• Source: Pulluvila

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 belong to the Latin Catholic Mukkuva community. This village is also well known in beach football. Many sports talented persons are rising from this village. And well known in religious harmony. Christians, Muslims, Hindus all are living together in peace. Main attraction is the Christian St. Jacob Forane Church.




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
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Sports


Pulluvila is a land of sports stars like many 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 play volleyball and participate 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, which was serious in Pulluvila, 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
St. Nicholas' Church, Puthiyathura is part of Pulluvila parish




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


Sanju Samson, Indian Cricketer and Rajasthan Royals Captain
Bijoy Varghese, Footballer, Plays for Kerala Blasters
Alex Antony, Indian Olympian (Athlete)




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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• Pulluvila
• Sanju Samson
• St. Nicholas' Church, Puthiyathura
• Kerala Automobiles Limited
• Neyyattinkara
• Karumkulam
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum
• Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala
• Bijoy Varghese
• Adimalathura