Kuthiathode is a gram panchayat in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Kuthiathode comes under the Pattanakad Block in Aroor Assembly constituency.The name Kuthiathode comes from Kuthia (dug)+ thode (canal) means a dug-canal.The Kuthiathode or the river stream was once the major waterway for transporting goods to the local market from Kochi via the Vembanad lake.The local market on both sides of the river was a major commercial hub around the locality. Even now the market exists with few wholesale traders selling vegetables,provisions.The Kuthiathode river connects the vembanad lake with the Tazappu backwaters on the western side. The Panchayat has a Gandhi memorial inside its office dedicated to Mahathma Gandhi who visited this place during the Pre-Independence period .The Panchayat office has library and a community hall.The Range Excise office is next to the Panchayat building.The Kuthiathode village office,Krishi Bhavan,Govt. Veterinary Clinic and a Sub-treasury also functions in Kuthiathode. The BSNL telephone exchange functions near the Kuthiathode Jamat mosque. The greenary of paddy fields on both sides of the Pallithode-Chavady road is really splendid.