| Palackattumala Palakkattumala |
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| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Kottayam |
| Nearest city | Pala |
| Parliamentary constituency | Kottayam |
| Civic agency | Marangattupilly Panchayath |
| Population • Density |
1,500 • 565 /km2 (1,463 /sq mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1000/992 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 96% |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 75 metres (246 ft) |
Palackattumala (malayalam: പാലക്കാട്ടുമല)[1] is a village in Kottayam District of Kerala, India with a population (~)1500. An oblong tableland located on a small rolling hill, north of illickal junction in Pala - Vaikom road. Nearest town is Pala.
Palackattumala have two lower primary schools,one pre-school, public library, RPS, Post Office, Temple, Church [2], two convents, and few shops.
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"Palackattumala" name originated either from "a place near Pala, with forest and hill", or from "A hilly, forest with lot of pala trees", abundant in the region in the past.
Like many other places in the midlands of Kerala, Palackattumala is located over a small rolling hill. People in this village depends on agriculture, with rubber, coconut, coco, pepper, tamarind, ginger, tapioca, pineapple and banana being the main crops. Other spices include clove, vanilla and nutmeg. Also in abundance are papaya, jackfruit , mango trees, and arrowroot. In the past Palackattumala had large paddy fields, water shortage, and the geography of Palackattumala makes it uneconomical. These fields are now converted to rubber plantations. Many people in the village have paddy fields in nearby valavoor and Andoor areas. This village has a few granite quarries and a few rubber related small scale businesses including GUMEX [3]. A sizable number of its population is working abroad or in other states of India. Like most other places Central Travancore region the its economy heavily dependent on rubber cultivation.
Palackattumala is divided into two Gram-panchayath wards. wards V -Irumugham and VI-Palackattumala, of Marangattupilly Gram Panchayat. For the current term September 2010-2015 both these wards are reserved for women and is represented by Ms. Praseeda Sajeev [4] and Ms. Nirmala Divakaran [5] respectively. Palackattumala is part of Marangattupilly ward in Uzhavoor Block Panchayat.
For revenue administration purpose Palackattumala is under Kurichithanam revenue village and belongs to Meenachil Thaluk.
Palackattumala is part of Kaduthuruthy Legislative Constituency and Kottayam Lok-Sabha Constituency.
BSNL provides landline-telephone and broadband internet services in Palackattumala through its Marangattupilly and Valavoor Exchanges. 2G-Mobile phone networks of all the major mobile service providers are available. Currently the only wireless data services available are CDMA 1x services and GPRS, but in the future it is expected that all the major providers will provide 3G(HSPA/EV-DO)or WiMax services. Electricity distribution is by state owned monopoly KSEB. Palackattumala had a history of severe water shortage during summer. Now some parts of Palackattumala have access to water supply, provided by a cooperative society with the support from water authority and also by the Marangattupilly Grama Panchayath. Palackattumala post office(Pin:686635) located in illickal Junction.
This Hindu temple is believed to be of 1000 years old. This temple is now governed by the Travancore Devaswom Borad, is one of the 108 Temples devoted to Lord Narasimha in Kerala. Temple Festival is a week long and is usually on the last week of December or first week of January.
Very old temple(കാവ്) in Palackattumala, belongs to muthedathu family.
Syrian Catholic Church, under Pala Diocese. Palackattumala church established as a kurishu pally in 1959 May 24 to Marangattupilly St. Francis Church, becomes a parish on 1971 May 2. Church Feast(പെരുന്നാള് ) on the second week of January [6].As,of 2010, Palackattumala Parish have 166 families with 1050 members [7].
KCYM unit of Palackattumala is a very active association of youths in the parish. KCYM has a remarkable history of leadership in developmental activities in and around palackattumala.
Officiated on Jan-15-1984 by Bishop of Palai diocis Mar Joseph Pallickapparambil. This minor church is located in Nedumpara on land donated by Kulangara Family.
