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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
- 628398
- Pincode
- 691306
- Post office
- Anchal
- Population
- 17,240
- Households
- 4,625
- Literacy rate
- 85.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1148 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,291
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 48 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 454 km
- Nearest railway station
- Auvaneeswaram · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Edamulakkal · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Arackal compares
By population, Arackal ranks #6 of 14 villages in Punalur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
85.5%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Arackal
- 85.5%
- Punalur mandal
- 84.4%
- Kollam district
- 85.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,148
+23 vs mandal average
- Arackal
- 1,148
- Punalur mandal
- 1,125
Household size
people per home
3.7
Same as the mandal average
- Arackal
- 3.7
- Punalur mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Arackal at a glance
Arackal is a village of 17,240 people in 4,625 households (Census 2011) in Punalur taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, the 6th-largest of 14 villages in Punalur taluk. Literacy is 86%, 1 points above the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,148 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Kollam district centre, 4 km from Chakkuvarakkal, the nearest town, 10 km from Auvaneeswaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691306, served by Anchal post office; the LGD village code is 628398. Mapped within or next to the village: post office. The village votes in Punalur assembly constituency, represented by MLA P S Supal. The population is estimated at 20,326 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Edamulakkal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arackal · this village | 17,240 | 86% | — |
| Chakkuvarakkal · Kottarakkara | 16,086 | 85% | 4.2 km N |
| Ummannoor · Kottarakkara | 17,406 | 87% | 4.9 km W |
| Edamulackal · Punalur | 22,004 | 86% | 4.9 km S |
| Anchal · Punalur | 33,088 | 86% | 5.2 km SE |
| Elamad · Kottarakkara | 27,248 | 85% | 6 km SW |
| Vettikkavala · Kottarakkara | 20,118 | 87% | 6.9 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Arackal
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 4
- Secondary school
- 3
- Senior secondary
- 3
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- 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
- Punalur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 16
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Edamulackal
- Total area (ha)
- 1,714
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 64.45
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Arackal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Arackal
- LGD code
- 628398
- Pincode
- 691306
- Post office
- Anchal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 17,240
- Population (projected 2026)
- 20,326
- Households
- 4,625
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1148
- Literacy rate
- 85.5%
- Coordinates
- 8.94799°N, 76.86307°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kollam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Punalur
- Member of Parliament
- N. K. Premachandran
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P S Supal
- Block / Mandal
- Punalur
- Nearest post office
- Podiyattuvilla Post Office (1.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Arackal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram48 kmcapital
- Bengaluru454 km
- Chennai591 km
- Hyderabad954 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAuvaneeswaram10 km
- Bus stopArackal Society Junction<1 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Edamulakkal2 km
- ATM / bankFederal Bank Valakom Branch2 km
- Petrol pumpHP gas station8 km
- CollegeSt.Joseph's College of Nursing6 km
- Police stationPolice Aid Post Valakom3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Arackal Society Junctionunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Primary Health Centre, Edamulakkal1.7 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Arackal
7 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 Arackal
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 691306
Villages near Arackal
Other villages in Punalur mandal
View all 14 →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)