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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
- 627375
- Pincode
- 673307
- Post office
- Kollam
- Population
- 30,170
- Households
- 6,906
- Literacy rate
- 83.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1169 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7,634
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 15 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 356 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 269 km
- Nearest railway station
- Vellarakkad · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nandi Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Moodadi compares
By population, Moodadi ranks #1 of 15 villages in Koyilandi mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
83.6%
−0.8% vs mandal average
- Moodadi
- 83.6%
- Koyilandi mandal
- 84.4%
- Kozhikode district
- 84.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,169
+64 vs mandal average
- Moodadi
- 1,169
- Koyilandi mandal
- 1,105
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Moodadi
- 4.4
- Koyilandi mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Moodadi at a glance
Moodadi is a village of 30,170 people in 6,906 households (Census 2011) in Koyilandi taluk, Kozhikode district, Kerala, the largest of 15 villages in Koyilandi taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,169 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Kozhikode district centre, 3 km from Purakkad, the nearest town, under 1 km from Vellarakkad railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 673307, served by Kollam post office; the LGD village code is 627375. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank. The village votes in Perambra assembly constituency, represented by MLA T.P. Ramakrishnan. The population is estimated at 35,570 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Moodadi →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moodadi · this village | 30,170 | 84% | — |
| Vellarakkad · Kunnamkulam | 5,771 | 84% | 0.2 km SE |
| Kollam West · Kollam | — | — | 2.8 km SE |
| Purakkad · Ambalappuzha | 29,782 | 86% | 3.2 km N |
| Payyoli · Koyilandi | 23,576 | 84% | 6.6 km NW |
| Cheruvannur · Koyilandi | 23,388 | 84% | 11.3 km N |
| Nochad · Koyilandi | 26,857 | 84% | 11.5 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Moodadi
- 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)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 2
- 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
- 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
- Quilandy
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 32
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Moodadi
- Total area (ha)
- 1,601
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1,398
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Moodadi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Moodadi
- LGD code
- 627375
- Pincode
- 673307
- Post office
- Kollam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 30,170
- Population (projected 2026)
- 35,570
- Households
- 6,906
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1169
- Literacy rate
- 83.6%
- Coordinates
- 11.47002°N, 75.65823°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Vadakara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Perambra
- Member of Parliament
- Shafi Parambil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- T.P. Ramakrishnan
- Block / Mandal
- Koyilandi
- Nearest bank
- Kerala Gramin Bank (0.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Vellarakkad (0.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Moodadi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram356 kmcapital
- Bengaluru269 km
- Chennai532 km
- Hyderabad725 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationVellarakkad<1 km
- Bus stopnadhi bus stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCNandi Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankKerala Gramin Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil4 km
- CollegeArts College Koyilandy4 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Vadakara16 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- nadhi bus stop2.0 km
- Railway station
- Vellarakkadunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Nandi Hospital1.8 km
- Bank / ATM
- Kerala Gramin Bankunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Moodadi
1 Mosque, 7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌moodadi juma masjidMosque<1 km ↗
- 🛕Art of living moodadi ashramamTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Urupunyakav templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕vellarakad thru sree Ganapathi templeTemple1.3 km ↗
- 🛕Koyiloth templeTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕vettakoruvan templeTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕swamiyarkavu templeTemple2.0 km ↗
- 🛕Kollam Thali Sree Mahadeva TempleTemple2.1 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Moodadi
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Sree Narayana LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 📚Subhash Vayanashala & KalasamithiLibrary1.3 km ↗
- 📚Yuvashakthi VayanashalaLibrary1.6 km ↗
- 📚Ranka Kala VayanashalaLibrary1.6 km ↗
- 📚P. Ramanmaster Smaraka VayanashalaLibrary1.9 km ↗
- 🏫Veeravanchery Lower Primary SchoolSchool1.9 km ↗
- 📚parakkad libraryLibrary2.0 km ↗
- 📚Sreedharan pallikkara smaraka granthalayam & munnettam samoohya padana kendramLibrary2.3 km ↗
- 📚K.T. Sreedharan Memmorial VayanashalaLibrary2.5 km ↗
- 🏫Puliyancheri South LPSchool2.5 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 673307
Villages near Moodadi
Other villages in Koyilandi mandal
View all 30 →- Nochad
- Chengottukavu
- Payyoli
- Cheruvannur
- Avitanallur
- Arikkulam (Part)
- Changaroth
- Kayanna
- Palery
- Koorachundu
- Kottur
- Chakkittapara
- Perambra
- Chempanoda
- Atholi (Ct)
- Balusseri (Ct)
- Chemancheri (Ct)
- Eravattur (Ct)
- Iringal (Ct)
- Keezhariyur (Ct)
- Koothali (Ct)
- Kozhukkallur (Ct)
- Menhaniam (Ct)
- Meppayyur (Ct)
- Naduvannur (Ct)
- Panthalayani
- Thikkody (Ct)
- Thurayur (Ct)
- Ulliyeri (Ct)
- Viyyur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)