Koratty

Koratty
city
Koratty Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°09′N 76°13′E / 10.15°N 76.21°E / 10.15; 76.21Coordinates: 10°09′N 76°13′E / 10.15°N 76.21°E / 10.15; 76.21
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Population (2001)
• Total	17,463
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	680308
Telephone code	+91480
Vehicle registration	KL -08/ KL-45 / KL-64

Koratty is a census town in Thrissur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a main centre of Marian Pilgrimage.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[1] Koratty had a population of 17,618. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Koratty has an average literacy rate of 88%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 89%, and female literacy is 87%. In Koratty, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Tourism & Pilgrimage Travel

Korattymuthy - Our Lady with Poovan Bananas

Korattymuthy - Shrine of Our Lady with Poovan Bananas (Poovankula Matha.)

Koratty is one of the biggest Marian/Christian/Catholic pilgrimage travel destination of Kerala in India. Korattymuthy Shrine is a Pilgrimage centre in Kerala. It is also known as the Lourdes of Kerala. Korattymuthy- Our Lady with Poovan Bananas^[2] is the well known name for Holy Mary or Mother Mary here. Devotees from all over the world visit Koratty annually. Every year the Feast of Koratty Muthy will commence on 1st Sunday after October 10. The flag for the feast will be hosted on the previous Wednesday.

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.

India's one of the top and promising software company MVS Info Tech is headquartered in Koratty. MVS Group is also planning to set up their IT campus by 2014 at Koratty

Kinfra Park

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 (40,000 m²) of land near Koratty Kinfra Park.

Infopark Thrissur

An IT park is started functioning in this town from October 10, 2009 -known as Infopark Thrissur. More than 30 companies^[5] are functioning in this park. Infopark Thrissur is considered to provide direct employment to 3,000 people and may boost the real estate sector in this area. The new upcoming campus consisting of a multistory building, with more than one lakh square feet built up area got Special_economic_zone (SEZ) status from government of India in July 2014. ^[6] and will be known as 'INFOPARK -Koratty'^[7][8]

Malayalam wiki about Koratty ^[9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koratty.

• Korattymuthy Portal - Site Dedicated To KorattyMuthy
• Official Site dedicated to Korattymuthy
• Korattymuthy
• MVS Info Tech
• Marian Pilgrim Centre
• Social Network For Koratty