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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kuravilangad
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = File:Kuravilangadu Kappalottam 2013.JPG
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| image_caption = Kuravilangad Kappalottam festival
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9|45|0|N|76|33|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 = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayath]]
| | governing_body = [[Village]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| 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 Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 686633
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04822
| registration_plate = KL-67
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kottayam]], [[Muvattupuzha]], [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 99.12%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Kottayam
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'''Kuravilangad''' is an [[India]]n town located in the northern part of the [[Kottayam district]] in [[Kerala]]. It is situated in the [[Meenachil|Meenachil taluk]], about 22 km north of the district capital [[Kottayam]] and 17 km west of the municipal town [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]].

Kuravilangad is the largest town in the northern side of the [[Kottayam district]]. It includes the entire Kuravilangad panchayath, including [[Thottuva]], [[Kappumthala]], Vakkad, Kurianad, [[Mannakkanad]], [[Elackad|Elakkad]], and Kalathoor.
[[File:Kirche Kuravilangad Juli 2011.jpg|thumb|St Mary's Syro Malabar Church, Kuravilangad]]

Kuravilangad is known for Marian pilgrim center Kuravilangad Church, officially known as [[St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church Kuravilangad]]. According to tradition this church was founded in 105 AD.

==Education==
Kuravilangad is the local hub of education, which caters education to students from both Kottayam and Ernakulam District. Notable educational institutes include [[Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.devamathacollege.org/ |title=Deva Matha College |access-date=17 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908183201/http://www.devamathacollege.org/ |archive-date=8 September 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref> St Marys's HS,<ref>[http://schoolwiki.in/index.php/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_.%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D St Marys's HS]</ref> St. Anne's HSS, De Paul HSS, Chavara Hills High School, and St. Marys Girls High School.<ref>[http://schoolwiki.in/index.php/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_.%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D.%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%99%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D St. Marys Girls High School]</ref>

==Notable residents==

The 10th President of India, [[K. R. Narayanan|Kocheril R. Narayanan]], is from Kuravilangad, and matriculated from St. Mary's Boys High School (1936–38).{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423042158/http://www.ktm.kerala.gov.in/home.htm Official website of Kottayam District]
{{Kottayam district}}
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[[Category:Villages in Kottayam district]]

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