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	'''Poothakkulam, ''' also known as '''Bhoothakulam''', is a village in [[Kollam district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India. The village is located 3.9 km away from [[Paravur, Kollam\|Paravur]], 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a [[population]] of 628,451 residents.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Census of India\|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/CensusData2011.html\|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India\|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> The village covers an area of 16.56 km<sup>2</sup>.		'''Poothakkulam, ''' also known as '''Bhoothakulam''', is a village in [[Kollam district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India. The village is located 3.9 km away from [[Paravur, Kollam\|Paravur]], 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a [[population]] of 628,451 residents.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Census of India\|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/CensusData2011.html\|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India\|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> The village covers an area of 16.56 km<sup>2</sup>.

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	Poothakkulam is an [[ISO 9000#Contents~~%20of%20ISO%209001~~:2015\|ISO 9001-2015]] certified grama panchayat. It consists of 18 wards and is currently led by [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)]].		Poothakkulam is an [[ISO 9000#Contents of ISO 9001:2015\|ISO 9001-2015]] certified grama panchayat. It consists of 18 wards and is currently led by [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)]].

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'''Poothakkulam, ''' also known as '''Bhoothakulam''', is a village in [[Kollam district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India. The village is located 3.9 km away from [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]], 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a [[population]] of 628,451 residents.<ref>{{cite web|title=Census of India|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011-Common/CensusData2011.html|publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> The village covers an area of 16.56 km<sup>2</sup>.

== Geography ==
Poothakkulam is located in the southernmost portion of the Kollam district near Idava Nadayara Kayal. The village is bordered by the Paravur municipality in the west, Parippally Panchayath in the east, Chirakkara Panchayath in the north, and the Thiruvananthapuram district in the south.

=== Topography ===

Poothakkulam's elevation is close to sea level, showing at the nearby Bhoothakulam reservoir and surrounding paddy fields.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

== Educational institutions ==

* Govt Higher Secondary School, Bhoothakulam
* Chempakassey Higher Secondary School,Bhoothakulam
* Bhoothakulam North LPS
* Bhoothakulam South LPS
* Kalakkode UPS, Kalakkode
* Harisree Nursery & LP School, Bhoothakulam

== Transportation ==
The nearest airport is [[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] (49.8 km) and the nearest railway station is [[Paravur railway station|Paravur Railway]] station (4.5 km). The major road passing through Poothakkulam is Paravur -Parippalli road.

=== Air ===
The nearest airport is [[Trivandrum International Airport|Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] (49.8 km)

=== Rail ===
[[Paravur railway station|Paravur Railway]] station (4.5 km)

[[Varkala Sivagiri railway station]](13km)

=== Road ===
Bhoothakulam is well connected to nearby places through roads. Road transport is provided mainly by private transport bus operators and state owned [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]].

==== Major roads ====

* Paravur - Paripppally Road
* Bhoothakulam- Ooninmoodu-Varkala Road
* Alinmoodu- Ozhukupara Road
* Vettuvila - Kalakkodu
* Kalakkodu - Bhoothakulam

== Industry ==
[[Coir]], cashew nuts and hand loom are the major industries of Poothakkulam. Kalakkod Q 23 Co-operative society was established as the first Coir society in Poothakkulam.
{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

== Administration ==
Poothakkulam is an [[ISO 9000#Contents%20of%20ISO%209001:2015|ISO 9001-2015]] certified grama panchayat. It consists of 18 wards and is currently led by [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)]].

{| class="sortable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="2" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="5" |2020 Local Body Election - Kerala [[http://sec.kerala.gov.in/index.php/Content/index/election-2020 Source Source]]
|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! scope="col" |Ward No
! scope="col" |Ward name
! scope="col" |Member
! scope="col" |Party
! scope="col" |Alliance
|-
|1
|Kottuvankonam
|Rakhi R S
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"|BJP
|{{legend2|{{National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color}}|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|2
|Mukkada
|Jaya V G
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|3
|Koonamkulam
|Pradeep
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|4
|Puthenkulam
|Remya S
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|5
|Ooninmoodu
|Laila
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|6
|Ezhamvila
|Shaiju Balachandran
|style="background-color:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"|INC
|{{legend2|{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|7
|Poothakulam
|Prakash
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|8
|H.S Ward
|Manjusha Sathysheelan
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"|BJP
|{{legend2|{{National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color}}|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|9
|Punnekulam
|D Suresh Kumar
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|10
|Edayadi
|Manish
| style="background-color:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"|INC
|{{legend2|{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|11
|Stadium
|Prasannakumari
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|12
|Nellettil
|Ansari Fazil
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|13
|Mavila
|Sunil Kumar
| style="background-color:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}; color:white;"|INC
|{{legend2|{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|14
|Edavattom
|Sajeesh
|style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"|BJP
|{{legend2|{{National Democratic Alliance (India)/meta/color}}|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|15
|Kalakkode
|Jeeja Santhosh
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|16
|P.H.C
|Ammini Amma
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|17
|Perumkulam
|Seena R
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|-
|18
|Njarodu
|Shaji Kumar
| style="background:{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}; color:white;" |CPI(M)
|{{legend2|{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
|}
The incumbent Panchayat president is Ammini Amma who contested and won from P.H.C Ward.

