{{short description|Village in Kerala, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pampakuda | native_name = | native_name_lang = പാമ്പാക്കുട | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Small Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India | coordinates = {{coord|9.92|N|76.52|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ernakulam | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0485 | registration_plate = KL-17 | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank1_info_sec1 = Kochi, piravom | blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = | blank3_name_sec1 = Civic agency | blank3_info_sec1 = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Pampakuda''' is a village and Panchayath part of Muvattupuzha Taluk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ernakulam.nic.in/pan.htm |title=Panchayats_Ernakulam |accessdate=2014-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508162113/http://ernakulam.nic.in/pan.htm |archivedate=8 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It lies between Muvattupuzha and Piravom towns. The village is on Highlands and consists of Rubber Plantations. Pampakuda is 10 km from Muvattupuzha. The Areekkal Waterfalls is situated here.
Pampakuda is known for two famous churches of the Malankara Orthodox Church, Pampakuda Valiyapally (St. John of Ephesus Orthodox Church) and Pampakuda Cheriyapally (St. Thomas Orthodox Church). Tomb of the First Catholicose (Murimattathil Bava) of Malankara Orthodox Church was in Pampakuda Cheriyapally. Within the town, there are also 4 chapels and 3 kurisupallis (crosses) belonging to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pampakuda Valiyapally - A Brief History |url=https://www.facebook.com/pampakudavaliyapallyofficial/posts/pampakuda-valiyapally-a-brief-history-it-was-in-the-third-decade-of-the-19th-cen/1315689311775085/?_rdr |website=Facebook |publisher=Pampakuda Valiyapally Official |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref> There are also other churches including CSI, Pentecostal(AG, IPC etc), marthoma etc.
The village is famous for contributing the Malankara Malpans of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church from Konattu Family, with the current being Malankara Malpan Konattu Dr. Johns Abraham Arch Chor-Episcopa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Malankara Malpan status to Fr.Johns Abraham Konat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/malankara-malpan-status-to-frjohns-abraham-konat/article68125219.ece |website=theHindu.com |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
==Location== {| style="right; margin:0 0 0 0;" | {{Geographic Location |title = '''Destinations from Pampakuda''' |Northwest = Kolenchery Ramamangalam |North = Ooramana Valakom |Northeast = Muvattupuzha |Centre = Pampakuda |East = Meenkunnam |West = Mulanthuruthy Chottanikkara |Southwest = Piravom Mulanthuruthy |South = Anchelpetty |Southeast = Palakuzha Thirumarady }} |}
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