Kottukkal
| Kottukkal Manjippuzha | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Kottukkal Location in Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°53′0″N 76°54′0″E / 8.88333°N 76.90000°ECoordinates: 8°53′0″N 76°54′0″E / 8.88333°N 76.90000°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 18,227 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 691519 |
| Telephone code | 0475 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-24 |
Kottukkal is a village in Kollam district of Kerala, India. The historical importance of the village is linked to Kottukal cave temple, built before 800 CE. The village comes under Ittiva panchayath and it is the most prominent town in this panchayath. The village has many libraries and Safder Hashmi library, kairaly library, are one of the notable one among them. And district agricaltural farm is the keen attraction of this village, kottukkal is the entrance of this beautiful landscape, many kinds of medicine and fruit plants are available hear.Many ancient temples are here more than 6 temples surrendered in 3 kilometers of kottukkal, one of the notable one is Cave temple, its reveal the history of kottukkal[1]
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Kottukkal had a population of 18227 with 8669 males and 9558 females .[1]
References
- 1 2 "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
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