Maravanthuruthu

Maravanthuruthu is a small village located in the Kottayam district of Kerala in India. It is surrounded by the river Muvattupuzha and is connected to the neighbouring villages Thalayolaparambu, Enādi by recently constructed bridges. In January 2023, when Kerala was listed by The New York Times in their "52 places to go in 2023" list, Maravanthur got a special mention for its rurality.^[1]

Maravanthuruthu
village
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Coordinates: 9.794261°N 76.417851°E / 9.794261; 76.417851
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
District panchayat	Kottayam
Block panchayat	Vaikom
Talukas	Vaikom
Government
• Type	Grama Panchayat
• Panchayat President	K B Rema
Area
• Total	15.69 km2 (6.06 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	20,532
• Density	1,309/km2 (3,390/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	686608
Telephone code	04829
Vehicle registration	KL-36
Sex ratio	1000 ♂:1036♀
Literacy	93% (Men: 97%, Women: 89%)
Lok Sabha constituency	Kottayam
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vaikom
Number of Wards	15
Local Administrative Code	G050103
Website	lsgkerala.in/maravanthuruthu/

It is one of the Grama Panchayats in Vaikom Taluk.^{[citation needed]}