Kaipattoor
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Kaipattoor കൈപ്പട്ടൂർ |
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Old style house in Kaippattoor
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| Coordinates: 9°13′0″N 76°45′0″E / 9.21667°N 76.75000°ECoordinates: 9°13′0″N 76°45′0″E / 9.21667°N 76.75000°E | |
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 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Government | |
| • Body | Vallicode Panchayat |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 689648 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-03 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Pathanamthitta |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Pathanamthitta |
| Civic agency | Vallicode Panchayat |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Kaipattoor is a village in Vallicode panchayat of Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, India. Kaipattoor (also spelled Kaippattoor, Kaippattor and Kaippattur) is located in the western part of Pathanamthitta district. It is 6 kilometers from the district headquarters Pathanamthitta at south — east direction. It is watered by the Achenkovil river. The village is under Vallicode Panchayat.
Kaipattoor is 102 km north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The nearest towns are Pandalam on the west, Pathanamthitta on the north-east, Adoor on the south and Konni on the east.
One can reach Kaippattoor from Pathanamthitta by road. It is 6 km from Pathanamthitta, 9 km from Pandalam and 10 km from Adoor. The nearest railway stations are at Chengannur and Tiruvalla.
The Kaipattoor Theruvu (Kadav)(East) near the old ferry service was the downtown in Kaipattoor for a very long time till Kaipattoor bridge was constructed. Its significance is now reduced due to the construction of Concrete bridge which came 40 years ago. Earlier, it was a busy market place selling all kinds of house hold items but the centre of trade and business has now shifted to the junction at West. This junction in Malayalam is called "Padinjare Mukh".
Kaippattoor is part of Konni Assembly constituency and Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.
The place as Kaipattoor which means "place of relatives"കൈപെട്ടവരിൻ ദേശം or കൈപെട്ടവരിൻ ഊര് .
St Ignatius Orthodox MahaEdavaka
St Ignatius Orthodox Maha Edavaka, Kaipattoor is church of Malankara Orthodox Sabha in Thumpamon Diocese. Present Parish comprises 776 households. In the number of households the church stands second in Thumpamon Diocese. And in all the religious activities the church.This church was built in 1850. It was declared as 'Maha Idavaka' in 2009. The church has a "RAASA" every year in the month of December.
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