Puthoor

Puthoor
—  city  —
Puthoor Location of Puthoor in Kerala and India
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kollam
Subdistrict(s)	Kottarakkara
Nearest city	Kollam City (26 Kms)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 691507 • Telephone • ++ 91 - 474

Puthoor is a village town located 26 kilometers (16 mi) from Kollam City in Kollam District, Kerala, India. it comprises three panchayats: Pavithreswaram, Kullakada and Neduvathoor.Puthoor town is the main shopping hub for a number of satellite rural areas in and around. This small town hosts some of the widely known the famous Cheriyil Devi Temple and Christian churches. . Puthoor has a good number of cashew factories, processing cashew nut and exporting to foreign countries. Puthoor also has many brick factories mainly located in Cherupoika. Politically it is a Congress stronghold, but there were occasions when communist groups won elections as well. This small town is congested with narrow roads and unorganised traffic system and street vendors in the evening trading hours.

The Puthoor market attracts people from long distance to trade various agricultural products.There are large areas of paddy cultivation rendered useless without activity. This small town is now on the verge of industrialisation.

There are tourist attractions in Puthoor such as the old shrines including Ullirippil Kavu, Kaniyapoyka Temple, the Mylamkulam Rock, thazhum, njankadavu, and attuvassey.

The major river in the area is the Kallada River. Surrounding villages are Thekkumpuram, Cherumangadu, Thevalappuram, Pangod, Pavithreswaram, Porieckal, Mylamkulam, Vendar, Attuvaseri, Mavady, Poovattoor, Perumkulam, SN Puram, Karickal

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Contents 1 Temples 2 Churches 3 Schools 4 Hospitals 5 Movie Theater

Temples

• Cheriyil Devi Temple
• Kallumpuram durga badhra Devi Temple,Thevalapuram'
• Devi Shetram, Pangod
• Thazham Sri MahaVishnu Shetram, Pangod
• Sri Krishnaswami Shetram, Pangod
• Vendar Sree Subramanya Swamy Temple
• Kaniyapoika Shree Bhagawati Temple
• Pangod Devi & Sri Krishna Temple
• Mylamkulam Durga Devi Temple
• Mylamkulam Nagaraja Temple
• Kathiravan Kunnu Sree Bala Subra Manya Swami Temple
• Kalarivila Karinkali Muhurti Temple, Mylamkulam
• Kannyarkavu Nagaraja Devi Temple, Kaithacodu
• Kaithacodu Endelayappan Temple
• Knyarkavu Temple, Kaithacodu
• Sree Gurunadha Swamy Temple, Karikkal
• Kuzhikal Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, Karikkal
• Hanuman Swamy Temple Vendar
• Thrimoorthi Temple Thevalapuram (the only temple in Kerala where three main gods, Lord Maha Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma come together)
• Bhajanamadom Sreekrishnaswami Temple (Pavithreswaram-Malanada-Othiramole route)
• Kalayadi Appooppan Temple, Cherupoika
• Malanada Appooppan Temple, Malanada - Pavithreswaram
• Koraikodu Mahavishnu Temple, Cherupoika East
• Sree Krishna Temple, Cherupoika
• Kalariyil Devi Temple, Thekkumpuram
• Kumbazha Temple, puthoor
• Kuzhikkal Sree Dharma Sastha Temple Karikkal
• Njankadavu DURGA DEVI temple

Churches

• St George Orthodox Church (Valiya Palli)
• St. Kuriakose Jacobite Syrian Church
• St George Orthodox Church, Karikkal
• St. John's Malankara Catholic Church, Karikkal
• St. Mary's Malankara Catholic Church, Puthoor
• St. George Orthodox church, Mylamkulam
• Latin Catholic Church, Mavady
• St. Thevedoros Orthodox Church, Madhavassheri
• Immanual Marthomma Church, Puthoor, Karikkal
• St. George Orthodox Church, Thevalapuram
• The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC)
• Assemblies of God Church
• Shalom Marthoma Church, Mylamkulam
• The Pentecostal Mission (TPM), Puthoor

Schools

• Govt. Higher Secondary School, Puthoor
• District Center For English, Puthoor

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• Government LP School (Kulangara School) , Puthoor
• Divine Public School, Puthoor. Senior Secondary School, Affiliated to CBSE, Delhi No.930502 http://www.divinepublicschool.com
• K.N.N.M.V.H.S.S Pavithreswaram
• Siddartha Central School, (Puthoor)
• St. George English Medium School, Puthoor
• Little Flower Nursery & UP School
• G. W. L. P. School Thevalapuram
• Government LPS Cherumandu Puthoor
• Mannam Memorial NSS school, near Durga Devi temple, Mylamkulam
• Sri Vidyadiraja Memorial Model Higher Secondary School ( S.V.M.M.H.S.S)Vendar
• Queen Mary English Medicum School
• W.L.P.S Vanivila Cherupoika
• W.L.P.S Cherupoika
• K.S.M. V.H.S.S Poreekal
• G.H.S.S, Karikkal
• V.H.S.S.K, Pangode
• V.G.S.S.A.H.S.S, Nediyavila
• Mahathma Gandhi Centre for Science and Information Technology

Bricks Units

   * Aswathy Bricks
   * Brahma Bricks
   * Vishnu Bricks
   * Rajitha Bricks
   * Divya Bricks
   * Devi bricks
   * Unni Bricks
   * Smitha Bricks
   * J.V. Bricks
   * Kannan Bricks

Hospitals

• Sree Narayana Ayurveda Medical College, Pangode
• Sree Narayana Trust Hospital, Pangode
• Bethany Hospital
• Lekshmi Nursing Home, Vallabhankara
• MGM Hospital

Movie Theater

• CHELLAM number one theatre/PRV center(AC/DTS)