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Kumarakom Kerala Backwater

By PG Padmanabhan on March 12, 2010

Houseboat in Kumarakom

Kumarakom in Kerala is now an internationally renowned backwater tourism hub. More than 17,000 foreign tourists and 30,000 domestic tourists visit and stay every year in this small village. Nature’s bounty is the unique selling proposition to attract different target groups from around the world in the past one decade. Marvellous lake shore, tasteful inland fishes, birds splendid in number and varieties, house boat cruise on back waters, delicious food and rejuvenation therapies are the publicized attractions. But beyond all these the life of the villagers, the history they created, the unique style of their agriculture, social actions, religion, festivals, and the models they created in developmental planning and village governance are all worth knowing, seeing and experiencing. This site Kumarakom Village.Com leads to such unexplored areas of this small but peerless village.

Kumarakom is situated in Kottayam District, in Kerala State, in India; it is on the west of Kottayam, and on the north east of Alappuzha (Alleppey). The total area of Kumarakom is 52 Sq.Kms. (12,844 Acres) out of the above, 24 Sq.Km. is part of Lake Vembanad, 16 Sq.Km. is Paddy fields, the area of the settlement of the village is only 12 Sq.Kms.The whole of western, southern and part of northern boundary of Kumarakom is Lake Vembanad. Kumarakom was a very small place till 18th Century; major part of Kumarakom was reclaimed from Lake Vembanad, by using the sand from the lake. Kumarakom comprises of reclaimed land, lot of canals, Meenachil River and lake Vembanad.

How to Reach

  • By Road: Kumarakom is only 10Km from Kottayam Town, 22 Km from Cherthala,22 Km. from Vaikom,35 Km from Alappuzha,65 Km from Ernakulam/Kochi, 280Km from Kozhikode, and 178Km from Trivandrum.
  • By Rail: Kottayam Railway Station, Cherthala, Alappuzha or Ernakulam Railway Station
  • By Air: Nedumassery International Airport at Kochi,in Ernakulam Dist., Karippur International  Airport at Kozhikode and Trivandrum  International  Airport at Trivandrum.
  • By Water:Muhamma, Allappuzha, Ernakulam/Kochi and Kollam

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PG Padmanabhan

PG Padmanabhan

P.G. Padmanabhan was born and brought up in Kumarakom a village 12 Kms west of Kottayam. Studied in local schools, CMS College Kottayam, Cooperative College, Thiruvananthapuram, and Government Law College, Kochi. His real life was lived with Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishat (KSSP), third world's renowned pioneer people's science movement in which he has been an active participant since 1972. He could carry out many systematic and participatary studies on Kumarakom. Being an insider and one among them he could observe the people of Kumarakom personally and intimatelly. His books on Kumarakom is authoritative.

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