Pulluvila is a village between Kovalam and Poovar in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It is hardly 7 km (4.3 mi) away from the proposed Vizhinjam Port. The main occupation of this village is fishing. More than 80% of the people are belongs to Latin Catholic Mukkuva community. This village is also well known in beach football. Too many sports talented persons are rising from this village. And well known in relegious harmony. Christians, Muslims, Hindus all are living together in peace. Main attraction of pulluvila is the Christian church named as ST. JACOB FORANE CHURCH PULLUVILA.

Community Centers

Beaches are the common and favourite community center for the locals in the village. Most of the villagers spend their evenings at the beaches which are also used for playing football every evening by the local children of the village. Other community centers are;

St. Jacob's Community Hall, Pulluvila

Madonna Hall, Kochupally

Tsunami Market, Valiyapally

Kochupally Market, Pulluvila

SA Theatre, Pulluvila

Sports

Pulluvila is a land of Sports stars like any other coastal villages in trivandrum. If Pozhiyoor known for footballers Pulluvila known for all kind of Sports and athletics. Indian Cricketer Sanju Samson, Olympian Alex Antony, Footballer Bijoy Varghese are some of the notable people from the village. Apart from them many footballers plays for different ISL,I-League,KPL teams. Not just boys, many girls are also part of state and national teams of rugby, football, etc,.. Like football many boys plays volleyball and participates to local tournaments.

Many Sports and Arts clubs boost youngsters to achieve their goals at sports. Some of the active sports and arts clubs are;

- Jaihind Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

- Friends Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

- Kalasagar Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

- St. Peter's Sports and Arts Club, Kochupally

- St. Jacob's Sports and Arts Club, Valiyapally

- Swaraj Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

- Brothers Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

- Galaxy Sports and Arts Club, Pulluvila

Pulluvila is also gifted with many beach football grounds. Leo XIII School ground is a common Sports area to practice any games. List of the mud grounds at Pulluvila;

- Leo XIII School Ground

- St. Peter's Stadium

- Jaihind Stadium

- Friends Club 5's Ground

- Swaraj Mud Ground

- Kalasagar Ground

Libraries

Jaihind Library is the oldest library in Pulluvila. A Sports and Arts club also works along with the library from the beginning. And many footballers has risen from the club and been part of the various santhosh trophy teams. Apart from that a Vanita library called Friends Vanitha Library and Kalasagar Library are also situated in the village. During the Covid-19 pandemic period, these libraries helped the local student in their studies through becoming community study centers.

Healthcare Centers

Pulluvila PHC

Brother's Hospital, Pulluvila

St. Joseph Hospital, Kochupally

Swastika Homeopathic Medical Centre, Pulluvila

Religious Institutions

St. Jacob's Forane Church, Pulluvila

St. Peter's Catholic Church, Kochupally

Keezhathil Mudippura Temple, Pulluvila

Malankara Catholic Church, Pulluvila

Jum-a-musjid, Pulluvila

St. Francis Xavier's Church, Vellelunbu

Sree Mathru Devi Temple, Pulluvila

Deepa Sadan Convent,Pulluvila

Madona Bhavan,Kochupally

St. Jude's Convent, Pulluvila

Educational Institutions

Leo XIII HSS Pulluvila

St. Mary's LPS Pulluvila

Children's Palace, Kindergarten, Kochupally

St. Jude English Medium Nursery, Pulluvila

New Balabhavan Nursery, Pulluvila

Govt. Muhammadan LPS Pulluvila

Notable People

Administration

Pulluvila is part of Neyyattinkara Taluk in Thiruvananthapuram district. It comes under Karumkulam Panchayath.

Access

Pulluvila is 27 km (17 mi) from Thiruvananthapuram, 10 km (6.2 mi) from Neyyattinkara and 50 km (31 mi) from Nagercoil.

Post office

Pulluvila village has a post office and the postal code is 695526.

References

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