Mattakkara

The area is divided by the Pannagam Thodu stream. This has got its name as it flows in a shape of snake (pannagam). 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.

The Top Engineering College in Mattakara is TOMS College of Engineering. There is Polytechnic Diploma College under TOMS College.There are many schools like Mattakkara H.S, in the heart of Mattakara, St. Joseph H.S, Manjamattam and Thachilangadu LP School (Government L.P. School) to name a few. There is also a higher secondary school under C.B.S.E syllabus situated at cheppumpara; Cluny Public School and Junior College. The Government of Kerala has put up a Polytechnic here under the aegies of Model Poly Technic Mattakkara Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine - IHRDE to provide technical Education to the rural masses. The Model Polytechnic started functioning in 1995. National Education And Research Foundation established a Photography and Film Institute called Creative Hut Institute of Photography And Film.^[1] One of the AMIE coaching Institute and Visveswaraya Institute of Engineering Technology and one engineering college, Toms College of Engineering.^[2][3]

All places consist of wet evergreen plants. Hard working farmers of this place play an important role to make this happen. The main vegetation occurs due to rubber plantations which cover 50% of the area. Coconut trees, cocoa, bamboo and other plants can be found here.

The Pannagam river which flows almost around the year also keeps this vegetation.

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes.

Place of worship in Mattakkara include:

• Holy Family Church Mattakkara
• Sree Bhaghavathi Temple Thuruthipalli Mattakkara
• Aiyroor MahaDeva Temple Pattiyalimattom
• Alphonsagiri Church Nellikunnu
• Blessed Sacrament Church Karimpany
• St. Sebastian's Church Manjamattam
• St. George's Church Mannoor
• Kuttiyanickal dharma shastra temple, Manal, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Kuttiyanikkal+Ayyappa+Temple/@9.6471596,76.6337395,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3b07d2af08c1308b:0x78e7fc7ba6e449ac!8m2!3d9.6476051!4d76.6328982
• st.antony's church paduva
• Puthetukavu Devi Temple, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Puthetukavu+Devi+Temple/@9.6404558,76.6472383,17z/data=!4m21!1m15!4m14!1m6!1m2!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!2sPuthetukavu+Devi+Temple!2m2!1d76.649427!2d9.6404558!1m6!1m2!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!2sPuthetukavu+Devi+Temple,+Mattakkara+Kozhuvanal+Rd,+Mattakkara,+Kerala+686564!2m2!1d76.649427!2d9.6404558!3m4!1s0x3b07cd53bf4fa965:0xb6e36bf558d26b2d!8m2!3d9.6404558!4d76.649427
• Kovoor temple, https://www.google.com.pe/maps/place/Kovoor+temple/@9.6432982,76.6475471,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3b07cd53b5a14c65:0xbde89a3a3dc6c864!8m2!3d9.6432982!4d76.6497358

Mattakkara itself is split into 12 different main smaller areas.

1. Mannoor
2. Manal
3. Vadakkedam
4. Manjamatam
5. Chuvannaplavu
6. Nellikunnu
7. Karimpany
8. Pattyalimattam
9. Cheppumpara
10. Moozhoor
11. Paduva
12. Thachilangadu