Purakkad

Purakkad
Purakkad
Village
	Purakkad Lighthouse
	Purakkad
	Coordinates: 9°21′0″N 76°21′0″E / 9.35000°N 76.35000°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Population (2001)
• Total	29,437
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-04

Purakkad is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala.

The literal meaning of Purakkad is "out of forest".^[1]

The Battle of Purakkad took place in 1746 between Travancore and combined forces of Odanad.^{[citation needed]}

It is the site of the Sree Venu Gopala Swamy temple.^[2]

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Purakkad has a population of 27912 with 13751 males and 14161 females. Male literacy rate is 96% and the female literacy rate is 90%.^[3]

References

^ [1] Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Sree Venugopala Devawom". Purakkadsvd.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "പുറക്കാട്‌ ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Purakkad Grama Panchayat) » പൊതുവിവരങ്ങള്‍". Lsgkerala.in. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

4. Mar sleeva church

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[Alappuzha_NIC-1] [1] Archived February 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[Sree_Venu_Gopala_Swamy-2] "Sree Venugopala Devawom". Purakkadsvd.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[Grama_Panchayat-3] "പുറക്കാട്‌ ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത് (Purakkad Grama Panchayat) » പൊതുവിവരങ്ങള്‍". Lsgkerala.in. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

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