Palackattumala have two of the older L.P. schools in the region. Students attend High School in Marangattupilly St. Thomas H.S. or Kudakkachira St. Joseph's H.S. and for Higher Education, St. Thomas College, Alphonsa College Pala, St. Stephan's College Uzhavoor, Deva Matha College Kuravilangad under Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam.
St. Marys lower primary school is a government aided institution managed by Sisters of Destitute Palackattumala. This Malayalam medium institution offers excellent education to students in the palackattumala region from 1 to 4th standard. Started in 1900 as a "Nilath ezhuth Kalari"(A pre-school which teaches kids alphabets by writing on sand), becomes an L.P. School under the management of Late: Shri Thazhathel Mathai Vorkey. This school is under Kuravilangad Educational Sub District [8]. Apart From the primary school, there is one pre-primary (Nursery) school managed by SD Convent.
Govt. lower Primary School is Established in 1912 as a "KudiPallikkoodam", in a place donated by Pallat Nayar family in illickal junction. Later the control of the school is transferred to the Govt of Travancore. This school is under Kuravilangad Educational Sub District, and directly managed by the government of Kerala. This institution offers regions best education to students from 1st to 4th class.
Operated by the Maragattupilly GramaPanchayat as a pre-school as well as resource center for family welfare.
Maranattupally panchayat community center and reading room, in palackattumala started in 1951, as public library with the grant from the GrandaShala Sangam(Library movement of Kerala) is now supported by Marangattupally Grama Panchayat, as a full fledged community center. The public library operate from 5.30-8.30 PM. Library have a rich collection of malayalam books-novels,encyclopedia, dramas, poems,- and news papers. library member ship is open to the public with a very nominal membership fee. Vaayanashala servs as a local meeting place. Library also have a public TV, which serves as the common place to watch cricket and football matches especially the world cup(s).
Started as association of young mens in Palackattumala, is one of the main driving forces in the development of Palckattumala. The club housed in the public library building, behind the reading room. The public library was initially run by the club, later transferred it to Marangattupally Grama Panchayath. Though the name suggest Young mens, most of the members of the club are above middle age. Historically the club was active in supporting arts and sports, including a volleyball team and drama club.
M.K.S's Chayakada(Tea shop & General Stores) was the local meeting place of people, located near to the Temple, in illickal-Kudakkachira Road; but is now defunct.
A society of rubber produceres in palackattumala. Collects latex from producers and is working very closely with GAICO. Society also gives necessary training and equipments for rubber cultivation.
Nearest Bank branches are SBT branches in Marangattupilly and Kudakkachira. Nearest Co-operative banks are Marangattupilly service co-operative bank and Valavoor Co-operative Bank. Marangattupilly co-operative bank have a fetrilizer retail store in palackattumala.
Nearest hospitals are Primary Health Center (P.H.C.) Marangattupilly, Thaluk Hospital Pala, Marian Medical Center, Karmel Hospital, Cherupushpam, Kristuraj and Sun Mary Hospitals in Pala. Kottayam Medical College and Carithas Hospital are other major hospitals nearby.
Illickal-Palackattumala-Kudakkachira road passes through Palackattumala. Other major roads are Valavoor-Palackattumala Kurisupally Junction road, and Palackattumala-Andoor Road. Apart from that there are few minor roads to reach different places in Palackattumala. Earlier Palackattumala was connected to Pala and Uzhavoor by KSRTC and private buses. The nearest bus stop is illickal junction about 1 KM from heart of village, with buses in Pala-Vaikom route in every 15 minutes. The nearest railway station is Kottayam. Cochin international airport (CIAL) at Nedumbassery is the nearest airport [10].
This junction is the gateway to palackattumala, is at a distance of 6 km from Palai in Vaikom Road. It has a bus stop for ordinary (LS) buses. illickal also have an auto stand and two general stationary stores. Govt. Lower primary school and Palackattumala Post Office are also in the vicinity. In 2011 as part of road modification curves at illickal junction of Pala-Vaikom road is straightened and the Bus stops of Kattuvetty and Illickal combined.
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