https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Arpookara Arpookara - Revision history 2026-07-30T21:54:07Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Arpookara&diff=184100&oldid=prev >WaddlesJP13 at 19:51, 16 September 2021 2021-09-16T19:51:03Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Arpookara<br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = village<br /> | image_skyline = Keralaboats.jpg<br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = Traditional Kerala Boats<br /> | pushpin_map = <br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|9.632910|76.480060|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br /> | parts =<br /> | government_type = [[Panchayath]]<br /> | governing_body = Arpookkara grama panchayath<br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = 24.53<br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = 23538 <br /> | population_as_of = 2001<br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = <br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 686008<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = 95%<br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Literacy]]<br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | area_code = 0481<br /> | registration_plate = KL-05<br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039; Arpookara&#039;&#039;&#039; (Malayalam: &#039;&#039;&#039;ആർപ്പൂക്കര&#039;&#039;&#039;) is a rural village in [[Kottayam district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].&lt;ref name=&quot;censusindia&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 &amp; above |publisher=Registrar General &amp; Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=8 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;which is hardly developing. Its one of the major economic progress in past years is because of government medical college placed here. <br /> <br /> This village belongs to the [[Kuttanad]] region of Kerala.<br /> [[File:TK Madhavan Statue, Vaikom.JPG|thumb|Madhavan Statue]]<br /> The Kottayam Medical College is situated in Arpookara.<br /> The main attraction is the backwaters in Arpookara.<br /> <br /> == Demographics ==<br /> <br /> {{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Arpookara had a population of 23,538 with 11,629 males and 11,909 females.&lt;ref name=&quot;censusindia&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Landmarks==<br /> <br /> # Medical College Hospital, Gandhinagar<br /> #Medical College Vocational Higher Secondary School, Ambalakkavala<br /> # Medical College Higher Secondary School, Ambalakkavala<br /> # St. Philomina&#039;s Girls High School, Villoonni<br /> # Government High School, Karippoothettu<br /> # Adarsam Library, Nerekadavu, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Navodaya Grandhasala, Karippoothettu, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Pranavam Group Library, Near Kolettu Temple Jn. Panampalam, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # School of Medical Education, Gandhinagar <br /> #Kuttanad Irrigation Development Sub Division, Arpookara. <br /> <br /> === Places of Worships ===<br /> # Sree Subrahmonya Swami Kshethram, Ambalakkavala, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Kolettu Sree Shanmugha Vilasam Temple, Panampalam, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Choorakavu Devi Temple &amp; Karipoothrikka Sreekrishna Temple, Thommankavala, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Kunnathrikka Mahadeva Kshethram, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # St. Micheles Chapel Panampalam, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # St.George Orthodox Church (Manalel palli) Arpookara, Kottyam <br /> # St. George Church Aykkarachira, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Saint Alphonsa&#039;s (Muttathupadom) Birthplace, Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Little Flower Church (Cherupushpam Palli), Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # Sreenarayana Gurudeva Kshethram SNDP Br. 3502, Arpookara (N), Kottayam<br /> # St. Sebastian&#039;s Church, Angadi (Angadi Palli), Arpookkara, Kottayam<br /> # St. Peters C.S.I Church Arpookara (Kumaramkunnu) Kottayam<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> #<br /> #[[Arpookara Panchayat]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Kottayam district}}<br /> [[Category:Villages in Kottayam district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Kottayam-geo-stub}}</div> >WaddlesJP13