Elavumthitta

**Elavumthitta** is a town in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.

## Major townships around Elavumthitta

1. Geographic location.
- Northwest = Chengannur (14.5 km)
- North     = Thiruvalla (23.9 km), Kozhenchery (11 km), Aranmula (10.5 km)
- Northeast = Ranni (20.5 km)
- West      = Mavelikkara (25 km)
- Centre    = **Elavumthitta**
- East      = Pathanamthitta (12 km)
- Southwest = Pandalam (8 km)
- South     = Adoor (14 km)
- Southeast = Omalloor (8 km)

2. Cites.
- Kottayam (50 km)
- Thiruvananthapuram (100 km)
- Kochi (111 km)
- Alapuzha (58 km)
- Kollam (58 km)

## Educational institutions

- Sreebuddha College of Engineering (now mixed)
- Salvation Army L P school, Thumpamon North - This is the first School of Elavumthitta, established in the year 1903. It celebrated its Centenary year in 2003. The land for the school was donated by Sri Neelakanta Pillai of Alakkatu. Incidentally he was also the first headmaster of the School. The school is located 1 km away from Elavumthitta market on the way side of Ramanchira road.
- S N Giri S N D P H S S Chenneerkkara
- S N D P H S S, Muttathukonam North
- CMS high School, Kuzhikkala
- Sree Narayana Guru College of Advanced Studies, Mezhuveli
- Padmanabhodayam H S S, Mezhuveli
- Gangadhara Vilasam L P School, Mezhuveli
- Teachers Training Institute, Mezhuveli
- Govt. Model L P School, Mezhuveli North
- U P School, Mezhuveli North
- S N Govt. L P School, Kooduvettikkal, Karithotta
- Govt. Of India Women's I T I, Elavumthitta
- Sarasakavi Mooloor Smaraka U P School, Chandanakkunnu
- Ambedkar English Medium School, Konganal buildings, near Melathemukku.
- Mezhuveli Panchayat I T C
- CMS U P School, Nallanikunnu
- Kendriya Vidyalaya, Chenneerkara

## Worship centres

- Elavumthitta Bhagavathy Temple
- Elavumthitta Malanada
- Ayathil Malanada
- Mezhuveli Anandabhootheshawaram Temple
- Aranmula Sree Parthasarathi Temple
- Omalloor Raktha Kanda Swamy Temple
- Pandalam Valiya Koickal Sree Dharma Sastha Temple
- Kulakkada SivaParavathi Temple
- Christ The King Catholic Church Elavumthitta, Punalur Diocese. Established on 4 November 1936.
- Kuzhikkala Marthoma Church
- Manjinikkara Church
- Bethlehem Marthomma Church
- St. Paul's CSI Church, Nallanikunnu
- Malankara Catholic Church
- Sehion Mar Thoma Church
- St Thomas Marthoma Church (Pulinthitta Church)
- Thabor Mar Thoma Church Pullamala
- Jarusalem Mar Thoma Church Ayathil
- Ebenezer Marthoma Church Chenneerkara
- Thachirethu Vettiyil Sree Nagaraja Nagayakshi kavu

## Writers / Litterateurs

- Mooloor S Padmanabha Panicker
- Kambisseri Karunakaran

## Demographics

Elavumthitta is flanked by the area of 4 panchayats. Following data is from the book 'Panchayat level Statistics 2006' published by Department of Economics & Statistics Thiruvananthapuram.

|Panchayat|Households|Population|Literacy rate|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4834|19538|94.27||
|3734|15223|95.62||
|6051|24493|93.58||
|3809|15425|95.33||

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Elavumthitta
- **other name**: Elavinthitta
- **settlement type**: Town
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Kerala, India
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: States and territories of India, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kerala
- **subdivision type2**: List of districts of India, District
- **subdivision name2**: Pathanamthitta district, Pathanamthitta
- **governing body**: Mezhuveli Panchayath
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **elevation m**: 46
- **population total**: 32399
- **population as of**: 2001
- **population density km2**: auto
- **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**: 689625
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **area code**: 0468
- **registration plate**: KL-03
- **blank1 name sec1**: Nearest city
- **blank1 info sec1**: Kollam
- **blank2 name sec1**: Literacy
- **blank2 info sec1**: 94.7%
- **blank3 name sec1**: Lok Sabha
- **blank3 info sec1**: Pathanamthitta
- **blank4 name sec1**: House of Assembly, Assembly
- **blank4 info sec1**: Aranmula
- **blank5 name sec1**: Civic agency
- **blank5 info sec1**: Mezhuveli Panchayath