Kuttippuram

Kuttippuram is a town and is situated in the Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district of Kerala state, India. The town is located 34 kilometres south-west of Malappuram. The Bharathappuzha river flows through Kuttippuram.

Kuttippuram
Town
The MES College of Engineering at Kuttippuram
Coordinates: 10°50′38″N 76°01′58″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictMalappuram
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)

History

Kuttippuram, on the northern bank of the river Bharathappuzha, was ruled by the Zamorin of Calicut during the middle ages.[1] Kuttippuram railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in Kerala. The second railway line in Kerala was laid from Tirur to Kuttippuram in 1861, as an extension of the first line laid from Tirur to Beypore in the same year.[2] In the 1940's, several national leaders including C. Rajagopalachari, M. Bhaktavatsalam, and Yakkob Hassan has visited Kuttippuram.[1] Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, a former president of India, has also visited here.[1] The Kuttippuram bridge, built-in 1953, is one of the famous bridges in Kerala. Kuttippuram was also a constituency to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 2011, which was then replaced by Kottakkal constituency.

Geography
Kuttippuram bridge
Railway line in Kuttippuram

Kuttippuram is located at 10.83°N 76.07°E / 10.83; 76.07.[3] It has an average elevation of 15 m (49 ft).

Industries

Kuttippuram is home to some of the major public sector industries in the state.[4] The municipal town of Valanchery is situated adjacent to Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat. There is a demand to upgrade Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat into a municipality.

  • The Kerala State Detergents and Chemicals Ltd. has its headquarters at Kuttippuram.[5]
  • The KELTRON (Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation) Electro Ceramics (KELCERA) is located here.[6]
  • A KELTRON tool room is also located here.[4]

Educational institutions

College(s)

Connectivity
Kuttippuram railway station, opened in 1861, one of the oldest railway stations in the state

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "The official website of Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat". lsgkerala.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. "ആ ചൂളംവിളി പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും..." Mathrubhumi. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kuttippuram
  4. "Brief Industrial Profile of Malappuram District 2017-18" (PDF). msmedithrissur.gov.in.
  5. "Kerala State Detergents and Chemicals Limited". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. "KELCERA". keltronelcera. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. V. P., Nisar (31 January 2018). "കുറ്റിപ്പുറം പാലത്തിന്റെ ശില്‍പി കെവി അബ്ദുള്‍ അസീസ് നിര്യാതനായി". Malayalam One India. Retrieved 24 January 2021.


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