Mukkoottuthara
Mukkoottuthara | |
|---|---|
Town/village | |
| Coordinates: 9°26′49.43″N 76°52′40.41″E / 9.4470639°N 76.8778917°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| • Body | Erumely grama panchayath |
| Elevation | 117 m (384 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 686510 |
| Area code | 04828 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-34 , KL-62 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Erumely |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Pathanamthitta |
| Legislative Assembly constituency | Ranni, Poonjar |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 30.63 °C (87.13 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 23.11 °C (73.60 °F) |
Mukkoottuthara is a developing Town located in the south eastern part of Kottayam district of Kerala State, India. Sabarimala is only 48 km (30 mi) from Erumely, while travelling through Mukkoottuthara. The roads passing through here are upgraded and maintained as State Highways. The main cultivation is rubber. Mukkoottuthara is famous for its decades old "Sunday Open Markets" and for its famous bamboo products (Muram, Kutta, Parampu, etc.). One of the famous tourist spots in Pathanamthitta, Perunthenaruvi Falls (the waterfall in Pampa river, where the entire river falls to about 20 feet) is just 5 kilometers from Mukkoottuthara. There are many rubber estates. The border of Kottayam and Pathanamthitta divides Mukkoottuthara into two. However the place is recorded as part of Kottayam district only.