Marangattupilly

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Marangattupilly
village
Labour India Foundation
Marangattupilly Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Marangattupilly Marangattupilly (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 9°44′33.4″N 76°36′37.5″E / 9.742611°N 76.610417°E / 9.742611; 76.610417
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Government
• Body	Marangattupally Grama Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	686635
Telephone code	+91-482-2-25xxxx
Vehicle registration	KL-67 (KL-35, KL-5)
Nearest city	Pala, Kerala
Sex ratio	1000/992 ♂/♀
Literacy	96 [1]%
Lok Sabha constituency	Kottayam
Civic agency	Marangattupally Grama Panchayat
Climate	Tropical (Köppen)
Website	www.marangattupilly.in

Marangattupilly is a small village and headquarters of Marangattupally Grama Panchayat in Kottayam district, Kerala, India.

It is a trading center of natural rubber and majority of people are engaged in rubber cultivation.

Marangattupilly Gramapanchayath in Meenachil Thaluk consists of Kurichithanam, Elackad (Part), Monipally(Part) revenue villages, with a Population of 21219 and area of 37.58 square kilometres (14.51 sq mi) divided into 14 wards. Established on 1953, this was initially called Elakkad Panchayath.

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. The managing director of Labour India Santhosh George Kulangara, is the first Indian space tourist and the host of Sancharam also belongs to this village.

The nearest towns to Marangattupilly are Pala, Uzhavoor and Kuravilangad, and nearest villages are Kadaplamattom, vayala, Mannakkanad, kurichithanam and Andoor.