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Kottayam District Information
Kottayam district is bordered by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. Panoramic backwater stretches, lush paddy fields, highlands, hills and hillocks, rubber plantations and places associated with many legends given Kottayam District the enviable title: The land of letters, legends, latex and lakes.
Profile
Area: 2208 sq. km, Population: 19,53,646 , Literacy: 95.82%
Local Bodies
Taluks: Kottayam, Meenachil, Kanjirappally, Vaikom, Changanassery
Block Panchayath: Ettumannoor, Pallom, Vaikom, Kaduthuruthy, Erattupetta, Lalam, Pampady, Madappally, Vazhoor, Kanjirappally, Uzhavoor
Municipality: Kottayam, Changanassery, Vaikom, Pala
Constituencies
Parliament: Kottayam
Assembly: Pala, Kaduthuruthy, Vaikom, Ettumanoor, Kottayam, Puthuppally, Changanassery, Kanjirappally, Poonjar
Rivers
Meenachil River, the Muvattupuzha River and the Manimala River.
Major Educational Institutions
Mahathma Gandhi University
Tourist Places
Kumarakom, Vembanadu Lake, Gavi
Travel
Air: Nedumbassery, Kochi(90 Km), Thiruvananthapuram (160 Km)
Rail: The main railway station is Kottayam, Click on station name for railway time table.
Road:
MC Road: Changanassery – Kottayam – Ettumanoor – Kuravilangadu
Kottayam – kozhanchery : Puthuppally, Karukachal, Mallappally
Kottayam – Kumali: Pampady, Ponkunnam, Mundakkayam
Ettumanoor – Erattupetta: Pala
Erattupetta- Preeumedu: Theekoy, Wagamon
Ettumanoor – Ernakulam: Kuruppamthara, Kaduthuruthy, Vaikaom
Changanassery – Alappuzha: Perunna, Kidangara
Road Distance to major places in kilometers:
Sabarimala – 100, Thekkady – 114, Thiruvananthapuram - 160, Guruvayur – 170, Kochi - 77 Km, Chettikulangara Temple - 50 Km, Kozhikode - 285 Km