Chittar | |
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town/village | |
 Chittar | |
  Chittar Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Chittar Chittar (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:9°19′58″N76°55′58″E / 9.33278°N 76.93278°E /9.33278; 76.93278 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democratic |
| • Body | Chittar grama panchayath |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 33,977 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 689663 |
| Telephone code | 04735 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-62,KL-03, KL-83 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city. Trivandrum | Vadasserikkara,Thiruvalla,Konni |
| Climate | Tropical summer(Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 18 °C (64 °F) |
| Website | lsgkerala.in/chittarpanchayat/ |
Chittar is a village inPathanamthitta district, located inKerala state,India. It is aPanchayat and is situated in the Konni Thaluk and inKonni constituency inPathanamthitta District. Nearest Railway Station Is Thiruvalla,Located At A Distance Of 53 km.It is located 29 km away from Pathanamthitta town at its east. Nearby Panchayats are Seethathodu, Perunad, Vadaserikkara andThannithodu. Chittar was formerly represented in the Ranni legislative assembly, but now in Konni assembly. Its previous parliament constituency wasIdukki. Chittar was given the Nirmal Gram award from former presidentPratibha Patil.
Chittar is predominantly aplantation township. Earlier famed for tea and coffee, nowadays swayingrubber trees have replaced them, fuelled by the fertile land and rich ecosystem. In addition to rubber cultivation,pineapple,tapioca, nuts, ginger, andpepper are cultivated. It was once a part of the demolished Nilakkal trade centre.
Chittar lies in the eastern part of Pathanamthitta district and bordered byPerunad panchayath in north,Thannithodu in south,Vadasserikkara in west andSeethathodu in east.Located 53 km Away From NH183,In Thiruvalla City.
The panchayath of Chittar was formed on 30 September 1970 by partitioning the Vadaseerikkara and Seethathodu panchayaths in Ranni taluk. For administrative convenience, the panchayath is divided into 13 wards.
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Chittar has one Government High School, two higher secondary education facilities, in addition to several middle schools and lower primary schools. Chittar also has a college.
Important schools:
Nearby Colleges:
The people of Chittar are mainly agriculturists and plantation workers. People began settling down in Chittar about 75 years ago. The people mainly belong toHindu,Christian andMuslim religions. There are several places of religious worship in Chittar. In many of the families based in Chittar, there are large numbers of people working outside Kerala as well as outside India. The new generation is highly educated and well placed in different parts of the world.includes merchant navy engineers,doctors,civil engineers and well known scientists. K.C. Raghunatha Pillai is the vehicle director for the Chandrayaan-2 mission, Sreejith bhadran, merchant navy engineer officer at shipping corporation of India are few examples
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus, Chittar had a population of 33977 with 16498 males and 17479 females.[2]
