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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
- 627253
- Pincode
- 670703
- Post office
- Iritty
- Population
- 15,429
- Households
- 3,667
- Literacy rate
- 85.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1078 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,898
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 407 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 233 km
- Nearest railway station
- Thalassery · 33 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Syrus Sky Super Speciality Hospital,Iritty · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Payam compares
By population, Payam ranks #11 of 17 villages in Iritty mandal.
Literacy rate
%
85.5%
+1.7% vs mandal average
- Payam
- 85.5%
- Iritty mandal
- 83.8%
- Kannur district
- 84.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,078
+32 vs mandal average
- Payam
- 1,078
- Iritty mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Payam
- 4.2
- Iritty mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Payam at a glance
Payam is a village of 15,429 people in 3,667 households (Census 2011) in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, the 11th-largest of 17 villages in Iritty taluk. Literacy is 86%, 2 points above the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,078 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Kannur district centre, 3 km from Aralam, the nearest town, 33 km from Thalassery railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670703, served by Iritty post office; the LGD village code is 627253. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Peravoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Sunny Joseph. The population is estimated at 18,191 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Payam
- 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
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Mattannur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 42
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Keezhur-Chavassery, Payam
- Total area (ha)
- 1,902
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 290.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Payam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Payam
- LGD code
- 627253
- Pincode
- 670703
- Post office
- Iritty
- Population (Census 2011)
- 15,429
- Population (projected 2026)
- 18,191
- Households
- 3,667
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1078
- Literacy rate
- 85.5%
- Coordinates
- 11.97488°N, 75.70173°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 bank
- State Bank Of India (3.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Payam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram407 kmcapital
- Bengaluru233 km
- Chennai511 km
- Hyderabad672 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationThalassery33 km
- Bus stopKoramukku Bus Stop3 km
- Hospital / PHCSyrus Sky Super Speciality Hospital,Iritty3 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India,Iritty3 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum3 km
- CollegeMG College Iritty4 km
- Police stationIrritty Police Station3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Koramukku Bus Stop2.7 km
- Bank / ATM
- State Bank Of India3.4 km
- Petrol pump
- Bharat Petroleum3.3 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Payam
6 Temples, 2 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Payam
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Governmet Upper Primary School PayamSchool<1 km ↗
- 📚Njanodaya LibraryLibrary1.4 km ↗
- 🏫Vattiara Lower Primary SchoolSchool1.5 km ↗
- 📚Payanchery LibraryLibrary1.8 km ↗
- 🏫Govt. H.S.S , AralamSchool2.3 km ↗
- 🏫MIM Lower Primary School AralamSchool2.5 km ↗
- 📚Kolikkadavu LibraryLibrary2.8 km ↗
- 🏫Irshadul Islam Madrassa A Lower Primary School IrrittySchool3.1 km ↗
- 🏫Zuhra Upper Primary School VellarivayalSchool3.2 km ↗
- 🎓Iritty Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school3.4 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 670703
Villages near Payam
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, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)