Monippally

Monippally
town
Monippally Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	686636
Vehicle registration	KL-67
Nearest city	Pala
Lok Sabha constituency	Kottayam

Monippally - 'The Spicy Virgin Village' മോനിപ്പള്ളി

Monippally is a small and peaceful village in Kottayam district, Kerala, South India. Formerly known as 'Mohanappally'(Beautiful Place) or 'Munippally'(Temple of 'Muni's, Sage or Saints). In her yesteryears, Monippally was a famous ginger cultivation area in Central Travancore. Dry Ginger, Turmeric and Kacholam were the main attractions of trade.

Monippally is located in between Kuravilangad and Koothattukulam in the M C Road (SH1). This village belongs to Uzhavoor Grama Panchayat in Meenachil (Pala) Taluk. Uzhavoor, Veliyannoor, Koothattukulam, Elanji, Njeezhoor and Kuravilangad are the neighboring areas.

Monippally's non-resident population has always had a significant impact on its economy. But agriculture is the soul of Monippallians, and is critically important to its economy. Villagers are engaged in crop plantations of rubber, cocoa, vanilla, black pepper, ginger and turmeric.

Due to a large amount of emigration, and thus a large amount of foreign cash flowing into the village, the village has a very high social life index - very high literacy rates and high occurrence of 'creature comforts'.

There's a strong emphasis on education and healthcare - there are seven schools and three hospitals within a 4 km² area. Has blessed with 5 catholic churches and one Hindu temple. As many people know,this area rich in ginger. The first ginger co-operative society(monippally co-operative marketing society) was founded here in this village, there was good demand for ginger from here in export market and it was known as monippally chukk. Farmers used to sell it in far away foreign countries and other Indian states.

This area is also known for its jack fruit (Chaka -Malayalam). The late senior congress leaders M. A. John and Adv K. Joseph Monippally (farmers leader,veteran cooperator) were from this village