By population, Pandikkad ranks #10 of 15 villages in Ernad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pandikkad is a village of 18,406 people in 3,578 households (Census 2011) in Ernad taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, the 10th-largest of 15 villages in Ernad taluk. Literacy is 81%, 1 points above the taluk average of 80% and the sex ratio is 1,109 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Malappuram district centre, 6 km from Keezhattur, the nearest town, 6 km from Melattur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 676521, served by Pandikkad post office; the LGD village code is 627464. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, primary health centre, bank. The village votes in Mankada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Manjalamkuzhi Ali. The population is estimated at 21,701 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Pandikkad →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pandikkad · this village | 18,406 | 81% | — |
| Chemmanthatta · Kunnamkulam | 6,538 | 84% | 2.7 km S |
| Keezhattur · Perinthalmanna | 20,457 | 82% | 5.7 km SE |
| Edappatta · Perinthalmanna | 22,729 | 79% | 6.4 km E |
| Chembrasseri · Ernad | 14,474 | 80% | 6.8 km NE |
| Melattur · Perinthalmanna | 27,250 | 81% | 6.8 km SE |
| Elankur · Ernad | 20,453 | 79% | 7.5 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Mosques, 6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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