Chittar

**Chittar** is a village in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India. It is a Panchayat in the Ranni Taluk. Chittar was given the Nirmal Gram award from Pratibha Patil, the former President of India.

## Economy

Chittar is a plantation township.The main crops grown here are rubber, pineapple, tapioca, nuts, ginger, and pepper. It was once a part of the demolished Nilakkal trade centre.

## Location

Chittar lies in the eastern part of Pathanamthitta district.

## Administration

The panchayath of Chittar was formed in 30 September 1970 by partitioning the Vadaseerikkara and Seethathodu panchayaths in Ranni taluk. The panchayath is divided into 13 wards.

### Wards

1. Pambini
1. Panniyar
1. Manakkayam
1. Chittar
1. Chittar thottam
1. Meenkuzhi
1. Kulangaravali
1. Vayyattupuzha
1. Manpilavu
1. Neelipilavu
1. Vaiga
1. Chittar thekkekkara
1. Kodumudi

### Schools

- Govt. L.P.S. Chittar Estate
- L.P.School Neeliplavu,
- Holy Family Public School,
- Govt. H. S. S., Chittar,
- Govt. Model L. P. S., Chittar,
- V. K. N. M. V. H. S. S, Vayyattupuzha
- Komala Vilasm School, Padayanippara
- Little Angels English Medium High School
- Royal Parallel College, Chittar
- Santhinikethan  College chittar.

### Colleges

- SNDP  Arts College, Ettichuvadu - Meenkuzhi, chittar
- Caarmel Engineering College, R-Perunad
- Ideal Parallel College, Chittar
- Musalliar Engineering College, *Malayalappuzha
- Mount Zion Engineering College, Kadammanitta
- Pushpagiri Medical College, Tiruvalla
- Muthoot Nursing College, Pathanamthitta
- St. Thomas College, Ranni,
- Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta
- Mar Ivanios ITC, Seethathodu

## People

The people of Chittar are mainly farmers and plantation workers. People began settling down in Chittar about 75 years ago.  India census, Chittar had a population of 33977 with 16498 males and 17479 females.

## Related pages

- Angamoozhy
- Plappally
- Ranni
- Vayyattupuzha
- Vadaserikara
- Maniyar
- Nilakkal
- Konni

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Chittar
- **settlement type**: village
- **image skyline**: File:Indian Elephant used for work.JPG
- **image caption**: An Elephant used to load timber in Chittar
- **pushpin map**: India Kerala#India
- **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
- **government type**: Democratic
- **governing body**: Chittar grama panchayath
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 25.9
- **population total**: 33977
- **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**: 689663
- **area code type**: Telephone code
- **area code**: 04735
- **registration plate**: List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala, KL-62, List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala, KL-03
- **blank1 name sec1**: Coastline
- **blank2 name sec1**: Nearest city
- **blank2 info sec1**: Vadasserikkara, Angamoozhy
- **blank1 name sec2**: Climate of India, Climate
- **blank1 info sec2**: Climatic regions of India, Tropical summer <small>(Köppen climate classification, Köppen)</small>
- **blank2 name sec2**: Avg. summer temperature
- **blank3 name sec2**: Avg. winter temperature
- **website**: lsgkerala.in/chittarpanchayat/