Kattoor is a small village in Irinjalakuda Block of Thrissur district, Kerala, India.

Different kinds of trade have been developed on the banks of Kanoli Canal in Kattoor and Edathuruthy, (the eastern part of Malabar).

Before independence of India, Government of Kochi has constructed this panchayath building in the year 1937 in the land given by Syro Malabar Catholic church.

The people of Kattoor and the surrounding places depends on agriculture and trade to meet their daily bread.

A good number of people depends upon different kinds of works of related cultivation and trade of these places.

It is believed the reason for originating the name as Kattoor the surrounding places Vetha Kad,Chekkad, Pudukkad, Thazekkad, Mannookad, Karakkad, Illikad etc.

"Kad or Kat" is having a meaning of forest and nad" is meant for the apt place for living with civilized circumstances.

Old days, for a trading boat comes from Arabian Sea through Kanoli Canal, Kattoor was the nearest main market place.

Merchants and farmers from nearby villages used to come to Kattoor "Chantha" to buy and sell goods and produces.