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By population, Kumaramputhur ranks #8 of 18 villages in Mannarkad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kumaramputhur is a village of 16,600 people in 3,430 households (Census 2011) in Mannarkad taluk, Palakkad district, Kerala, the 8th-largest of 18 villages in Mannarkad taluk. Literacy is 81%, 1 points above the taluk average of 80% and the sex ratio is 1,074 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Palakkad district centre, 3 km from Payyanadam, the nearest town, 19 km from Melattur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 678583, served by Mannarkad College post office; the LGD village code is 627623. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, primary health centre, bank, post office. The village votes in Mannarkkad assembly constituency, represented by MLA N. Samsudheen. The population is estimated at 19,571 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kumaramputhur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kumaramputhur · this village | 16,600 | 81% | — |
| Payyanadam · Mannarkad | 16,260 | 79% | 3.2 km NE |
| Kottoppadam-Ii · Mannarkad | 11,351 | 79% | 4.3 km W |
| Kottoppadam-Iii · Mannarkad | 17,847 | 79% | 4.3 km W |
| Kottoppadam-I · Mannarkad | 14,085 | 77% | 4.3 km W |
| Karakurissi · Mannarkad | 27,999 | 79% | 7.2 km E |
| Mannarkad-Ii · Mannarkad | 22,545 | 80% | 7.6 km NE |
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.
3 Temples, 4 Mosques, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
10 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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