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- LGD code
- 627258
- Pincode
- 670674
- Post office
- Kelakam
- Population
- 16,211
- Households
- 4,026
- Literacy rate
- 85.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1032 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7,136
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 395 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 228 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahé · 36 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Grace Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kelakam compares
By population, Kelakam ranks #8 of 17 villages in Iritty mandal.
Literacy rate
%
85.2%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Kelakam
- 85.2%
- Iritty mandal
- 83.8%
- Kannur district
- 84.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,032
−14 vs mandal average
- Kelakam
- 1,032
- Iritty mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Kelakam
- 4.0
- Iritty mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kelakam at a glance
Kelakam is a village of 16,211 people in 4,026 households (Census 2011) in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, the 8th-largest of 17 villages in Iritty taluk. Literacy is 85%, 1 points above the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,032 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Kannur district centre, 3 km from Kanichar, the nearest town, 36 km from Mahé railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670674, served by Kelakam post office; the LGD village code is 627258. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank, post office. The village votes in Peravoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Sunny Joseph. The population is estimated at 19,113 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kelakam
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 3
- Veterinary hospital
- 2
- 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
- Koothuparamba
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 60
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 53
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kelakam,Kottiyur
- Total area (ha)
- 7,793
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 49.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 130.19
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kelakam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kelakam
- LGD code
- 627258
- Pincode
- 670674
- Post office
- Kelakam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 16,211
- Population (projected 2026)
- 19,113
- Households
- 4,026
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1032
- Literacy rate
- 85.2%
- Coordinates
- 11.89587°N, 75.81006°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kannur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Peravoor
- Member of Parliament
- K. Sudhakaran
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Sunny Joseph
- Block / Mandal
- Iritty
- Nearest police station
- Police Station, Kelakam (0.2 km)
- Nearest post office
- kelakam Sub Post Office,Kelakam (0.1 km)
- Nearest bank
- kelakam service co-operative bank (0.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kelakam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram395 kmcapital
- Bengaluru228 km
- Chennai502 km
- Hyderabad675 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahé36 km
- Bus stopErattathode Bus Stop1 km
- Hospital / PHCGrace Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankkelakam service co-operative bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil9 km
- Collegedepaul college edathotty11 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Kelakam<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Grace Hospitalunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- kelakam service co-operative bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kelakam
4 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kelakam
9 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Government Upper Primary School,ChettamparambaSchool1.7 km ↗
- 🏫Providence Lower Primary School VelloonnySchool2.4 km ↗
- 🏫P LPS VelloonnySchool2.4 km ↗
- 🏫Govt. Lower Primary School KolkkaadSchool3.1 km ↗
- 🎓St.Joseph's Higher Secondary School,AdakkathodeHigh school4.0 km ↗
- 🏫ElapeedikaSchool4.1 km ↗
- 🏫Govt. Upper Primary School ThalakkaniSchool4.1 km ↗
- 🏫Government Upper Primary School,AdakkathodeSchool4.3 km ↗
- 🎓Santhome Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school4.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 670674
Villages near Kelakam
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, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)