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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kuthiathode
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| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Kuthiyathodu view, Alappuzha.jpg
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]]
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| governing_body = Panchayat
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| population_total = 22880
| population_as_of = 2001
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| 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 = 688533
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0478
| registration_plate = KL -04/KL-32
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kochi, India|Kochi]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Alappuzha
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Niyamasabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Aroor (State Assembly constituency)|Aroor]]
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[[File:Drummers at fest.jpg|thumb|Church festival at Kuthiathode]]
[[Image:Kufarming.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Shrimp farming in the backwaters near Thycattusery -Thuravoor ferry]]

'''Kuthiathode''' is a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Alappuzha district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web |title=Census of India:Villages with population 5000 & above |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/P |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>

==Geography==
The Kuthiathode or the river stream was once the major waterway for transporting goods to the local market from [[Kochi, India|Kochi]] via the [[Vembanad]] lake.

==History==
The name Kuthiathode comes from Kuthia (dug)+ thode (canal) means a dug-canal.

The Panchayat has a [[Gandhi]] memorial inside its office dedicated to [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mahathma Gandhi]] who visited this place during the Pre-Independence period.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Kuthiathode had a population of 22,880 with 11,098 males and 11,782 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

The population consists of [[Ezhavas]], [[Nairs]], [[Nampoothiris]], [[Gouda Saraswat Brahmins]], [[Tamil Brahmins]], [[Pulayas]], [[Kudumbis]], [[Muslims]], and [[Christians]] living harmoniously together.

==Administration==
Kuthiathode is under the [[Pattanakkad]] development block.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberdet/2015/36|title = Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department}}</ref>

Kuthiathode, Vallethode, [[Parayakad, Alappuzha|Parayakad]], Nallukulanagara, Pallithode, Chapakadavu, Tirumalabhagom, Thazhuppu, Thuravoor North, and Valamangalam North are the local areas under the [[panchayat]].

The panchayat office has a library and a community hall. The excise range office is next door. As well as the Kuthiathode village office, a [[Krishi Bhavan]] office, a government [[veterinary clinic]], and a sub-treasury are also located in Kuthiathode. The [[BSNL]] telephone exchange is near the Kuthiathode Jamat mosque.

Kuthiathode is within the [[Aroor (State Assembly constituency)|Aroor]] state assembly constituency.

== Schools ==
* Changaram Government Upper Primary School, Vallethode
* E.C.E.K. Union High School, Kuthiathode
* Government Primary School, Kodamthuruth
* Government Primary School, Tirumalabhagam
* Government Upper Primary School, Parayakadu
* St. Anthony's Primary school, Ezhupunna South
* St. Sebastian High School, Pallithode
* St. Thomas Lower Primary School, Pallithode
* Spring of Arts Academy
* T.D. Higher Secondary School
* V.V. Higher Secondary School, Kodamthuruth

==Transportation==
The village is well connected to the nearest towns by [[NH-47]], [[Thuravoor, Cherthala|Thuravoor]]-[[Ezhupunna]] road and the Pallithode-[[Chellanam]]-[[Kochi, India|Kochi]] beach road. The [[Alapuzha]]-[[Ernakulam]] Railway has a crossing station at [[Thuravoor, Cherthala|Thuravoor]].

==Economy==
The local market on both sides of the river was a major commercial hub around the locality. Even now the market exists with few wholesale traders selling vegetables and provisions. The vast agricultural lands on the western side or the Thuravoor Kari where large scale paddy cultivation and shrimp farming is done annually and serves as the seasonal livelihood for many of them. A large number of shrimp peeling sheds operating in this panchayat provides large scale employment.

=== Industrial Units ===
* Steel and Heavy Industries Kerala Ltd.
* Higasimaru Feeds
* Veepack Industries

==Tourism==
The landscape of [[paddy field|paddy]] fields on both sides of the Pallithode-Chavady road is really splendid. One can enjoy the evening panoramic view of Chinese fishing nets across the [[Pallithode]] [[backwater (river)|backwater]]s from the Pallithode bridge. A small backwater lake at Tazzupu connects Kuthiathode with Valiathode.During [[Onam]] boat racing is held in Tazzupu [[Kerala Backwaters|backwaters]] and attracts many seasonal tourists.

== Religious buildings ==
[[Image:Pallithodebundroad.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Pallithode bund road running across the Thuravoor kari]]

===Hindu temples===
* [[Chammanad Devi Temple]]
* Pattukulangara Devi Temple
* Amedathu kavu Devi temple
* Kuthiathode Vilanjoor Mahadeva Temple
* Chethikkatu Badrakalii kshethram, Kodamthuruth
* Kodamthuruthu Sreekrishna Temple (surya narayanapuram temple)
* [[Nalukulangara Devi Temple]]
* Nalikattu Subramanian Temple
* Kuthiathode Dharma Sastha temple
* Purantheraswaram Siva temple
* Thirumala Devasom - Sree Lakshmi Narasimha Temple
* Thirumala Devasom - Arthikulangara Devi Temple
* Thuravoor Thirumala Bhagom Sree Mahadeva Temple
* Pallithode Helapuram Devi Temple
* Pallithode Sree Krishnaswamy Temple
* Changaram Bhuvaneswari Temple, Vallethode
* Kelamkulangara Bhagavathi Temple

===Mosques===
* Rahmathul Islam Masjid, near KP Junction
* Ponnpuram Jamat Masjid- Chavady
* Masjid-Ul-Ansar - near North Railway cross
* Salafi Masjid, near petrol pump
* Thuravoor Jumua Masjid, near NCC Junction
* Kuthiathode Juma Masjid & Darul Uloom Madrasa

===Churches===
* Kodamthuruthu Fathima Matha Church
* St. Joseph Church, Kuthiathode
* St. Sebastein Church, Nalukulangara
* St. Monica's Church, Mariapuram, near railway station
* St. Sebastian Church, Pallithode
* St. Antony's Church, Chappakadavu

==References==
{{Commons category|Kuthiathode}}
{{reflist}}

{{Alappuzha district}}

[[Category:Villages in Alappuzha district]]

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