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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 628240
- Pincode
- 688506
- Post office
- Kavalam
- Population
- 13,089
- Households
- 3,142
- Literacy rate
- 87.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1035 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,725
- Distance to district centre
- 4 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 118 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 408 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chingavanam · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Chc Veliyanad · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kavalam compares
By population, Kavalam ranks #9 of 14 villages in Kuttanad mandal.
Literacy rate
%
87.6%
−0.6% vs mandal average
- Kavalam
- 87.6%
- Kuttanad mandal
- 88.2%
- Alappuzha district
- 87.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,035
−40 vs mandal average
- Kavalam
- 1,035
- Kuttanad mandal
- 1,075
Household size
people per home
4.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Kavalam
- 4.2
- Kuttanad mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kavalam at a glance
Kavalam is a village of 13,089 people in 3,142 households (Census 2011) in Kuttanad taluk, Alappuzha district, Kerala, the 9th-largest of 14 villages in Kuttanad taluk. Literacy is 88%, about the same as the taluk average of 88% and the sex ratio is 1,035 women per 1,000 men. It lies 4 km from the Alappuzha district centre, 6 km from Ramankary, the nearest town, 10 km from Chingavanam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 688506, served by Kavalam post office; the LGD village code is 628240. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, post office, weekly market. The village votes in Kuttanad assembly constituency, represented by MLA Thomas K Thomas. The population is estimated at 15,432 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Neelamperoor →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kavalam · this village | 13,089 | 88% | — |
| Ramankary · Kuttanad | 10,755 | 88% | 5.7 km S |
| Neelamperoor · Kuttanad | 5,841 | 89% | 5.9 km E |
| Nedumudi · Kuttanad | 14,601 | 88% | 6.8 km SW |
| Kuttamangalam · Kothamangalam | 17,400 | 86% | 7.3 km W |
| Thuruthy · Hosdurg | — | — | 7.7 km E |
| Kainakary South · Kuttanad | 15,405 | 88% | 8 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kavalam
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 3
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Changanassery
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kavalam , Neelamperoor
- Total area (ha)
- 2,327
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,925.14
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kavalam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kavalam
- LGD code
- 628240
- Pincode
- 688506
- Post office
- Kavalam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 13,089
- Population (projected 2026)
- 15,432
- Households
- 3,142
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1035
- Literacy rate
- 87.6%
- Coordinates
- 9.47618°N, 76.45558°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mavelikkara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kuttanad
- Member of Parliament
- Kodikkunnil Suresh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Thomas K Thomas
- Block / Mandal
- Kuttanad
Getting there
How to reach Kavalam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram118 kmcapital
- Bengaluru408 km
- Chennai578 km
- Hyderabad906 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChingavanam10 km
- Bus stopKavalam<1 km
- Hospital / PHCChc Veliyanad3 km
- ATM / bankCooperative Service Society3 km
- Petrol pumpNayara6 km
- CollegeKristu Jyothi College10 km
- Police stationPolice station , Pulinkunnu3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Kavalamunder 1 km
- Market
- Capital Tradingunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Post office
- ✓ Weekly market
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kavalam
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Sree narayana gurudeva templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Madathil TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Thiruvilagadu Mahadeva TempleTemple1.1 km ↗
- 🛕Kavumpadi TempleTemple1.2 km ↗
- 🛕manakodithara mahadeva templeTemple1.3 km ↗
- 🛕Puthusseril Bhadrakali Mahavishnu TempleTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Krishnapuram TempleTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Bhadra TempleTemple2.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kavalam
7 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Sardar KM Panikker Memorial LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🎓Govt.Technical High School KavalamHigh school1.5 km ↗
- 🏫SH UP School kannadySchool1.6 km ↗
- 📚Cucek LibraryLibrary2.6 km ↗
- 🎓Little Flower Girls High School, PulinkunnuHigh school3.5 km ↗
- 🎓NSS High School, VeliyanaduHigh school3.8 km ↗
- 🏫NSS School GroundSchool4.6 km ↗
Villages near Kavalam
Other villages in Kuttanad mandal
View all 13 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)