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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
- 628418
- Pincode
- 691533
- Post office
- Ayur
- Population
- 27,248
- Households
- 7,078
- Literacy rate
- 84.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1132 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9,565
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 43 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 460 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kottarakara · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Heltha Centre, elamadu · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Elamad compares
By population, Elamad ranks #4 of 26 villages in Kottarakkara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.6%
−0.9% vs mandal average
- Elamad
- 84.6%
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 85.5%
- Kollam district
- 85.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,132
−9 vs mandal average
- Elamad
- 1,132
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 1,141
Household size
people per home
3.8
Same as the mandal average
- Elamad
- 3.8
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Elamad at a glance
Elamad is a village of 27,248 people in 7,078 households (Census 2011) in Kottarakkara taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, the 4th-largest of 26 villages in Kottarakkara taluk. Literacy is 85%, about the same as the taluk average of 86% and the sex ratio is 1,132 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Kollam district centre, 4 km from Edamulackal, the nearest town, 13 km from Kottarakara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691533, served by Ayur post office; the LGD village code is 628418. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The village votes in Pathanapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA K.B. Ganesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 32,125 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Elamadu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elamad · this village | 27,248 | 85% | — |
| Edamulackal · Punalur | 22,004 | 86% | 3.8 km E |
| Ummannoor · Kottarakkara | 17,406 | 87% | 4 km NW |
| Chadayamangalam · Kottarakkara | 22,473 | 84% | 4.9 km SE |
| Arackal · Punalur | 17,240 | 86% | 6 km NE |
| Chadayamangalam · Kalkulam | — | — | 7.2 km SE |
| Ayiroor · Varkala | 25,307 | 83% | 7.4 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Elamad
- 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
- 3
- Secondary school
- 2
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Punalur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Elamad
- Total area (ha)
- 3,016
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 271.68
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Elamad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Elamad
- LGD code
- 628418
- Pincode
- 691533
- Post office
- Ayur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 27,248
- Population (projected 2026)
- 32,125
- Households
- 7,078
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1132
- Literacy rate
- 84.6%
- Coordinates
- 8.90086°N, 76.83573°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mavelikkara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pathanapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Kodikkunnil Suresh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- K.B. Ganesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Kottarakkara
- Nearest post office
- Elamadu Post Office (0.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- Elamadu Co-operative Bank (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Elamad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram43 kmcapital
- Bengaluru460 km
- Chennai597 km
- Hyderabad960 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKottarakara13 km
- Bus stopKavalakkappacha Bus Stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Heltha Centre, elamadu<1 km
- ATM / bankElamadu Co-operative Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan petroleum Jameela Beevi Agencies5 km
- CollegeTravancore Engineering College3 km
- Police stationPolice station5 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Kavalakkappacha Bus Stopunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Primary Heltha Centre, elamaduunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Elamadu Co-operative Bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Elamad
5 Temples, 3 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Pullunni Sreemahavishnu TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Bharanikavu TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Njaravattathu Mahadeva TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- ⛪St.Mary's Malankara Catholic ChurchChurch2.5 km ↗
- ⛪Christ The King Forane ChurchChurch2.8 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Krishna TempleTemple3.1 km ↗
- 🛕Durga Devi TempleTemple3.5 km ↗
- ⛪Malaperoor Mar Thoma ChurchChurch4.1 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Elamad
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Library Elamadu PanchayathLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫Cherupushpa Central SchoolSchool2.5 km ↗
- 🎓Travancore Engineering CollegeCollege2.6 km ↗
- 🏫Government LP SchoolSchool2.8 km ↗
- 🏫JavaharSchool3.1 km ↗
- 🏫Devi Vilasam SchoolSchool3.4 km ↗
- 🎓Marthoma college ayurCollege3.6 km ↗
- 🎓Marthoma College of Science and TechnologyCollege3.8 km ↗
- 📚LibraryLibrary4.0 km ↗
- 🏫St.John's VHSS UmmannoorSchool4.0 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 691533
Villages near Elamad
Other villages in Kottarakkara mandal
View all 26 →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)