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{{Infobox settlement | name = Vappuzha | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Ward | 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|10.4451800|N|76.136970|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Thrissur | subdivision_type3 = Panchayat | subdivision_name3 = Chazhoor | 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 = 1500 | population_as_of = 2001 | 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 = 680571 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0487 | registration_plate = KL-08 | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank1_info_sec1 = Triprayar | blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy | blank2_info_sec1 = fully% | website = | footnotes = }} '''Vappuzha''' is a ward in the Chazhoor panchayat in the Thrissur district of Kerala state in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/electiondetails.php?intID=5&ID=762&ln=en |title=Election Details |access-date=2017-04-08 |date=2015 |website=Local Self-Government Department |publisher=Government of Kerala |archive-date=8 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408082110/http://www.lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/electiondetails.php?intID=5&ID=762&ln=en |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vappuzha is a mostly a farming village. A major festival in Vappuzha is Puthenpeedika church festival and Thoniyakavu festival.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==History==

Vappuzha was an ancient port of Chera dynasty which situated near the ancient town of Irumbrayur which now known as Puthenpeedika. In ancient times, a big river were flowing through the side of the Vappuzha. The name Vappuzha were given by that river because the Malayalam meaning of ''Vappuzha'' is ''big river''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}

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