Pulinkunnoo

Pulincunnoo or Pulinkunnoo is an island village in the Kuttanadu region of Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. The Pampa river in Pulincunnoo is one of the most favored routes of the houseboats tourism operators in Kuttanadu. The village is part of the many islands dotting the famous Kerala Backwaters, a network of lakes, wetlands, and canals crisscrossing through the State. Pulincunno is notable for the annual Rajiv Gandhi Trophy snake boat race held during the months of October–November.EducationKnown for its idyllic life, Pulincunnoo is notable for having heralded English level education since the olden days. The village has schools and colleges that are hundreds of years old. St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School is one of the important and the oldest institutions in Pulincunnoo, with more than 118 years of its presence. It is known to have produced several sports personalities in the fields of basketball who have gone on to represent the State and country. Many prominent personalities including Sri. M. V. Pylee (former Vice Chancellor of Cochin University) and Fr. Mathew Chathamparambil (the present Vice Chancellor of Christ University, Bangalore) etc. are former students of this school. Cochin University College of Engineering Kuttanad under CUSAT, is a famous engineering college at this place. Other educational institutions of repute from the village include: Little Flower Girls High School Pulincunnoo, Amalolbava lower primary school, St. Mary's ITC, K E Carmel ICSE School, etc. Students from in and around Kuttanadu region come to study in this village.