam. Recently formed factory "Nellara" is a food processing firm at vattamkulam which exports to Gulf countries.

In 2006,IHRD established a science college known as College of Applied Science. It provides B.Sc degrees in Electronics and Computer Science. It is situated at Edappal, 2 km away from Vattamkulam.

Vattamkulam became a model village of cleanses