Kuttippuram

Kuttippuram, on the northern bank of the river Bharathappuzha, was ruled by the Zamorin of Calicut during the middle ages. Kuttippuram railway station is one of the oldest railway stations in Kerala. The second railway line in Kerala was laid from Tirur to Kuttippuram in 1861, as an extension of the first line laid from Tirur to Beypore in the same year. In the 1940s, several national leaders including C. Rajagopalachari, M. Bhaktavatsalam, and Yakkob Hassan has visited Kuttippuram. The Kuttippuram bridge, built in 1953, is one of the famous bridges in Kerala. The poem Kuttippuram Palam, describing the beauty of Bharathappuzha River at the sandy riverbank of Kuttippuram, was written by the poet Edasseri Govindan Nair. Kuttippuram was also a constituency of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 2011, which was then replaced by the Kottakkal constituency. Tirunavaya, the centre of medieval Mamankam festival, and Athavanad, which was the centre of Azhvanchery Thamprakkal, lie adjacent to Kuttippuram. ==Geography==

Kuttippuram is located at . It has an average elevation of . ==Industries==

Kuttippuram is home to some of the major public sector industries in the state. The municipal town of Valanchery is situated adjacent to Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat. There is a demand to upgrade Kuttippuram Grama Panchayat into a municipality. • The Kerala State Detergents and Chemicals Ltd. has its headquarters at Kuttippuram. • The KELTRON (Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation) Electro Ceramics (KELCERA) is located here. • A KELTRON tool room is also located here. ==Educational institutions==

College(s) • MES College of Engineering, opened in 1994, is the first and oldest self-financing engineering college in Kerala. • Ideal english school • KMCT College Kuttippuram Schools • Government Higher Secondary School, Kuttippuram • Junior Technical High School, Kuttippuram ==Connectivity==

, opened in 1861, one of the oldest railway stations in the state • Railway Station: Kuttippuram is home to two railway stations, Kuttippuram railway station opened in 1861, There are regular buses plying to other cities including Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thrissur, and Coimbatore. There are a few private buses offering over night journeys to Bangalore, Trivandrum, and Coimbatore. • Nearest Airport: The Karipur International Airport is approximately away. ==Kuttippuram Block==

Kuttippuram Block Panchayat is the block-level administrative body responsible for the administration of the following Gram panchayats: • Kuttippuram • Edayur • Irimbiliyam • Marakkara • Athavanad • Kalpakanchery Valanchery municipality shares its boundary with Kuttippuram town, which was a Gram panchayat in Kuttippuram block until 2015. ==Notable people==

• Edasseri Govindan Nair - poet • Iqbal Kuttippuram - screenwriter • M. T. Vasudevan Nair - Malayalam writer ==See also==