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{{moresources|date=October 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kottappady
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Malayalam
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = village
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|10|4|0|N|76|36|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 12990
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
| postal_code = 686692
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0485
| registration_plate = KL 44
| blank1_name_sec1 = Ernakulam
| blank1_info_sec1 = pindimana
| website =
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}}

''' Kottappady ''' is a village in [[Kothamangalam]] Taluk in [[Ernakulam district]] of Kerala State, India. It belongs to Central Kerala Division. It is located 10 km from [[Kothamangalam]]. The village came into existence in the year 1953.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=September 20, 2019|title=Kottapadi Gama Panchayat Administrative Report 2018–19|url=http://panchayat.lsgkerala.gov.in/kottappadypanchayat/files/2016/01/administration-report-2018-19.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=Kottappaddy Grama Panchayat}}</ref>

Kalkunnel Mar Geevarghese Sahada [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Jacobite Syrian Church]], one of the prominent Jacobite churches in Kerala, is situated here, one of the biggest Jacobite churches in India. [[Thrikkariyoor Kottekkavu Bhagavathi Temple|Kottekkevu bhagavathi temple]] in south Kottappady, famous for Kottekkavu Bharani (Meenam) is the first place of worship.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/P|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of 2011 India [[census]] data, Kottappady had a population of 13,512 with 6,710 males and 6,802 females. The village had 3,357 households total, with approximately 87% literacy and approximately 91% of the population above age 6.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census of India: Search Details|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=717199|access-date=2021-08-29|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>

'''Education'''

[https://schools.org.in/ernakulam/32080701407/glps-kottappady-south.html Kottappady South Lower Primary School] (GLPS), Kottappady North Lower Primary School (LPS), and [https://schools.org.in/ernakulam/32080701404/mar-elias-hss-kottappady.html Mar Elias Higher Secondary School] (HSS) are among the oldest schools here.

== Government ==
Kottappaddy is under the [[Government of Kerala]], and is part of the Legislative Assembly Constituencies (LAC) group 087: Kothamangalam under the 07 Ernakulam district.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CEO Kerala|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/home.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=www.ceo.kerala.gov.in}}</ref>

== Institutions and Services ==
The government controls various village institutions and assets, including one shopping complex, one library, thirteen public wells, and eighteen public pools.<ref name=":0" /> Additional government institutions are shown in the table below.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Institutions, as of 2019<ref name=":0" />
!Institution
!Location
!No. of Employees
|-
|[[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayat]] Office
|Kottappady
|16
|-
|[[Krishi Bhavan]]
|Kottappady
|4
|-
|Primary Health Center
|Kottappady
|15
|-
|Health Sub-centers
|Plamudy, Naganchery, Uppukandam, Tholely
|
|-
|[[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] Hospital
|Kottappady
|2
|-
|[[Homeopathy|Homoeopathic]] Hospital
|Kottappady
|1
|-
|Veterinary Hospital
|Kottappady
|6
|-
|Village Extension Office
|Kottappady, Vadassery
|2
|-
|[[Integrated Child Development Services]] (ICDS) Supervisor Office
|Kottappady
|
|-
|ICDS [[Anganwadi|Anganwadis]]
|Nellithandu, Plamudy, Cheranganal, North, Uppukandam, Vadassery, Tunnel, Thekkavumpady, Panipat, Pallipadi, Kollipparambu, Vaveli, Kuttamkulam, Cheenikkuzhi
|31
|-
|Government Upper Primary School (GUPS) Panipat
|Vadassery
|15
|-
|Government Lower Primary School (GLPS) Fort North
|Kottappady
|12
|-
|GLPS (GLPS) Kottappady South
|Kottappady
|6
|-
|Office of the Local Self Government Department (LSGD) Assistant Engineer
|Kottappady
|4
|-
|Kudumbasree Office
|Kottappady
|2
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Ernakulam district}}
[[Category:Villages in Ernakulam district]]

{{Ernakulam-geo-stub}}

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->Iamkatirl at 02:52, 30 August 2021