Poothakkulam is part of [[Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)]] State Assembly constituency, [[Ithikkara]] Block Panchayath ,Kollam District Panchayat and [[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

=== Recognitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
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!No
!Year
!Title
|-
|1
|2018-2019
|Swaraj Trophy for Best Local Body ,Kollam District (2018-19).
|-
|2
|2017-2018
|Swaraj Trophy for Second Best Local Body ,Kollam District<ref>{{Cite news|title=Mathrubhumi News|work=[[Mathrubhumi]]|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/amp/kollam/news/article-1.3579520}}</ref>
|-
|3
|2019
|Second "Tharishu" Rahitha Grama Panchayath in Kerala
|-
|4
|2019
|Govt. of Kerala Haritha Award
|-
|5
|NA
|Suchitwa Keralam Award
|-
|6
|20186-2017
|R. Sugathakumaran Memorial Trophy for Best Gram Panchayat<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018|title=Samskara, Parippally|work=[[Madhyamam]]|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/local-news/trivandrum/2018/feb/17/429653}}</ref>
|}

Poothakkulam Panchayath falls under the jurisdiction of Paravur circle inspector.

== Culture ==
Poothakkulam has a rich cultural heritage. The village contains numerous libraries, cultural societies, and organizations.

Sankara Pillai smaraka grantha sala, Gandhi memorial reading room and Samskarika Nilayam kottuvankonam are some major libraries.

=== Libraries ===

* Shankarapilla Memorial Library
* Priyadharshini Memorial Library& Reading room
* Public Library, Kottuvankonam
* Gandhi Memorial Reading Club & Library, Kalakkode
* Reading room, Paravila

==== Recreational centres ====

# Kalipoyka Children Park<ref>{{Cite news|title=Childrens Park, Poothakkulam|work=[[Deshabhimani]]|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kollamkerala-31-07-2019/813908}}</ref>
# GHSS Football Stadium<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhoothakkulam Govt. High School Ground|url=http://wikimapia.org/19881086/Bhoothakkulam-Govt-High-School-Ground|access-date=2020-12-18|website=wikimapia.org|language=en}}</ref>
# Mini stadium, Bhoothakulam
#Kaveri park, Malayankulam
#Pachayath Park, Kalakkode

== Services ==

=== Hospitals ===

* Government Homeo Dispensary, Poothakkulam
* Community Health Center, Kalakkode
* Government Ayurveda Dispensary, Poothakkulam
* Karthika Hospital, Mavila
* Mohan's Hospital, Edayadi
* Murari Hospital, Ammarathumukku
* JJ Hospital, Puthenkulam
* Santhosh Hospital, Puthenkulam

=== Financial Institutions ===

* Bhoothakulam Service Co-Operative Bank<ref>{{Cite web|title=CO-Operative Bank, Bhoothakulam - Poothakkulam / Bhoothakulam|url=http://wikimapia.org/400830/CO-Operative-Bank-Bhoothakulam|access-date=2020-12-18|website=wikimapia.org|language=en}}</ref>
* Kalakkode Service Co-operative bank
* Indian Overseas Bank, Puthenkulam
* Catholic Syrian Bank, Ooninmoodu

== Places of worship ==
* Bhoothakulam Sree Dharma Shastha Temple, Bhothakulam
* Ezhamvila Sree Bhadrakali Temple, Bhoothakulam
* Vaikundapuram Mahavishnu Temple, Bhoothakulam<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage|first=Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage 2019|title=Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage 2019|publisher=Infokerala Communications Pvt. Ltd.|year=2019|isbn=8193456785|pages=98}}</ref>
* Punnekulam Temple, Chempakassery
* Mahavishnu Temple, Kottuvankonam
* Mecheryil Bhadra Devi Temple, Bhoothakulam
* Appupan Kavu temple, Bhoothakulam

==References==
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