Kuthanur is a small village in Palakkad district

Palakkad district

Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The...

 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....

 state, south India

South India

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It is under Alathoor Taluk in Palakkad district of Kerala state, India.

Kuthanuris a predominantly rural

Rural

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 village, under the administration of Kuthanur Grama Panchayat. It is situated at the south west end of the district. The population is mostly Hindus, of castes like Ezhava

Ezhava

The Ezhavas are a community with origins in the region presently known as Kerala. They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Tiyyas, Thiyas and Theeyas in Malabar...

, Nair

Nair

Nair , also known as Nayar , refers to "not a unitary group but a named category of castes", which historically embody several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom bore the Nair title. These people historically live in the present-day Indian state of Kerala...

, Pillai

Pillai (community)

Pillai is a Tamil speaking community from the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. They are a landowning upper caste, feudal community.-Origin of Vellalar:...

, etc. There are some Muslims and few Christians also. The major occupation is agriculture. The crops are rice

Rice

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, vegetables, ginger

Ginger

Ginger is the rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice. It lends its name to its genus and family . Other notable members of this plant family are turmeric, cardamom, and galangal....

 and tapioca

Tapioca

Tapioca is a starch extracted Manihot esculenta. This species, native to the Amazon, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and most of the West Indies, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, manioc, aipim,...

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• Postal Pin Code: 678 721
• STD Code: 04922

External links

• http://www.kerala.gov.in/knowkerala/pld.htm
• http://www.PalakkadNews.com - Daily News updates from Palakkad
• http://www.Palakkad.tk - Palakkad Information
• http://www.TattaMangalam.com - Website of Tattamangalam.
• http://www.Parakkat.in - First Nair Tharavad Website of Kerala
• Palakkad Internet Users Community

Kalappara is the commercial centre of Kuthanur. Apart from agriculture activities people also involved in livestock and dairy.