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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 627251
- Pincode
- 670702
- Post office
- Mattanur
- Population
- 22,480
- Households
- 4,380
- Literacy rate
- 81.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1062 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,960
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 407 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 244 km
- Nearest railway station
- Etakkot · 24 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Ashraya Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chavassery compares
By population, Chavassery ranks #3 of 17 villages in Iritty mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.2%
−2.6% vs mandal average
- Chavassery
- 81.2%
- Iritty mandal
- 83.8%
- Kannur district
- 84.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,062
+16 vs mandal average
- Chavassery
- 1,062
- Iritty mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
5.1
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Chavassery
- 5.1
- Iritty mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chavassery at a glance
Chavassery is a village of 22,480 people in 4,380 households (Census 2011) in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, the 3rd-largest of 17 villages in Iritty taluk. Literacy is 81%, 3 points below the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,062 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Kannur district centre, 1 km from Thillenkeri, the nearest town, 24 km from Etakkot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670702, served by Mattanur post office; the LGD village code is 627251. The nearest hospital or health centre is Ashraya Hospital, 4 km away. The village votes in Peravoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Sunny Joseph. The population is estimated at 26,504 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chavassery
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Mattannur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 42
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Keezhur-Chavassery
- Total area (ha)
- 2,311
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 80.94
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chavassery
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chavassery
- LGD code
- 627251
- Pincode
- 670702
- Post office
- Mattanur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 22,480
- Population (projected 2026)
- 26,504
- Households
- 4,380
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1062
- Literacy rate
- 81.2%
- Coordinates
- 11.94765°N, 75.60961°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kannur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Peravoor
- Member of Parliament
- K. Sudhakaran
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Sunny Joseph
- Block / Mandal
- Iritty
Getting there
How to reach Chavassery
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram407 kmcapital
- Bengaluru244 km
- Chennai521 km
- Hyderabad679 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEtakkot24 km
- Bus stopChavassery<1 km
- Hospital / PHCAshraya Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankNorth Malabar Gramin Bank4 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum8 km
- CollegeRajeev Memorial College of Teacher Education4 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Mattannur5 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Chavasseryunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chavassery
7 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mannam Pazhassi Shri. Mahavishnu TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕perumal kshethramTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🕌periyathil juma masjidMosque2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Kallur templeTemple3.5 km ↗
- 🛕Puthiyathira kandamTemple4.0 km ↗
- 🛕Shree Mahadeva TempleTemple4.3 km ↗
- 🛕Urumberi Sree Vettakorumakan KshethramTemple4.6 km ↗
- 🛕Pulli Vettakorumakan KshethramTemple5.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Chavassery
8 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Chavasseri Parambil MGLCSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Heavens SchoolSchool2.3 km ↗
- 📚Mvk Nambisan LibraryLibrary3.1 km ↗
- 🏫Vanivilasam Lower Primary SchoolSchool4.0 km ↗
- 🎓Rajeev Memorial College of Teacher EducationCollege4.2 km ↗
- 🏫Govt LP School sivapuramSchool4.3 km ↗
- 🏫Sail Shivadas Foundation SchoolSchool4.4 km ↗
- 🏫S U M English Medium SchoolSchool4.5 km ↗
Same pincode
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Villages near Chavassery
Other villages in Iritty mandal
View all 19 →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, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)