Marangattupilly

Marangattupilly Marangattupilly മരങ്ങാട്ടുപിള്ളി
village

Marangattupally is a small village and headquarters of Marangattupally Grama Panchayat(Ph: 04822-251037) in Kottayam district, Kerala [1]. Most of its people are either farmers or engaged in small-scale business. K. R. Narayanan, the tenth President of India, was born and grew up in the neighboring village of Uzhavoor. K M Mani, former minister was also born and brought up in this village.

It is a trading center of natural rubber and majority of people are engaged in rubber cultivation. The majority of the population belongs to Catholic community. St. Francis Assisi Church in Marangattupilly is a famous church and belongs to Pala diocise. This village has a Health center, a police station, a vetenary center,Lions Club and High School- St. Thomas H.S.[2], One Coperative Bank(Marangattupally Service CoOperative Bank), and a brach of State Bank of Travancore(SBT), and few shops and a Market. It belongs to Palai legislative constituency and Kottayam LS constituency.

St. Thomas High School

Established in 1951, under Pala corporate educational agency the educational arm of Pala diocis.This is an aided (Govt. Funded) Highschool, with classes from 5th to 10th, and there are 325 students in 8,9,and 10th standards.

St. Thomas LPS

Established in 1920, is aided school under pala corporate educational agency

Labour India

The head office of Labour India Publications, with an educational research and development center and publishing company, and its Gurukulam public school are operating from this small village. Santhosh George Kulangara, the first Indian space tourist and the host of Sancharam also belongs to this village.

Nearest Towns

The nearest towns of Marangattupilly are Uzhavoor and Kuravilangad and nearest villages are Kadaplamattom and Andoor.

References

• Marangattupilly Lions club
• Gurukulam Public School located at Labour India Hills
• St. Thomas HS Marangattupally