Murickassery Explained

Murickassery is a major market and educational centre in the Idukki district of Kerala state, South India. This is a village of migrant farmers and migrants has been developing as an important centre of Idukki. Various spice products provide the life blood for this village and market. Murickassery is situated in Vathikkudy Grama Panchayath.

Transport

Murickassery is 20.9 km away from Painavu, which is the district capital of Idukki district. Murickassery is well connected with all parts of highranges. It serve as a connecting point of various major highrange roads including:

• Murickassery – Adimali – Munnar
• Murickassery – Thopramkudy – Kattappana – Kumily
• Murickassery – Thopramkudy – Nedumkandam- Cumbum
• Murickassery – Karimban – Cheruthoni – Painavu – Moolamattom – Muttom – Thodupuzha
• Murickassery – Rajapuram
• Murickassery – Vannappuram – Thodupuzha
  • Murickassery – Vannappuram – Muvattupuzha /Kothamangalam – Cochin
• Murickassery – Thopramkudy -Kattappana
• Murickassery –Thopramkudy - Kattappana – Elappara – Kottayam
• Murickassery –Thopramkudy Kattappana – Kumily – Thekkadi
• Murickassery – Adimali – Munnar- Eravikulam National Park
• Murickassery – Adimali – Munnar – Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

Education

The people of the region consider Murickassery, a centre of education which is affordable to them. Pavanatma College is the backbone of this small centre of education. St Mary's Higher Secondary school has enlightened two generation of students. Now they live in various parts of the world. This was also a place for private tutorial colleges and tuition centres. Unemployed youths found bread from these small educational institutions. Lower middle class farmers of Murickassery and nearby villages including Thopramkudy, Padamugham, Moongappara, Parathode, Mannathara, Rajamudy, Pathinaramkandam, Poomamkandam, Kambilikandam, Melechinnar etc. find a better place for school and college education in Murickassery.