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{{Short description|Village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
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| name = Kuttapuzha
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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'''Kuttappuzha''' is a revenue village and [[postal code]] in [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], located approximately 1.3 kilometres north of the town centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pathanamthitta.nic.in/Administration1.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410023822/http://pathanamthitta.nic.in/Administration1.htm|url-status=dead|title=Pathanamthitta district website|archivedate=10 April 2009}}</ref> The revenue village was formed by bifurcating the Thiruvalla revenue village in 1985.

Kuttapuzha is the location of the headquarters of the [[Believers Eastern Church]].

==History==
Kuttappuzha used to be a village and a gram panchayat. Due to development and urbanisation, the gram panchayat was later merged with the Thiruvalla municipality. However, the revenue village was not merged and continues to exist independent of the Thiruvalla revenue village.

==Politics==
Kuttappuzha is a part of the [[Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/KERALA/Final_Order_Kerala.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061229001922/http://www.delimitation-india.com/Final_Publications/KERALA/Final_Order_Kerala.pdf| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 29 December 2006| title = ORDER NO. 9 – TABLE A & B – ASSEMBLY AND PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT
| access-date = 2005-05-31
| work = Kerala
| publisher = DELIMITATION COMMISSION OF INDIA }}</ref> Anto Antony is the current Member of Parliament.

==Geography==
Kuttappuzha has an average elevation of around 37m above sea level. Low-lying [[Paddy field|paddies]] drained by the [[Manimala River]] lie on its westernmost and easternmost boundaries. The fields drained by the Manimala in [[Kizhakkenmuthoor|Kizhakken Muthoor]] flood during the monsoons. In 2003, an artificial lake (Believers Church Lake) with an area of around 31,000 sqm. was constructed in the Believers Church campus in [[Chumathra]].

== References ==
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{{Pathanamthitta district}}

{{coord missing|Kerala}}

[[Category:Villages in Pathanamthitta district]]
[[Category:Villages in Thiruvalla taluk]]

{{Pathanamthitta-geo-stub}}

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