About Village
In ancient records, Muttuchira was recorded as Nayappilli. Muttuchira got its name from a small check dam (chira) constructed in earlier times to irrigate paddy fields. It currently has a hospital (Muttuchira Holy Ghost Mission Hospital), a bank, an ATM, a Village Office, a post office, multiple churches (Holy Ghost Church), Temples (Kunnasheri Kave, Trikke), a Government Polytechnic, a nursing school, a girls high school, boys high school, LP & UP schools, Government Ayurveda dispensary and market. Kaduthuruthy Railway Halt is in the village.
Demography
According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Muttuchira village is 628152. Muttuchira village is located in Vaikom Tehsil of Kottayam district in Kerala, India.
Geography
It is situated 16km away from sub-district headquarter Vaikom and 22km away from district headquarter Kottayam. As per 2009 stats, Kaduthuruthy is the gram panchayat of Muttuchira village.
Socio-Economic
The majority population are Syro-Malabar Catholics and some protestant Christians, but many Hindus also live in Muttuchira harmoniously.
Ecology
The village is part of Kaduthuruthy Gram Panchayat and Kaduthuruthy Assembly constituency. Saint Alphonsa of India was brought up in this village.
Tourism
Mango MedosMango Meadows is an agricultural theme park in Kaduthuruthy, Kerala, India.[1][2] With more than 4800 species of plants, including 1900 species of medicinal plants, 700 species of trees, and 900 species of flowering plants, it is one of the most biodiverse places on earth.[3] Rare species like the Ficus alii tree or Ficus maclellandii, Beggar’s bowl or Calabash, Camphor tree or Cinnamomum camphora, Damas tree or Conocarpus lancifolius, Kattupoovarash or Rhododendron arboreum, Rudraksha or Elaeocarpus ganitrus are present in the park.