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	'''Teekoy''' is a southern [[India]]n village, situated in the eastern part of [[Kottayam district]] in [[Kerala]] state.		'''Teekoy''' is a southern [[India]]n village, situated in the eastern part of [[Kottayam district]] in [[Kerala]] state.

	Teekoy is located 18 [[Kilometre\|km]] east of the town [[Pala, Kerala\|Pala]], and is 44 km north-east of the district capital [[Kottayam]]. It is between the towns of [[Vagamon]], [[Poonjar]], [[Erattupetta\|Aruvithura]], and [[Thalanadu]]. The village is situated about 165 km north of state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]].		Teekoy is located 18 [[Kilometre\|km]] east of the town [[Pala, Kerala\|Pala]], and is 44 km north-east of the district capital [[Kottayam]]. It is between the towns of [[Vagamon]], [[Poonjar]], [[Erattupetta\|Aruvithura]], and [[Thalanadu]]. The village is situated about 165 km north of state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]].

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
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{{unreferenced|date=April 2009}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Teekoy
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| government_type = Gram panchayat
| governing_body = Panchayat samiti
| leader_title = Panchayat President
| leader_name = K.C James Kavalamakkal
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
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| founder = Thomas Kottukapally
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| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 27.19
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| elevation_m =
| population_total = 10272
| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 686580
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 04822
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| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Vagamon]], [[Erattupetta]], [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]], [[Kottayam]], [[Kanjirappally]], and [[Thodupuzha]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Pathanamthitta
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| website = {{URL|www.teekoynews.com}}
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'''Teekoy''' is a southern [[India]]n village, situated in the eastern part of [[Kottayam district]] in [[Kerala]] state.

Teekoy is located 18 [[Kilometre|km]] east of the town [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]], and is 44 km north-east of the district capital [[Kottayam]]. It is between the towns of [[Vagamon]], [[Poonjar]], [[Erattupetta|Aruvithura]], and [[Thalanadu]]. The village is situated about 165 km north of state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]].

==Geography==
Teekoy has features of both midland countryside and the [[Malanad]] hill area. Teekoy as a village is medium-sized but as a [[panchayat]] is quite long. It covers many areas such as Aniyilappu, Mavadi, Vellikulam, Thalanad and Adukkom, stretching about 20 kilometres and reaching up to [[Vagamon]], at about three thousand feet above sea level. The place is known for its agriculture and landscape. It is full of hills and valleys in the middle of which flows the [[Meenachil]] river.

==People==
Large-scale settlement in Teekoy began more than 100 years ago. It resembles a tropical rainforest, and trees like [[teak]] and [[jackfruit]] are found in the [[Western Ghats]] region growing alongside [[coconut]], [[rubber]], [[arecanut]], and other crops. The first large-scale rubber plantation in India was established in Teekoy. Most of the people are farmers and they cultivate rubber, [[Elettaria|elachi]], [[ginger]], [[cardamom]], [[clove]], [[nutmeg]], [[turmeric]], [[Black pepper|pepper]], [[cashew]] and other spices. A considerable variety of [[medicinal plants]] also grow in Teekoy which have been used in making the traditional home remedies.

A sizable proportion of the population is [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christian]]s ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic]]), but there is also a large minority of [[Muslim]]s and [[Hindu]]s. There is a small colony of converted [[Dalit]] Christians among the community as well. There are also some third- and fourth-generation [[Tamil people]], descendants of workers who came to work in the rubber plantations in Teekoy many decades ago. Before Independence in 1947, Teekoy had some [[English people]] who had set up rubber plantation in the area. As a legacy of the colonial era, a cantilever bridge still connects the two banks of the Meenachil river two kilometres above Teekoy town.

==Culture==
Teekoy is a rural but modern village with predominantly hilly topography. It has a dominant village culture, with celebrating the annual festivals, feasts in [[Church (building)|church]] etc. Indian National Congress and Kerala Congress (M) are the main parties. Adv. Justine Jacob (Kerala Congress (M)) was the youngest President of Teekoy at his age of twenty-seven.

People at Teekoy are educated and self-employed or employed either in government, private or abroad. Educational institutions include St. Mary's High School, now more than six decades old.

==Places of worship==
[[File: St Mary's Syro-Malabar Forane Catholic Church.jpg|thumb|300 px|St Mary's Forane Church in Teekoy, Kerala.]]
* St Mary's Forane Church, Teekoy - under the [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai|Syro-Malabar Diocese of Pala]]
* Teekoy Jama Masjid Mosque
* Sree Narayana Guru Mandhiram
* Sree Karuvela Muthu Swami Kovil
* St Thomas Syro-Malabar Church Mangalagiri
* St Joseph church

==Climate==
Teekoy's [[climate]] has a heavy [[rain season]] and mild summer. Summer rains are not infrequent. With hills in the backdrop, it never gets very hot, and the climate tends towards windy and cool.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Wikivoyage|Pala}}

{{Kerala}}
{{Municipalities of Kerala}}
{{Kottayam district}}
{{Central Travancore}}
{{Northern Travancore}}

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