Ottapalam
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Place details
- Locality
- Ottappalam
- Region
- Kerala
- Country
- India
- Population
- 53,792
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ottapalam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ottapalam near Bustand.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ottapalam bus stand
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kerala
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kerala, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Palakkad
- Settlement.seat_type
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Settlement.seat1_type
- Assembly constituency
- Settlement.seat1
- Ottapalam
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_party
- CPI(M)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Palakkad district
- Area
- 32.7
- Elevation
- 54
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Otp bus stand1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 4926
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- Commons category
- Ottapalam
- postal code
- 679101
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Administration
- Ottapalam Taluk
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Ottapalam (also spelled Ottappalam) is a town, taluk, and municipality in the Palakkad District of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Ottapalam taluk and is located approximately 34 km (21 mi) from the Palakkad (district HQ), along the banks of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in the state.
It is one of the major commercial centres in the district. It is also one of the major filming locations in Kerala.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ottapalam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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