Ottappalam

Ottapalam ഒറ്റപ്പാലം
Town
Main Road Ottapalam Near Busstand
Coordinates: 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°E / 10.77; 76.38Coordinates: 10°46′N 76°23′E / 10.77°N 76.38°E / 10.77; 76.38
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Lok Sabha constituency	Palakkad
Assembly constituency	Ottapalam
Government
• Body	Ottapalam Municipality
• MP	M. B. Rajesh (CPI(M))
• MLA	P. Unni
• Chairman	N.M Narayanan Namboothiri
Area
• Total	32.7 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Elevation	54 m (177 ft)
Population (2011 Census)
• Total	53,790
• Rank	2nd in Palakkad district
• Density	1,645/km2 (4,260/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode	679 101
Area code(s)	0466
Vehicle registration	KL-51
Sex ratio	1000:1121 ♂/♀
Literacy Rate	91%
Website	www.ottapalammunicipality.in

Ottapalam is a town in Ottapalam taluk, Palakkad district, Kerala, India.

Chinakathoor Pooram, an event held every year at Chinakkathoor Temple in Palappuram near Ottapalam, is one of the famous festivals in Kerala.

Ottapalam was once part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty.

Valluvanad was a late medieval feudal state in what is now the state of Kerala in South India. The state extended from the Bharathapuzha River in the south to the town of Pandalur in the north during its height in the early Middle Ages. In the west, it was bound by the Arabian Sea at the port Ponnani, while in the east its reach ended at the Attappadi Hills. According to local legends, the last Later Chera ruler gave a vast quantity of land in South Malabar to one of their governors, Valluvakkonithiri, before leaving on a hajj. Valluvakkonithiri was also given the last Later Chera ruler's shield, presumably to defend himself from the sword given to Samoothiri (Zamorin) of Kozhikode, another governor, as a gift from the departing ruler. The Vellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of the Samoothiri.

Ottapalam is also called as The New Film City of Kerala.