Pothanikkad observes Vinayaka Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Kerala.
Temples near Pothanikkad
Named places of worship on record
By population, Pothanikkad ranks #2 of 10 villages in Kothamangalam mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pothanikkad is a village of 19,309 people in 4,587 households (Census 2011) in Kothamangalam taluk, Ernakulam district, Kerala, the 2nd-largest of 10 villages in Kothamangalam taluk. Literacy is 85%, about the same as the taluk average of 85% and the sex ratio is 1,007 women per 1,000 men. It lies 29 km from the Ernakulam district centre, 5 km from Varappetty, the nearest town, 31 km from Kaladi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 686671, served by Pothanicaud post office; the LGD village code is 628046. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The village votes in Perumbavoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv Eldose P Kunnapillil. The population is estimated at 22,765 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pothanikkad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pothanikkad · this village | 19,309 | 85% | — |
| Pallarimangalam · Kothamangalam | — | — | 1 km W |
| Varappetty · Kothamangalam | 18,867 | 87% | 5.4 km W |
| Mulavoor · Muvattupuzha | 33,901 | 83% | 7.9 km W |
| Keerampara · Kothamangalam | 12,258 | 84% | 8.2 km N |
| Enanalloor · Muvattupuzha | 22,561 | 87% | 8.4 km SW |
| Kalloorkkad · Muvattupuzha | 12,911 | 89% | 9 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
3 Temples, 4 Mosques, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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