https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Elappunkal Elappunkal - Revision history 2026-10-22T10:28:36Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elappunkal&diff=201387&oldid=prev >FrescoBot: Bot: link syntax 2020-06-07T21:21:50Z <p>Bot: <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:FrescoBot/Links&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:FrescoBot/Links (page does not exist)">link syntax</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{Refimprove|date=September 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Elappunkal<br /> | other_name = <br /> | nickname = <br /> | settlement_type = [[Village]]<br /> | image_skyline = <br /> | image_alt = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|9.7|N|76.78|E|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Kottayam district]]<br /> | subdivision_type3 = [[Taluk]]<br /> | subdivision_name3 = [[Meenachil]]<br /> | established_title = &lt;!-- Established --&gt;<br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_footnotes = <br /> | area_rank = <br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 686579<br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | area_code = 04828<br /> | registration_plate = KL-35<br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kottayam]]<br /> | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Kottayam]]<br /> | blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank3_info_sec1 = [[Palai|Pala]]<br /> | website = <br /> | footnotes = }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Elappunkal&#039;&#039;&#039; is a village close to [[Erattupetta]] in the [[Kottayam district]] of [[Kerala]] state in [[India]]. It is situated on the [[Erattupetta]]–[[Thodupuzha]] state highway route.<br /> <br /> The [[Meenachil]] river flows by one side of the village. Elappunkal&#039;s primary exports are rubber and most of its inhabitants are farmers.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The main religions are [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]].<br /> <br /> Elappunkal consists of the 5th and 6th wards of Thappulam Panchayath, and falls under the Pala assembly constituency and the Kottayam Parliament constituency.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Elappunkal was earlier known as Ilappunkal and Kottakuzi,{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} which means &#039;the place around a fort&#039; (&#039;kotta&#039; meaning fort in [[Malayalam|Malayam]]). In 1100 AD, the [[Kingdom of Vempolinad]] had split into the kingdoms of [[Thekkumkur]] and [[Vadakkumkur]]. At that time, the kotta separated the two kingdoms.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> {{Kottayam district}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Villages in Kottayam district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Kottayam-geo-stub}}</div> >FrescoBot