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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
- 627092
- Pincode
- 671321
- Post office
- Kumbla
- Population
- 2,922
- Households
- 610
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1028 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,227
- Distance to district centre
- 322 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 365 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 138 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 374 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ettumanoor · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sacred Heart Hospital, Chakkampuzha · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Edanad compares
By population, Edanad ranks #27 of 39 villages in Manjeswaram mandal.
Literacy rate
%
79.9%
+2.3% vs mandal average
- Edanad
- 79.9%
- Manjeswaram mandal
- 77.6%
- Kasaragod district
- 79.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,028
−2 vs mandal average
- Edanad
- 1,028
- Manjeswaram mandal
- 1,030
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Edanad
- 4.8
- Manjeswaram mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edanad at a glance
Edanad is a village of 2,922 people in 610 households (Census 2011) in Manjeswaram taluk, Kasaragod district, Kerala, the 27th-largest of 39 villages in Manjeswaram taluk. Literacy is 80%, 2 points above the taluk average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,028 women per 1,000 men. It lies 322 km from the Kasaragod district centre, 2 km from Vallichira, the nearest town, 14 km from Ettumanoor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 671321, served by Kumbla post office; the LGD village code is 627092. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, bank, post office. The village votes in Kasaragod assembly constituency, represented by MLA N. A. Nellikkunnu. The population is estimated at 3,445 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Puthige →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edanad · this village | 2,922 | 80% | — |
| Vallichira · Meenachil | 13,716 | 89% | 2 km S |
| 12th Mile · Oyan Circle | 212 | 60% | 5.4 km SE |
| Kadaplamattom · Meenachil | — | — | 5.7 km SW |
| Kurichithanam · Meenachil | 9,383 | 89% | 6.2 km NW |
| Ramapuram · Meenachil | 16,928 | 89% | 6.9 km N |
| Uzhavoor · Meenachil | 9,063 | 88% | 7.4 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Edanad
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- Kasaragod
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Puthige
- Total area (ha)
- 685
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 267.05
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Edanad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Edanad
- LGD code
- 627092
- Pincode
- 671321
- Post office
- Kumbla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,922
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,445
- Households
- 610
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1028
- Literacy rate
- 79.9%
- Coordinates
- 9.73810°N, 76.65622°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kasaragod
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kasaragod
- Member of Parliament
- Rajmohan Unnithan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- N. A. Nellikkunnu
- Block / Mandal
- Manjeswaram
- Nearest post office
- Valavoor (1.7 km)
- Nearest bank
- Valavoor Co Operative Bank (1.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Edanad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram138 kmcapital
- Bengaluru374 km
- Chennai542 km
- Hyderabad873 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEttumanoor14 km
- Bus stopNechipuzhoor2 km
- Hospital / PHCSacred Heart Hospital, Chakkampuzha3 km
- ATM / bankValavoor Co Operative Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpSurya Gayathri Fuels Kozhikomb3 km
- CollegeAlphonsa college ground4 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Pala4 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Nechipuzhoor1.7 km
- Bank / ATM
- Valavoor Co Operative Bank1.8 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Edanad
4 Temples, 4 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Chittar ChurchTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Temple in valavoorTemple1.4 km ↗
- ⛪St. Marys ChurchChurch1.5 km ↗
- ⛪Paingulam ChurchChurch2.1 km ↗
- ⛪Mount Carmel Church(Latin), AndoorChurch2.5 km ↗
- ⛪Nithy Sahaya Matha Church PalackattumalaChurch2.5 km ↗
- 🛕NaraSimha Swamy Shetram, PalackattumalaTemple2.9 km ↗
- 🛕Pattupurackal AmabalamTemple2.9 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Edanad
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Edanadu SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Edanadu SVNSS High SchoolHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🏫Edanad Govt LP SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Valavoor SchoolSchool1.8 km ↗
- 🏫St. Antonys UPSSchool1.9 km ↗
- 🏫Govt L.P School AndoorSchool2.5 km ↗
- 🏫St. Marys L.P. School, PalackattumalaSchool2.9 km ↗
- 📚Public Library PalakkattumalaLibrary3.0 km ↗
- 📚kudakkachira libraryLibrary3.2 km ↗
- 🏫St. Joseph H.S KudackachiraSchool3.3 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 671321
- NirchalKasaragod mandal12,369 pop
- BelaKasaragod mandal11,144 pop
- ArikadyManjeswaram mandal8,001 pop
- BadoorManjeswaram mandal5,536 pop
- PuthigeManjeswaram mandal5,441 pop
- IchilampadyManjeswaram mandal4,001 pop
- BombranaManjeswaram mandal3,759 pop
- MuguManjeswaram mandal2,951 pop
- KidoorManjeswaram mandal2,569 pop
Villages near Edanad
Other villages in Manjeswaram mandal
View all 47+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)