Puthuvely

Puthuvely
village
Puthuvely

Location in Kerala, India

Coordinates: 9°49′0″N 76°35′0″E / 9.81667°N 76.58333°E / 9.81667; 76.58333Coordinates: 9°49′0″N 76°35′0″E / 9.81667°N 76.58333°E / 9.81667; 76.58333
Country  India
State Kerala
District Kottayam
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 686636
Vehicle registration KL-67
Nearest city Koothattukulam
Lok Sabha constituency Kottayam

Puthuvely is a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala state, south India. It is a border village of Kottayam district.

The village's economy depends mainly on crop plantations like rubber, cocoa, pepper, ginger and foreign income from workers abroad. People from different communities live very peacefully here. Hindus, Knanaya Catholics, Catholics and Orthodox and Jacobites are the main communities.

Puthuvely is situated on the MC road, 4 km south of Koothattukulam and 3 km north of Monipally. There are roads to Areekara, Veliyannoor, Uzhavoor, Elangi from here.

Major source of the village's income is from agriculture.

It has a Government Higher Secondary School and a Primary School (run by the Catholic Church)and a college named Mar Kuriakose Arts and Science College (Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam )

It is also famous for its toddy shop named Puthuvely Kallu Shapu. It is also famous for its toddy from Coconut.

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