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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
- 931678
- Pincode
- 686580
- Post office
- Teekoy
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 129 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 376 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ettumanoor · 29 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government homeopathy hospital · <1 km
Poonjar at a glance
Poonjar is a revenue village in Meenachil taluk, Kottayam district, Kerala. It lies 21 km from the Kottayam district centre, 7 km from Kondoor, the nearest town, 29 km from Ettumanoor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 686580, served by Teekoy post office; the LGD village code is 931678. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, primary health centre, bank, post office. The village votes in Pala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mani C Kappen.
Gram panchayat: Poonjar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poonjar · this village | — | — | — |
| Teekoy · Meenachil | 9,418 | 88% | 2.9 km N |
| Kondoor · Meenachil | 20,510 | 89% | 6.8 km W |
| Thalappalam · Meenachil | 9,435 | 90% | 7 km NW |
| Thalanadu · Meenachil | 8,222 | 88% | 9.8 km NW |
| Bharananganam · Meenachil | 17,149 | 90% | 9.9 km W |
| Elikkulam · Kanjirappally | 10,419 | 89% | 10.1 km SW |
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- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
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- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Notice board · Poonjar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Poonjar
- LGD code
- 931678
- Pincode
- 686580
- Post office
- Teekoy
- Coordinates
- 9.67376°N, 76.81303°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kottayam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pala
- Member of Parliament
- Francis George
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Mani C Kappen
- Block / Mandal
- Meenachil
- Nearest PHC
- Government homeopathy hospital (0.1 km)
- Nearest post office
- Poonjar thekkekara sub office (0.3 km)
- Nearest bank
- Kerala Gramin Bank (0.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Poonjar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram129 kmcapital
- Bengaluru376 km
- Chennai535 km
- Hyderabad876 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEttumanoor29 km
- Bus stopPoonjar<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment homeopathy hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankKerala Gramin Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum<1 km
- CollegePolytechnic College poonjar2 km
- Police stationPolice Station ,Vagamon10 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Poonjarunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Government homeopathy hospitalunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Kerala Gramin Bankunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- Hindustan Petroleumunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Poonjar
4 Temples, 1 Church, 3 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Poonjar
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Public libary , poonjar thekkekaraLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫st.antony's HSS poonjarSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Maniyamkunnu SchoolSchool1.0 km ↗
- 🎓Polytechnic College poonjarCollege1.6 km ↗
- 🎓SMV Higher secondary schoolHigh school1.7 km ↗
- 🎓Sree Narayana Paramahamsa CollegeCollege2.2 km ↗
- 📚Public library,mukkuzhiLibrary2.3 km ↗
- 🎓Muslim Girls Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school3.5 km ↗
- 🎓Muslim Girls Higher Secondary School ErattupettaHigh school3.5 km ↗
- 🏫Arabic SchoolSchool3.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 686580
Villages near Poonjar
Other villages in Meenachil mandal
View all 27 →- Kidangoor
- Kanakkari
- Kondoor
- Poonjar Thekkekara
- Kuravilangad
- Bharananganam
- Ramapuram
- Vellilappally
- Poovarany
- Meenachil (Part)
- Puliyannoor (Part)
- Kadanad
- Vallichira
- Elackad
- Monippally
- Poonjar Nadubhagam
- Veliyannoor
- Thalappalam
- Teekoy
- Melukavu
- Kurichithanam
- Moonilavu
- Lalam (Part)
- Uzhavoor
- Thalanadu
- Erattupetta (Ct)
- Kadaplamattom
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)