Chennithala is a village in Mavelikkara

Mavelikkara

Mavelikara is a town in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 12.65 km2. It is in the southern part of Alappuzha district on the banks of the Achankovil River. Mavelikara is located 8km east of National Highway. Mavelikara is known as the capital of...

 taluk of Alleppey district, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, South India. It belongs to old Onattukara

Onattukara

Onattukara was a principality of ancient Kerala. Also known as Odanadu , Onattukara was at times part of the kingdom of Venad and was composed of the present day Taluks of [Mavelikara], Karthikapally, Chenganur taluks in Alappuzha district and Karunagapally Taluk in Kollam...

. This village consists mainly of paddy fields and coconut groves. The late kathakali

Kathakali

Kathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion...

 dancer Chennithala Chellappan Pillai and KPCC President Sri. Ramesh Chennithala

Ramesh Chennithala

Ramesh Chennithala is an Indian politician. He is the son of late Ramakrishnan Nair. He was elected a Member of Parliament thrice and was also a Kerala State Cabinet Minister at the age of 27 under mentor ship of late K. Karunakaran...

 lived here.
The educational institutions of the area include Mahatma Boys high school, Mahatma high school for Girls, Navodaya Vidyalaya and a few lower and upper primary schools run by the state government.

Thripperumphurai Mahadevar temple, Karahzma devitemple, Chala Mahadevar temple, Puthuvila Bhagavathi temple, Kannannoor Devi temple and Irampaman Subrammania swamy temple are temples of the area.

Chennithala St.George Horeb Jacobite Syrian Church , Chennithala St.George Valiyapally and there are few more christian churches are also located.

Valiya perumpumpuzha bridge connects it to Thattarampalam in south of chennithala and is inaugurated in the year 2002. Achankovil River

Achankovil River

The Achankovil Aar is a river in Kerala, India, formed towards the southern tip of the peninsula from the streams of the Rishimala River, Pasukidamettu River, and the Ramakkalteri River. This river enriches the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala state. It joins with the Pamba River at Veeyapuram,...

 flows through Chennithala.
Chennithala village is 4 km north from Mavelikkara

Mavelikkara

Mavelikara is a town in Alappuzha district of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 12.65 km2. It is in the southern part of Alappuzha district on the banks of the Achankovil River. Mavelikara is located 8km east of National Highway. Mavelikara is known as the capital of...

, 3 km from Mannar to south ,9 km from Harippad (towards east)and 12 km from Chengannur (towards West)Town. The nearest railway station is Mavelikara and then Harippad.

Sri.Chennithala Chellappan Pillai memorial cultural school is conducting music class, dance class and Chenda training at Chennithala at the Smaraka Samithi.
Mahadeva Kuthiyotta Samathi is one and only kuthiyotta samathi in Chennithala. Kuthiyottam is mainly related to Chettikulangara temple.and also in eramathoor valiyaveetil temple is located

One of the main area in Chennithala is Thripperumthura. Famous Thripperumthura Mahadeva temple and Siddarshamam (Chennithala Siddan) are located in this area. Many famous personalities like Ramesh Chennithala and Chennithala Chellappan Pillai are from chennithala