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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
- 627367
- Pincode
- 673522
- Post office
- Payyoli
- Population
- 23,576
- Households
- 5,324
- Literacy rate
- 84.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1141 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,051
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 18 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 363 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 269 km
- Nearest railway station
- Payyoli · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dental Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Payyoli compares
By population, Payyoli ranks #4 of 15 villages in Koyilandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.4%
Same as the mandal average
- Payyoli
- 84.4%
- Koyilandi mandal
- 84.4%
- Kozhikode district
- 84.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,141
+36 vs mandal average
- Payyoli
- 1,141
- Koyilandi mandal
- 1,105
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Payyoli
- 4.4
- Koyilandi mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Payyoli at a glance
Payyoli is a village of 23,576 people in 5,324 households (Census 2011) in Koyilandi taluk, Kozhikode district, Kerala, the 4th-largest of 15 villages in Koyilandi taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,141 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Kozhikode district centre, 4 km from Purakkad, the nearest town, under 1 km from Payyoli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 673522, served by Payyoli post office; the LGD village code is 627367. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, primary health centre, bank, weekly market. The village votes in Perambra assembly constituency, represented by MLA T.P. Ramakrishnan. The population is estimated at 27,796 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payyoli · this village | 23,576 | 84% | — |
| Purakkad · Ambalappuzha | 29,782 | 86% | 3.9 km SE |
| Moodadi · Koyilandi | 30,170 | 84% | 6.6 km SE |
| Vellarakkad · Kunnamkulam | 5,771 | 84% | 6.8 km SE |
| Kollam West · Kollam | — | — | 9.4 km SE |
| Cheruvannur · Koyilandi | 23,388 | 84% | 9.7 km NE |
| Thiruvallur · Vatakara | 14,429 | 81% | 10.3 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Payyoli
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- 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
- Vadakara
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Payyoli
- Total area (ha)
- 971
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Payyoli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Payyoli
- LGD code
- 627367
- Pincode
- 673522
- Post office
- Payyoli
- Population (Census 2011)
- 23,576
- Population (projected 2026)
- 27,796
- Households
- 5,324
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1141
- Literacy rate
- 84.4%
- Coordinates
- 11.51620°N, 75.61977°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 PHC
- Dental Clinic (0.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- Payyoli Service co-operative Bank (0.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Payyoli (0.2 km)
Getting there
How to reach Payyoli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram363 kmcapital
- Bengaluru269 km
- Chennai534 km
- Hyderabad722 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPayyoli<1 km
- Bus stopPayyoli<1 km
- Hospital / PHCDental Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankPayyoli Service co-operative Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil2 km
- CollegeSAFA College Of Commerce7 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Vadakara9 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Payyoliunder 1 km
- Railway station
- Payyoliunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Dental Clinicunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Payyoli Service co-operative Bankunder 1 km
- Market
- Fish Market, Payyoliunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Primary health centre
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Weekly market
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Payyoli
8 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕sree mahavishnu temple payyoliTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕sree Kurumba Bagavathi TempleTemple1.0 km ↗
- 🛕Perumalpuram siva templeTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Kizhur PuveditharaTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Gandhinagar Ayyappa BhajanamadamTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Karinkuttichathan TempleTemple1.7 km ↗
- 🛕sree choolaparambath kuttichathan templeTemple1.8 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Kodanattumkulangara Paradevatha Devi templeTemple2.3 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Payyoli
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚CH Muhammad Koya Memmoriyal LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 📚AKG LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 📚Sree Narayana GrandhalayamLibrary<1 km ↗
- 📚LibraryLibrary1.3 km ↗
- 🏫LP School AyanikkadSchool1.4 km ↗
- 📚Knjanodhayam LibraryLibrary1.4 km ↗
- 🏫Pallikkara central LP SchoolSchool2.0 km ↗
- 📚Library, AyanikkadLibrary2.2 km ↗
- 🏫Thikkodi Mapila LP SchoolSchool2.3 km ↗
- 📚Meenathkara Yuvajana VayanashalaLibrary2.6 km ↗
Villages near Payyoli
Other villages in Koyilandi mandal
View all 30 →- Moodadi
- Nochad
- Chengottukavu
- 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)