MATTAKKARA

Subdivisions
Mattakkara itself is split into 8 different main smaller areas.

Manal Junction
Manal
Mannoor Palli
Vadakkedam
Manjamatam
Chuvannaplavu
Nellikunnu
Karimpany
Pattyalimattam
Cheppumpara

Demographics

Pannagam Thodu
It is a beautiful place where the not so famous Pannagam Thodu stream flows in a shape of snake and so the name 'pannagam'(snake). The main faiths of Mattakkara are Christianity and Hinduism. People speak Malayalam in their own slang. More than 98% of them are literate.
Most of the people are farmers. The main cultivation is rubber. You can find pepper, paddy, banana, coffee, tapioca and coconut trees like any other place of Kerala in Mattakkara.

Education
There are many schools and Mattakkara HS as well as St. Joseph H.S Mattakkara-Manjamattam to name a few. Unaided schools, such as Cluny Convent School and Vivekananda Nursery, play an important role in providing education. Technical Education is provided through IHRD Model Poly Technic College, which began in 1995, and Visveswaraya Institute of Engineering Technology (AMIE).

Flora and fauna
All places consist of wet evergreen plants. Hard working farmers of this place play an important role to make this happen. You can't even see an inch of land without plants. The main vegetation occurs due to rubber plantations which cover 50% of the area. Coconut trees, Coco, Bamboo and other plants can be found here.
The Pannagam river which flows almost around the year also keeps this vegetation. It consists of different species of fishes.

Notable residents
Chitra K. Soman (born 10 July, 1983) - an Indian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Chitra finished seventh in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Rajwinder Kaur. This team, only with Manjeet Kaur running instead of Geetha, had set a national record of 3:26.89 minutes in the heat. Soman also ran for the Indian team who won a silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best time in 400 m is 51.30 seconds, achieved in June 2004 in Chennai.
Kalanilayam Sinu - kathakali singer and composer. His masterpiece work is the Christian devotional album, Koodaram.
Sunny Mattakkara - writer of short stories & poems.
Kalamandalam Balachandran - Kathakali singer.
M T Kuriakose, Malakunnel - Planter.

Religion
Place of worship in Mattakkara include:
Holy Family Church Mattakkara
St.Sebastian's Church Manjamattam
St. George's Church Mannoor
Alphonsagiri Church Nellikunnu
M.C.B.S. Church Karimpany
Sree Bhaghavathi Temple Thuruthipalli Mattakkara
Aiyroor MahaDeva Temple Mattakkara