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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
- 913826
- Pincode
- 691332
- Post office
- Punalur Paper Mills
- Distance to district centre
- 27 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 55 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 446 km
- Nearest railway station
- Punalur · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- St: Thomas Hospital · <1 km
Punalur at a glance
Punalur is a revenue village in Punalur taluk, Kollam district, Kerala. It lies 27 km from the Kollam district centre, 6 km from Piravanthur, the nearest town, 1 km from Punalur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691332, served by Punalur Paper Mills post office; the LGD village code is 913826. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank, post office, weekly market. The village votes in Punalur assembly constituency, represented by MLA P S Supal.
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punalur · this village | — | — | — |
| Piravanthur · Pathanapuram | 22,380 | 85% | 5.6 km NW |
| Ayiranalloor · Punalur | 13,289 | 83% | 5.8 km SE |
| Edamon · Punalur | 12,029 | 84% | 6.4 km E |
| Vilakkudi · Thiruthuraipoondi | 3,968 | 75% | 6.9 km W |
| Punnala · Pathanapuram | 12,104 | 83% | 7.4 km N |
| Melila · Kottarakkara | 22,203 | 87% | 8.2 km W |
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- Pincode
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- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Notice board · Punalur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Punalur
- LGD code
- 913826
- Pincode
- 691332
- Post office
- Punalur Paper Mills
- Coordinates
- 9.01746°N, 76.92648°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
Getting there
How to reach Punalur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram55 kmcapital
- Bengaluru446 km
- Chennai581 km
- Hyderabad946 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPunalur1 km
- Bus stopPunalur<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSt: Thomas Hospital<1 km
- ATM / banklic and rubco<1 km
- Petrol pumpHP gas station4 km
- CollegeBharathmatha ITI<1 km
- Police stationRailway Police Station, Punalur1 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Punalurunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
- ✓ Weekly market
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Punalur
2 Mosques, 3 Temples, 3 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Town masjidMosque<1 km ↗
- 🛕Shree Krishna Temple , ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണ സ്വാമി ക്ഷേത്രംTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Punalur Bharanikkavu TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- ⛪St. Mary's Cathedral ChurchChurch<1 km ↗
- 🛕St. Mary's Cathedral, PunalurTemple<1 km ↗
- 🕌Kuttikad Muslim Mosque ,PunalurMosque<1 km ↗
- ⛪Catholic churchChurch1.1 km ↗
- ⛪First AG ChurchChurch1.6 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Punalur
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫LPGS, PunalurSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫TVTM SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 📚Public Library KomalamkunnuLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫`School<1 km ↗
- 🎓Bharathmatha ITICollege<1 km ↗
- 📚Public LibraryLibrary1.0 km ↗
- 🏫M M E M English medium school daycareSchool1.1 km ↗
- 🏫Mary Giri Vidya Mandir SchoolSchool1.2 km ↗
- 🎓Bethel Bible CollegeCollege1.3 km ↗
- 📚AKG LibraryLibrary1.5 km ↗
Villages near Punalur
Other villages in Punalur mandal
View all 14 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-06
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)