Haripad is a Municipality in Alappuzha District located between Alappuzha and Kollam on the National Highway 66.Haripad derived its name from either Aripad (Ari meaning Rice), or "Harigeethapuram".It is bordered on the east by Pallippad, Karuvatta to the north, Kumarapuram and Mahadevikadu to the West, and on the south by Nangiarkulangara.

Haripad is the headquarters of Karthikappally taluk, which includes 18 small villages: Arattupuzha, Cheppad, Cheruthana, Chingoli, Haripad, Kandallor,Mahadevikad, Karthikappally, Karuvatta, Kayamkulam, Keerikkad, Krishnapuram, Kumarapuram, Muthukulam, Pallippad, Pathiyoor, Puthuppally, Thrikkunnapuzha, Veeyapuram.

 In ancient times, Buddhism flourished in this area. It is said that ancient Buddha university SREEMOOLAVASAM was located at Thrikkunnappuzha, the coastal area of Haripad. Evidence for Buddha religion can be seen as Buddha statue of Mavelikara., Banyan trees of temples paramparya vaidyas. There is a statue of a woman and child with sasthav of Thrikkunnapuzha temple. It is considered that they are Yasodharaand Rahulan respectively .The name Haripad is only in the 20th century Before that it was Arippatt. Some scholars say that it means place near water(ari- arike pat place During the period of European colonization, In the opinion of the Dutch Governor Gollanez the sea coast between Quilon and Purakkad which the Dutch called 'Martha" and which region was known as Karthikappally consisted of two regions or nation states, Karnoppally (present-day Karunagapally) and Karimpali. More specifically, Haripad was located in Karimpali which was the area between Kayamkulam and Purakkad and was also known as Vettimana.

In 1921 Haripad got municipal town status, however in 1941 it was downgraded to a non-municipal town. Finally, in 1954 it was changed into a Panchayat. In 2015, it was again upgraded to municipality. The Municipality consist of 29 division.

Professor. Sudha Suseelan is the 1st chairperson in Haripad Municipality

The population of Haripad Municipality is 30977.