Punnavely

Punnavely പുന്നവേലി
Village
Anikkattilamma Shiva Parvathy temple
Coordinates: 9°29′28″N 76°41′30″E / 9.4911°N 76.69178°E / 9.4911; 76.69178Coordinates: 9°29′28″N 76°41′30″E / 9.4911°N 76.69178°E / 9.4911; 76.69178
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	pathanamthitta
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	689589
Vehicle registration	KL
Sex ratio	1058 ♂/♀

Punnavely is a village situated on the border between Pathanamthitta district and Kottayam district in Kerala State, India. Punnavely is a typical Central Tranvancore village with rubber tree plantations, paddy fields and pepper and other spices.

'Punna' is the Malayalam term for Ball Nut tree ([Calophyllum inophyllum]), and 'Vely' means 'fence'. Punnavely must have been famous for its local fences made of logs and branches from punna trees in the past.

Most areas of the wider Punnavely fall under Anicadu Grama Panchayat, but because of its location at the boundary between two districts, some of the wards are in Nedumkunnam, Kangazha, and Vellavoor panchayats. Manimala River is the boundary of Punnavely on the east.

Kottayam, Changanacherry, and Thiruvalla are the three major towns (and railway stations) near the village, approximately 25 km away from the village in three different directions. Other small towns nearer to the village are Mallappally, Nedumkunnam and Karukachal (in a radius of 7 km). Nedumkunnam and Mallappaly are famous for the weekly markets where most of the elders from the village go every week for buying and selling things.

The Nearest airport is Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery, approximately 105 km away, however Trivandrum International Airport is also widely used.

Prominent educational institutions at Punnavely are CMS LP School and CMS High School managed by the local parish, St James CSI Church, which falls under Church of South India, Madhya Kerala Diocese. MRSLBV School Higher Secondary School at Thelappuzhakadav is very famous, as a quite old school started by Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore Princely state. Kumbiluvely Government LP School functions at Kurishunkal.

A Kindernothilfe (KNH) Boarding Home for the needy children was functioning here for decades but the institution has shifted from Punnavely and at present C.S.I. English Medium School is functioning in the same building.