Kadapra
village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India
Kadapra (Malayalam: കടപ്ര) is a village in the Thiruvalla subdistrict of Pathanamthitta district, Kerala state, India. It shares an intradistrict river border with Nedumpuram village separated along the Manimala river towards its north and an interpenetrating intradistrict land border with Niranam village towards its west.
All interdistrict borders are river borders shared with parts of Alappuzha district of which the border with Thalavady towards its northwest is separated by streams of the Manimala river. All other interdistrict river borders are formed by Pampa river which splits into three, near to the east of the village. One of the splits flows northwest and immediately merges with Manimala river forming a border with Thiruvanvandoor towards its northeast. The other two splits forms its island of Parumala of which the outer split shares a border with Pandanad, Ennakkad and Mannar towards its southeast. After merging, the splits flows westard sharing a border with Kurattissery towards the south of the village and Veeyapuram towards its southwest.
The village has a total area of 14.74 km2 (3,640 acres) and as per the 2011 census data, it has a total population of 23,502 of which 10,810 are males and 12,692 are females. The average sex ratio is 1174 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. The literacy rate stands at 96.94 percentage.
The public source identifies “Kadapra” as village in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kadapra, village and Pathanamthitta.
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