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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 628149
- Pincode
- 686607
- Post office
- Thalayazham
- Population
- 20,151
- Households
- 4,884
- Literacy rate
- 87.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9,606
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 23 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 142 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 386 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kaduturutty · 10 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurveda Dispensary, Thalayazham · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thalayazham compares
By population, Thalayazham ranks #6 of 16 villages in Vaikom mandal.
Literacy rate
%
87.1%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Thalayazham
- 87.1%
- Vaikom mandal
- 87.5%
- Kottayam district
- 88.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
−3 vs mandal average
- Thalayazham
- 1,030
- Vaikom mandal
- 1,033
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Thalayazham
- 4.1
- Vaikom mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thalayazham at a glance
Thalayazham is a village of 20,151 people in 4,884 households (Census 2011) in Vaikom taluk, Kottayam district, Kerala, the 6th-largest of 16 villages in Vaikom taluk. Literacy is 87%, about the same as the taluk average of 88% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Kottayam district centre, 4 km from Vechoor, the nearest town, 10 km from Kaduturutty railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 686607, served by Thalayazham post office; the LGD village code is 628149. Mapped within or next to the village: high school, primary health centre, post office, weekly market. The village votes in Piravom assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anoop Jacob. The population is estimated at 23,758 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thalayazham
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 3
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- Vaikom
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Thalayazham
- Total area (ha)
- 2,240
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2,240
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Thalayazham
- LGD code
- 628149
- Pincode
- 686607
- Post office
- Thalayazham
- Population (Census 2011)
- 20,151
- Population (projected 2026)
- 23,758
- Households
- 4,884
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 87.1%
- Coordinates
- 9.69861°N, 76.42361°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kottayam
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Piravom
- Member of Parliament
- Francis George
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anoop Jacob
- Block / Mandal
- Vaikom
Getting there
How to reach Thalayazham
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram142 kmcapital
- Bengaluru386 km
- Chennai563 km
- Hyderabad883 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaduturutty10 km
- Bus stopMadapalli<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurveda Dispensary, Thalayazham2 km
- ATM / bankIndia1 ATM1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeSt.Xaviers College ,Kothavara2 km
- Police stationCherthala Police station10 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Madapalliunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Post office
- ✓ Weekly market
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Thalayazham
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Thrippokudam Mahadeva TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Gurupuram Gurudeva TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Poonkavu Devi TempleTemple1.1 km ↗
- 🛕Edayazham Subramanya TempleTemple1.1 km ↗
- 🛕Omkareswaram TempleTemple1.2 km ↗
- 🛕Puthiyakav Devi TempleTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕Vaikuntapuram Mahavishnu TempleTemple1.9 km ↗
- 🛕Kaleeswaram Mahadeva TempleTemple1.9 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Thalayazham
7 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Government High School, VechoorHigh school<1 km ↗
- 📚Mahatma Smaraka LibraryLibrary1.8 km ↗
- 🎓St.Xaviers College ,KothavaraCollege2.1 km ↗
- 🎓St. Michaels Higher Secondary School, KudavechoorHigh school3.7 km ↗
- 📚Public Libraray, TV PuramLibrary3.8 km ↗
- 📚Pandit K. P. Kuruppan Memorial Vayana HallLibrary4.2 km ↗
- 🏫Government Upper Primary School, ChemmanathukaraSchool4.2 km ↗
Villages near Thalayazham
Other villages in Vaikom mandal
View all 17 →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)