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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 628123
- Pincode
- 686579
- Post office
- Plassanal
- Population
- 9,435
- Households
- 2,200
- Literacy rate
- 89.5%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,025
- Distance to district centre
- 17 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 10 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 134 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 373 km
- Nearest railway station
- Ettumanoor · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government homeo dispensary · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thalappalam compares
By population, Thalappalam ranks #18 of 25 villages in Meenachil mandal.
Literacy rate
%
89.5%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Thalappalam
- 89.5%
- Meenachil mandal
- 89.0%
- Kottayam district
- 88.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
−18 vs mandal average
- Thalappalam
- 998
- Meenachil mandal
- 1,016
Household size
people per home
4.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Thalappalam
- 4.3
- Meenachil mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thalappalam at a glance
Thalappalam is a village of 9,435 people in 2,200 households (Census 2011) in Meenachil taluk, Kottayam district, Kerala, the 18th-largest of 25 villages in Meenachil taluk. Literacy is 90%, about the same as the taluk average of 89% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Kottayam district centre, 3 km from Kondoor, the nearest town, 25 km from Ettumanoor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 686579, served by Plassanal post office; the LGD village code is 628123. Mapped within or next to the village: primary health centre, bank. The village votes in Pala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mani C Kappen. The population is estimated at 11,124 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thalappalam
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Palai
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Melukavu, Thalappalam,Bharananganam,
- Total area (ha)
- 1,843
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 22.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thalappalam
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Key facts — Thalappalam
- LGD code
- 628123
- Pincode
- 686579
- Post office
- Plassanal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 9,435
- Population (projected 2026)
- 11,124
- Households
- 2,200
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 89.5%
- Coordinates
- 9.71770°N, 76.76767°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 homeo dispensary (0.5 km)
- Nearest bank
- Kerala Gramin Bank (1.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Thalappalam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram134 kmcapital
- Bengaluru373 km
- Chennai535 km
- Hyderabad873 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEttumanoor25 km
- Bus stopPlassanal Bus Stop1 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment homeo dispensary<1 km
- ATM / bankKerala Gramin Bank1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil3 km
- CollegeDB45 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Melukavumattom7 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Plassanal Bus Stop1.3 km
- Health centre
- government homeo dispensaryunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Kerala Gramin Bank1.2 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Thalappalam
4 Temples, 2 Churchs, 2 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Sree Narayana Guru TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sreekrishnapuram Swami Temple, thalappalamTemple<1 km ↗
- ⛪St. Mary's Forane ChurchChurch1.2 km ↗
- 🛕Incholikkavu Devi Temple ThalappulamTemple1.5 km ↗
- 🛕Sreerama Temple ThalappalamTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🕌Aqsa Juma MasjidhMosque2.3 km ↗
- ⛪KurinjiplavuChurch2.4 km ↗
- 🕌Darusasalam MasjidMosque2.6 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Thalappalam
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Panchayath Library Plassanal ThalappalamLibrary1.4 km ↗
- 🏫Al manar Public school erattupettaSchool3.2 km ↗
- 🏫Arabic SchoolSchool3.8 km ↗
- 🎓Muslim Girls Higher Secondary School ErattupettaHigh school3.8 km ↗
- 🎓Muslim Girls Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school3.8 km ↗
- 🏫St George school erattupettaSchool3.8 km ↗
- 🧒St Paul, VakakkaduAnganwadi4.2 km ↗
- 📚Public libraryLibrary4.5 km ↗
- 🎓DB4College4.6 km ↗
- 📚Panchayath Library, BharananganamLibrary4.7 km ↗
Villages near Thalappalam
Other villages in Meenachil mandal
View all 27 →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, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)