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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
- 628391
- Pincode
- 691307
- Post office
- Edamon
- Population
- 12,029
- Households
- 3,284
- Literacy rate
- 84.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1128 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,152
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 53 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 446 km
- Nearest railway station
- Edamann · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Shankar's Eye Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Edamon compares
By population, Edamon ranks #10 of 14 villages in Punalur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.2%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Edamon
- 84.2%
- Punalur mandal
- 84.4%
- Kollam district
- 85.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,128
+3 vs mandal average
- Edamon
- 1,128
- Punalur mandal
- 1,125
Household size
people per home
3.7
Same as the mandal average
- Edamon
- 3.7
- Punalur mandal
- 3.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edamon at a glance
Edamon is a village of 12,029 people in 3,284 households (Census 2011) in Punalur taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, the 10th-largest of 14 villages in Punalur taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,128 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Kollam district centre, 3 km from Ayiranalloor, the nearest town, under 1 km from Edamann railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691307, served by Edamon post office; the LGD village code is 628391. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The village votes in Punalur assembly constituency, represented by MLA P S Supal. The population is estimated at 14,182 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thenmala →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edamon · this village | 12,029 | 84% | — |
| Ayiranalloor · Punalur | 13,289 | 83% | 2.8 km SW |
| Punalur · Punalur | — | — | 6.4 km W |
| Thenmala · Punalur | 11,366 | 83% | 10.5 km SE |
| Piravanthur · Pathanapuram | 22,380 | 85% | 10.9 km NW |
| Punnala · Pathanapuram | 12,104 | 83% | 11.6 km NW |
| Anchal · Punalur | 33,088 | 86% | 11.7 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Edamon
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- 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)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Thenmala
- Total area (ha)
- 5,685
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 165.54
- Forest area (ha)
- 2,922.71
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Edamon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Edamon
- LGD code
- 628391
- Pincode
- 691307
- Post office
- Edamon
- Population (Census 2011)
- 12,029
- Population (projected 2026)
- 14,182
- Households
- 3,284
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1128
- Literacy rate
- 84.2%
- Coordinates
- 9.00308°N, 76.98256°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
- Edamon Post Office (0.4 km)
- Nearest bank
- The Edamon Service Co-Operative Bank (0.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Edamann (0.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Edamon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram53 kmcapital
- Bengaluru446 km
- Chennai578 km
- Hyderabad946 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEdamann<1 km
- Bus stopprivate bus stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCShankar's Eye Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankThe Edamon Service Co-Operative Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump4 km
- CollegeGovt polytechnic college punalur annexure vattappada.3 km
- Police stationRailway Police Station, Punalur8 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Edamannunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- The Edamon Service 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 Edamon
6 Churchs, 2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- ⛪St.Joseph Catholic ChurchChurch<1 km ↗
- ⛪The Church of South India EdamonChurch<1 km ↗
- ⛪St. Marys Orthodox Church EdamonChurch<1 km ↗
- 🛕Edamon Shanmugha Swami TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- ⛪The Pentecostal Mission EdamonChurch1.6 km ↗
- ⛪Assemblies Of God,AyiranalloorChurch2.5 km ↗
- ⛪Church Of South India.AyiranalloorChurch2.6 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Balamurugan TempleTemple3.2 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Edamon
7 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 691307
Villages near Edamon
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, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)