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Country
  
India

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Telephone code
  
0469

Area code
  
0469

State
  
Kerala

PIN
  
689597

Local time
  
Friday 6:25 PM

Thuruthicadu

District
  
Pathanamthitta district

Weather
  
31°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 71% Humidity

Thuruthicadu is a village in Kallooppara panchayat in Mallappally taluk and comes under Pathanamthitta district of Kerala state, India. It is situated 3 km from Mallappally and 3 km from Vennikkulam. The nearest Indian Railway station is at Tiruvalla (13 km) and the nearest International airports are at Nedumbassery 120 km and Thiruvananthapuram 150 km.

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Educational institutions

Bishop Abraham Memorial or B.A.M College affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam offers various undergraduate and post graduate courses. [1] Govt U.P school offers education till 7th standard. There are several other primary schools run under various managements.

Economy

The economy is basically agriculture based and major crops include rubber, pepper, tapioca. There is a high flow of remittance from NRIs. A branch of The Tiruvalla East Co-operative bank offers basic banking service in this village.

Religion

Various sections of Christianity and Hinduism co-exist harmoniously. Followers of St. Thomas Evangelical Church, Marthoma Church, Orthodox church, Knanaya, Catholic Church, Pentecostal Churches, and Yuyomaya form major Christian sects.

Other information

India Post office code is 689597.

For an aerial view of Thuruthicadu : [2]

For an aerial view of Mallappally : [3]

References

Thuruthicadu Wikipedia