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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
AP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ASWATHY P
Contact: 75****5447
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- LGD code
- 628427
- Pincode
- 691536
- Post office
- Kadakkal
- Population
- 20,383
- Households
- 5,301
- Literacy rate
- 83.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1202 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,248
- Distance to district centre
- 43 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 30 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 470 km
- Nearest railway station
- Akathumuri · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kimsat Hospital Construction · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kummil compares
By population, Kummil ranks #13 of 26 villages in Kottarakkara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.2%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Kummil
- 83.2%
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 85.5%
- Kollam district
- 85.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,202
+61 vs mandal average
- Kummil
- 1,202
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 1,141
Household size
people per home
3.8
Same as the mandal average
- Kummil
- 3.8
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kummil at a glance
Kummil is a village of 20,383 people in 5,301 households (Census 2011) in Kottarakkara taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, the 13th-largest of 26 villages in Kottarakkara taluk. Literacy is 83%, 2 points below the taluk average of 86% and the sex ratio is 1,202 women per 1,000 men. It lies 43 km from the Kollam district centre, 4 km from Kadakkal, the nearest town, 21 km from Akathumuri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691536, served by Kadakkal post office; the LGD village code is 628427. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank. The sarpanch is ASWATHY P, and the village votes in Pathanapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA K.B. Ganesh Kumar. The population is estimated at 24,032 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kummil →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kummil · this village | 20,383 | 83% | — |
| Kadakkal · Kottarakkara | 30,719 | 85% | 3.7 km N |
| Pazhayakunnummel · Chirayinkeezhu | 24,608 | 84% | 5.3 km SW |
| Chithara · Kottarakkara | 20,268 | 82% | 5.3 km NE |
| Kilimanoor · Chirayinkeezhu | 20,515 | 85% | 5.4 km SW |
| Pangode · Nedumangad | 29,039 | 84% | 5.6 km SE |
| Pulimath · Chirayinkeezhu | 22,045 | 84% | 6.5 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kummil
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- Punalur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kummil
- Total area (ha)
- 1,946
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 170
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kummil
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kummil
- LGD code
- 628427
- Pincode
- 691536
- Post office
- Kadakkal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 20,383
- Population (projected 2026)
- 24,032
- Households
- 5,301
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1202
- Literacy rate
- 83.2%
- Coordinates
- 8.79528°N, 76.92297°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mavelikkara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pathanapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Kodikkunnil Suresh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- K.B. Ganesh Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ASWATHY P
- Block / Mandal
- Kottarakkara
- Nearest bank
- Kadakkal Service Co-operative Bank -Mukkunnam Branch (1.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kummil
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram30 kmcapital
- Bengaluru470 km
- Chennai601 km
- Hyderabad970 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAkathumuri21 km
- Bus stopMoonnukallinmoodu<1 km
- Hospital / PHCKimsat Hospital Construction2 km
- ATM / bankKadakkal Service Co-operative Bank -Mukkunnam Branch1 km
- Petrol pumpYatra Fuels5 km
- CollegeGovernment ITI Chadayamangalam2 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Kadakkal3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Moonnukallinmooduunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Kadakkal Service Co-operative Bank -Mukkunnam Branch1.1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kummil
7 Temples, 1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Meenmutty SreeSastha TempleTemple1.5 km ↗
- 🕌Kummil Muslim JamaathMosque2.0 km ↗
- 🛕Mahadeveswar Temple KummilTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕Kummil Shivaparvathi TempleTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕Mahadeveswar TempleTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕Mullakkara Sree Ayiravilly TempleTemple2.2 km ↗
- 🛕Mullakkara sivavishnu TempleTemple2.3 km ↗
- 🛕Payyanadu TempleTemple2.6 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kummil
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Angels Central SchoolSchool2.0 km ↗
- 🎓Vocational Higher Secondary School KummilHigh school2.0 km ↗
- 🎓Voccational Higher Secondary School KummilHigh school2.1 km ↗
- 🎓Government ITI ChadayamangalamCollege2.1 km ↗
- 📚SamanwayaLibrary2.1 km ↗
- 🏫Thachonam Lower Primary SchoolSchool2.3 km ↗
- 🏫ST.Mildreds Upper Primary SchoolSchool2.9 km ↗
- 🏫ST.Mildreds U P SchoolSchool2.9 km ↗
- 📚FMLASCLibrary3.6 km ↗
- 📚Netaji LibraryLibrary3.6 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 691536
Villages near Kummil
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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)