Cholathadam is a rural area in Kottayam district

Kottayam district

Kottayam is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The district has its headquarters at Kottayam town, located at 9.36° N and 76.17° E. According to the 1991 census, it is the first district to achieve highest literacy rate in the whole of India...

 in the state of 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....

 in India]]. It includes the village of Poonjar Thekkekara

Poonjar Thekkekara

Poonjar Thekkekara is a village in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India.. This place is famous for rubber plantations and a key way to renowned hill-stations.-Demographics:...

 located 15 km from the town Erattupetta

Erattupetta

Erattupetta is a town in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India.It is 38 km east of Kottayam, the District Centre. Erattupetta was known as Erappili and Erappuzha before the Advent of Tamil Muslims into this town. Erattupetta is situated in the foothills of High Ranges. It was the...

. It consists of a church called St. Mary's Church, two temples, one nursery school, and the Gramodayam Library. The ancestors who got the land from the King of Poonjar Palace, cultivated there and made a good culture and civilization. The first ancestors were from the Naduthottiyil (Vadakkeputhenpurackal), Vilackunnel and Vadayattu families.The main three branches of families hailed from Tribal Groups of Attappady(boundary of Palakkadu).The Nattumoopan (Tribal Leader) was Mr.Kuncherukkan Vilakkunnel.The main peculiarity of Cholathadam is that it is one of the origins of two Rivers viz,Meenachil & Manimalayar.The second prominent family is Vadayatu,the name of 'Mooppan' was 'Cholanaikkan'