Puthencruz

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| other_name = Vadavucode Puthencruz
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam District|Ernakulam]]
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| population_total = 23878
| population_as_of = 2001
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| postal_code = 682308
| area_code = 0484
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| website = {{URL|www.puthencruz.in}}
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'''Puthenkurish''' is a town in [[Ernakulam district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]] near [[Kolenchery]] town en route to [[Muvattupuzha]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/P|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2008-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|archive-date=8 December 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Greater Cochin]] area. Puthencruz is one of the fastest developing villages in Ernakulam district. Puthencruz plays a pivotal role in connecting different smaller villages and other surrounding towns to Ernakulam as it lies in the outer ring of Ernakulam City. Puthencruz is rapidly developing into a city and will be at the pivot of expansion of the Ernakulam municipal area.

== Etymology ==
The name ''Puthencruz'' is a [[Portuguese language|Portuguesisation]] of the Malayalam word പുത്തൻകുരിശ് (''puthan kuriśŭ''), which means ''New Cross''. The settlement was previously known as 'Pannikkuzhy kara'. The origin of the name of the place is synonymous with the establishment of a new cross by the Syrian Christians who were the parishioners of Kolenchery St. Peter's & St. Paul's Syrian Jacobite Church in the year 1816 AD. Kolenchery Church was built in the 7th century, and has many subsidiary ones like Kurinji and Poothrikka. When the new cross was established as a belief by the locals to get rid of an infectious disease called "[[smallpox|Masoori]]", the procession of the main festival from the mother church of Kolenchery extended up to Pannikuzhy kara, the people started to tell that "the procession shall extend to the Puthen Kurisu". The name of the place in time changed to Puthankurisu, and was Portuguesised to ''Puthencruz''. Earlier names of this place was also termed as 'Puttumanoor' and 'Puliyirangum Kara' in many records. There is a very ancient temple which was known as 'Chaarapparambathu Bhagavathy Temple' later came to known as 'Puthenkaavu Bhagavathy Temple'.<ref>{{citation
|last=വാലത്ത്|first=വി.വി.കെ.|author-link=വി.വി.കെ. വാലത്ത്|title=കേരളത്തിലെ സ്ഥലനാമചരിത്രങ്ങൾ എറണാകുളം ജില്ല |year=1991|publisher=കേരള സാഹിത്യ അക്കാദമി|location= തൃശ്ശൂർ|isbn= 81-7690-105-9 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Puthencruz had a population of 23878 with 12026 males and 11852 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==Education==

===Colleges===
* [[St.Thomas Arts & Science College, Puthencruz|St.Thomas Arts & Science College]]
*Patriarch Ignatius Zakka First Training College, Malecruz-Puthencruz
*Muthoot institute of Technology and Science, Varickoli
* BTC Public School, Puthencruz
* [[M.A.M.H.S.S.|Mar Athanasius Memorial Higher Secondary School]]
* M.G.M High School www.mgmhs.in
* Government Upper Primary School, Puthencruz
* [[Hagia Sophia Public School]]
* R.M.H.S.S vadavucode
* G.L.P.S Vadavucode
* G.U.P.S Puttumanoor

==Religion==
===Temples===
* Chaarapparambathu Bhagavathy Temple, also known as Puthenkaavu Bhagavathy Temple

===Churches===
* Sharon Fellowship Church, Karimugal
* St.peter's and St Paul's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
*India Pentecostal Church of God, Kothamangalam
* Mar Ignatious Alias Chapel
* Little Flower Syro- Malabar Catholic Church https://goo.gl/maps/nC8EiPigFt9EGt127 https://goo.gl/maps/MAfVA28bGvYz7c9A8
* St. George Roman (Latin) Catholic Church https://goo.gl/maps/VYqaw93VRcUd9N4b8
* Mar Athanasius Patriarchal Cathedral

====Religious Institutions====
* Patriarchal Center - Headquarters of [[Jacobite Syrian society Christian Church]] in India
* St. George's Dayro, Malecruz

==Financial institutions==
* [[State Bank of India]]
* [[Union Bank of India]]
* [[Federal Bank]]
* Vadavucode Farmers Co-operative Bank Branch
* [[South Indian Bank]]
* Kerala State Financial Enterprises
* Servants Co-operative Bank
* Aditya birla capital (Stock Broking)

==Government institutions==
* Electricity Board
* [[BSNL]] Office
* Registration Office
* Village Office
* [[Krishi Bhavan]]
* Post Office
* Grama Panchayath Office http://lsgkerala.in/puthencruzpanchayat/vadavucode-puthencruz/

==Other organisations==
* Puthencruz Cultural Center (PCC), a local initiative for raising social and environmental awareness

==Location==
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{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Kochi'''
|Northwest = [[Kizhakkambalam]], Pallikkara
|North = [[Pazhamthottam]]
|Northeast = [[Pattimattom]]
|West = Karimugal,
|Centre = Puthencruz
|East = [[Kolenchery]], [[Muvattupuzha]]
|Southwest = [[Thrippunithura]], [[Chottanikkara]]
|South =
|Southeast =
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|}

==References==
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{{commons category|Puthencruz}}
{{Ernakulam district}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Kochi}}

[[Category:Villages in Ernakulam district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kochi]]

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