Poothakkulam

Poothakkulam, also known as Bhoothakkulam, is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. The village is located 3.9 km away from Paravur, 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a population of 628,451 residents.^[1] The village covers an area of 16.56 km².

Bhoothakkulam പൂതക്കുളം Bhoothakkulam
Village
Poothakkulam
Nickname:  Bkm
Bhoothakkulam Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 8.8111°N 76.7152°E / 8.8111; 76.7152
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Tehsil	Ithikkara
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
Area
• Total	16.56 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	28,315
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	691302
Vehicle registration	KL-02
Nearest city	Kollam

Geography

Poothakkulam is located in the southernmost portion of the Kollam district near Idava Nadayara Kayal. The village is bordered by the Paravur municipality in the west, Parippally Panchayath in the east, Chirakkara Panchayath in the north, and the Thiruvananthapuram district in the south.

Topography

Poothakkulam's elevation is close to sea level, showing at the nearby Bhoothakulam reservoir(paanattu chira) and surrounding paddy fields.^{[citation needed]}

Educational institutions

• Govt Higher Secondary School, Bhoothakkulam
• Chempakassey Higher Secondary School, Bhoothakkulam
• Bhoothakulam North LPS
• Bhoothakulam South LPS
• Kalakkode UPS, Kalakkode
• Harisree Nursery & LP School, Bhoothakkulam
• Devaraja Vilasom LP School,(DVLPS) Puthenkulam

Transportation

The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (49.8 km) and the nearest railway station is Paravur Railway station (4.5 km). The major road passing through Poothakkulam is Paravur -Parippalli road.

Air

The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (49.8 km)

Rail

Paravur Railway station (4.5 km)

Varkala Sivagiri railway station(13 km)

Road

Bhoothakulam is well connected to nearby places through roads. Road transport is provided mainly by private transport bus operators and state owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation.

Major roads

• Paravur - Paripppally Road
• Bhoothakulam- Ooninmoodu-Varkala Road
• Alinmoodu- Ozhukupara Road
• Vettuvila - Kalakkodu
• Kalakkodu - Bhoothakkulam

Industry

Coir, cashew nuts and hand loom are the major industries of Poothakkulam. Kalakkod Q 23 Co-operative society was established as the first Coir society in Poothakkulam. ^{[citation needed]}

Administration

Poothakkulam is an ISO 9001-2015 certified grama panchayat. It consists of 18 wards and is currently led by Left Democratic Front (Kerala).

2020 Local Body Election - Kerala Source Source

Ward No	Ward name	Member	Party	Alliance
1	Kottuvankonam	Rakhi R S	BJP	NDA
2	Mukkada	Jaya V G	CPI	LDF
3	Koonamkulam	Pradeep	CPI(M)	LDF
4	Puthenkulam	Remya S	CPI	LDF
5	Ooninmoodu	Laila	CPI(M)	LDF
6	Ezhamvila	Shaiju Balachandran	INC	UDF
7	Poothakulam	Prakash	CPI(M)	LDF
8	H.S Ward	Manjusha Sathysheelan	BJP	NDA
9	Punnekulam	D Suresh Kumar	CPI(M)	LDF
10	Edayadi	Manish	INC	UDF
11	Stadium	Prasannakumari	CPI(M)	LDF
12	Nellettil	Ansari Fazil	CPI(M)	LDF
13	മാവിള	Sunil Kumar	INC	UDF
14	Edavattom	Sajeesh	BJP	NDA
15	Kalakkode	Jeeja Santhosh	CPI	LDF
16	P.H.C	Ammini Amma	CPI(M)	LDF
17	Perumkulam	Seena R	CPI(M)	LDF
18	Njarodu	Shaji Kumar	CPI(M)	LDF

The incumbent Panchayat president is Ammini Amma who contested and won from P.H.C Ward.

Poothakkulam is part of Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency) State Assembly constituency, Ithikkara Block Panchayath, Kollam District Panchayat and Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Recognition

Titles /Recognitions for Grama Panchayth

No	Year	Title
1	2018-2019	Swaraj Trophy for Best Local Body, Kollam District (2018–19)
2	2017-2018	Swaraj Trophy for Second Best Local Body, Kollam District[2]
3	2019	Second "Tharishu" Rahitha Grama Panchayath in Kerala
4	2019	Govt. of Kerala Haritha Award
5	NA	Suchitwa Keralam Award
6	20186-2017	R. Sugathakumaran Memorial Trophy for Best Gram Panchayat[3]

Poothakkulam Panchayath falls under the jurisdiction of Paravur circle inspector.

Culture

Poothakkulam has a rich cultural heritage. The village contains numerous libraries, cultural societies, and organizations.

Sankara Pillai smaraka grantha sala, Gandhi memorial reading room and Samskarika Nilayam kottuvankonam are some major libraries.

Poothakulam village has numerous captive elephants.

Libraries

• Shankarapilla Memorial Library
• Priyadharshini Memorial Library& Reading room
• Public Library, Kottuvankonam
• Gandhi Memorial Reading Club & Library, Kalakkode
• Reading room, Paravila
• Yuvareshmi arts&sports club ,library&reading room aalintemoodu(panchayath office junction)

Recreational centres

1. Kalipoyka Children Park^[4]
2. GHSS Football Stadium^[5]
3. Mini stadium, Bhoothakulam
4. Kaveri Elephant Park, Puthenkulam
5. Pachayath Park, Kalakkode

Services

Hospitals

• Government Homeo Dispensary, Poothakkulam
• Community Health Center, Kalakkode
• Government Ayurveda Dispensary, Poothakkulam
• Karthika Hospital, Mavila
• Mohan's Hospital, Edayadi
• Murari Hospital, Ammarathumukku
• JJ Hospital, Puthenkulam
• Santhosh Hospital, Puthenkulam

Financial institutions

• Bhoothakulam Service Co-Operative Bank^[6]
• Kalakkode Service Co-operative bank
• Indian Overseas Bank, Puthenkulam
• Catholic Syrian Bank, Ooninmoodu

Places of worship

• Bhoothakulam Sree Dharma Shastha Temple, Bhothakulam

• Ezhamvila Sree Bhadrakali Temple, Bhoothakulam

• Vaikundapuram Mahavishnu Temple, Bhoothakulam^[7]

• Punnekulam Temple, Chempakassery

• Mahavishnu Temple, Kottuvankonam

• Mecheryil Bhadra Devi Temple, Bhoothakulam

• Appupan Kavu temple, Bhoothakulam

• Pallathil Kavu temple, Edayadi

• parashumoottil MAHADEVA temple

• koonamkulam krishna temple

• Aalintemoodu krishna temple

• Little flower church (കൊച്ചുത്രേസ്യ പള്ളി)