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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Thopramkudy
| native_name = തോപ്രാംകുടി
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Idukki district|Idukki]]
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| postal_code = 685609
| area_code = 914868
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| registration_plate = KL-06
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'''Thopramkudy''' (alternately spelled '''Thopramkudy''') is a village in [[Vathikudy]] Gram panchayat, in Idukki Taluk located in [[Idukki district]] in the State of [[Kerala]] in South India. Spread over an area of {{cvt|27.94|km2}}, it is one of the [[spices]] market in the state of [[Kerala]]. The town has a tropical climate with temperatures ranging from highs of {{cvt|34.4|C}} in the summer to a low of {{cvt|18.5|C}} in the winter, with a healthy rainfall of {{cvt|3040|mm}}. Thopramkudy is trying to become a village. [[State Highway 40 (Kerala)]] and [[State Highway 42 (Kerala)]] and a new highway [[Kalvary Mount]]-[[Munnar]] is passing through Thopramkudy. The hamlet is mentioned in the 2009 [[Malayalam]] movie [[Loudspeaker_(film)|Loudspeaker]]

== Etymology ==
The name 'Thopramkudy' might have come from two words, {{transl|hi|thopran}} (which is the name of a tribal leader) and {{transl|hi|kudy}} (which means colony). It is believed that he was the first man to do cultivation and his place/house came to be known as Thoprankudy and eventually it changed to Thopramkudy.{{cn|date=March 2021}}

==History==
Most of those farmers who had migrated to Thopramkudy and its environs consisted mainly of Catholic Christians. On 12 November 1969, a temple dedicated to Shri Dharmasashta was established to serve the spiritual needs of the Hindus. 60 years ago Sree Dharma Sastha Temple ([[Ayyappa]]) was established by the Tribals (Anakootil Krishnankutti, Karikallil Kuttan, Kelan Raman (Mannathiparayil), Thandel Kuttappan, etc.). From 1959 on, the said temple lay under the protection and jurisdiction of the great association of hill tribals. As for Christian settlers, Kiliyarkadam church served their needs. When people began to migrate in large numbers, the establishment of a church at Thopramkudy became inevitable.

==Transportation==
Thopramkudy is well connected with other major cities and towns in kerala.state [[State Highway 40 (Kerala)]] [[State Highway 42 (Kerala)]] and a new tourist Highway Calvary Mount - [[Munnar]] is also proposed through Thopramkudy .Thopramkudy is a connector of major cities and towns in [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu|Tamilnadu]] like [[Adimali|Adimaly]] - [[Kattappana]] - [[Kumily]] , [[Nedumkandam]] - [[Kochi]] , [[Munnar]] - [[Thiruvananthapuram]] , [[Nedumkandam]] - [[Thodupuzha]] , [[Kochi]] - [[Madurai]] , [[Alappuzha]] - [[Nedumkandam]]

===Rail===
There is no railwaylines in Idukki district. The major railway stations near Thopramkudy are [[Aluva railway station]] , [[Kottayam railway station]] , [[Bodinayakkanur railway station|Bodinayakkanur]]

===Airport===
The nearest airport is [[Cochin International Airport]] [[Madurai Airport]] .

==Religion==
Thopramkudy is all about love and equality. For worshiping there are churches, temples and mosques. 60 years ago Sree Dharma Sastha Temple ([[Ayyappa]]) was established by the Tribals (Anakootil Krishnankutti, Karikallil Kuttan, Kelan Raman (Mannathiparayil), Thandel Kuttappan etc..), and it was the first temple in Thopramkudy.
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* St. Mariagorethi Town Church, Thopramkudy
* St. Joseph Latin Church, Thopramkudy
* St. Mary's [[Jacobite Church]], Thopramkudy
* Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, Thopramkudy
* Juma Masjid, Thopramkudy
* NSS Karayogam, Thopramkudy
* SNDP, Thopramkudy
* Assisi Retreat Center, Thopramkudy
* St. Jacob's Church Bethel, Thopramkudy
* Holy Family Church Kiliyarkandam, Thopramkudy
* St. Mary's [[Malankara Church]] Marygiri, Thopramkudy
* St. Jude Church Kanakakkunnu, Thopramkudy
}}

==Education==
The first school was Gov. H.S. Thopramkudy.
* Govt. Higher secondary School, Thopramkudy
* St. Maria Gorethi LP School Thopramkudy
* Holy Family U P School Thopramkudy
* Marian Public School Thopramkudy
* Auxilium English Medium School Thopramkudy
* De Paul Public School Rajamudy, Thopramkudy
* Mar Sleeva College of Arts & Science, Rajamudy , Thopramkudy

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Idukki district}}
[[Category:Cities and towns in Idukki district]]

Thopramkudy - Revision history

->Ira Leviton: Fixed a typo found with Wikipedia:Typo_Team/moss and added transliteration tags to prevent non-English words from being tagged as typos by spellcheckers.