Puthur, Vettikkavala
Puthur (പുത്തൂർ) is a village located in the Kottarakkara Taluk of Kollam district of Kerala. The village falls in Vettikkavala block and comes under Kottarakkara Nagar Parishad.
As on December 2024, the current population of Puthur is 21.3 thousands out of which 10.1 thousands are males and rest 11.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1122 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.6 thousands teenagers in Puthur. It has literacy rate of 89% which means around 19 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 66 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 5.6 thousands households in Puthur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 7.6 thousands. The pincode of Puthur is 691507 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Puthurkollam Sub Post office
- Mavadi Branch Post office
- Pavithreswaram Branch Post office
- Vendar Branch Post office
- Iverkala East Branch Post office
Schools
Puthur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Knnm Vhss Pavithreswaram
- Government Higher Secondary School Puthoor
- Sree Vidyadiraja Memorial Model Higher Secondary School & Vocational Higher Secondary School Vendar
- Devi Vilasam Nair Service Society Higher Secondary School Poovattoor
- Siddhartha Central School Puthoor
Banks
Puthur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.