Country India District Pathanamthitta PIN 689663 Area 25.9 km² Area code 04735 | State Kerala Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 04735 Local time Sunday 11:08 PM | |
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Chittar is a village in Pathanamthitta district, located in Kerala state, India. It is a Panchayat and is situated in the Ranni taluk and in Konni constituency in Pathanamthitta District. It is located 29 km away from Pathanamthitta town at its east. Nearby Panchayats are Seethathodu, Perunad, Vadaserikkara and Thannithodu. Formerly Chittar was included in the Ranni legislative assembly constituent, but now in Konni assembly. Also previous parliament constituent was Idukki and currently it is Pathanamthitta.
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Map of Chittar, Kerala
Economy
Chittar is predominantly a plantation township. Earlier famed for tea/coffee plantations, nowadays swaying rubber trees have replaced them, fuelled by the fertile land and rich ecosystem. In addition to rubber cultivation, pineapple, tapioca, nuts, ginger, and pepper are cultivated. It was once a part of the demolished Nilakkal trade centre.
Location
Chittar lies in the eastern part of Pathanamthitta district and bordered by Perunad panchayath in north, Thannithodu in south, Vadasserikkara in west and Seethathodu in east.
Administration
The panchayath of Chittar was formed in September 30th, 1970 by partitioning the Vadaseerikkara and Seethathodu panchayaths in Ranni taluk. For administrative convenience, the panchayath is divided into 13 wards.
- Pambini
- Panniyar
- Manakkayam
- Chittar
- Chittar thottam
- Meenkuzhi
- Kulangaravali
- Vayyattupuzha
- Manpilavu
- Neelipilavu
- Kattachira
- Chittar thekkekkara
- Kodumudi
Education
Chittar has one Government High School, two higher secondary education facilities, in addition to several middle schools and lower primary schools.
Important schools:
Nearby Colleges:
Population
The people of Chittar are mainly agriculturists and plantation workers. People began settling down in Chittar about 75 years ago. The people mainly belong to Hindu, Christian and Muslim religions. People live together in good harmony. There are several places of religious worship in Chittar. In many of the families based in Chittar, there are large numbers of people working outside Kerala as well as outside India. The new generation is highly educated and well placed in different parts of the world.
As of 2001 India census, Chittar had a population of 33977 with 16498 males and 17479 females.