Seethathodu
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Seethathodu സീതത്തോട് |
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| Village/town | |
 Seethathodu
 Seethathodu
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| Coordinates: 9°19′30″N 76°58′0″E / 9.32500°N 76.96667°ECoordinates: 9°19′30″N 76°58′0″E / 9.32500°N 76.96667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| • Body | Seethathodu gram panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 651.94 km2 (251.72 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18,222 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 689667 |
| Telephone code | 04735 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-62 |
| Nearest city | Chittar, Angamoozhy |
| Literacy | 98% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Pathanamthitta |
| Civic agency | Gram panchayat |
| Panchayat President | Lekha Suresh |
Seethathodu is a village in the Pathanamthitta district, state of Kerala, India, near Chittar Town. Predominantly it is a rural region where agriculture being the most important sector. Both state-run and privately operated buses connect Seethathodu to various parts of Pathanamthitta district.
Seethathodu is a scenic hilly rural region in the eastern side of Pathanamthitta district. Many mountains, valleys and steep slopes beautifies its geographical background. 90% of the area is dense reserve forest, a part of Goodrical Range, Periyar Tiger Reserve. The rest is populated, where the main cultivation is rubber. The main attraction of Seethathodu is Sabarimala, a Hindu hill pilgrim centre.
The Koikkal raja's of Pandalam divided their kingdom into two parts as Valiyakoyikkal (including the parts of Pandalam) and Kochukoikkal (including the western parts) for administrative convenience. Kochukoikkal is today a part of Seethathodu panchayath. In A.D 52, St.Thomas reached Nilakkal, a village in this panchayath and established a cross. Advocate Kochukoikkal Thalachira Barayanan founded the first school (S.N.D.P school) in this region. Seethathodu panchayath was formed in November 20, 1968 and T.K Raghavan became the first president.
Lekha suresh is the current president of Seethathodu panchayath and G.Nandhakumar is the vice president. Communist, Congress & BJP parties have strong base here. The panchayath itself is self-sufficient in the case of basic infrastructures and the members of each wards are so concerned about the developmental activities.
As of 2001[update] India census, Seethathodu panchayath has a population of about 18222 in which 9268 are males and 8954 are females. The village has literacy of 92.4%. More than 95% of the population speaks Malayalam and 4% speak Tamil. There are also some English and Hindi speakers. Hindi speakers are relatively new immigrant workers from North India.
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