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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
B Vinod Kumar
Contact: 94****0505
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- LGD code
- 628522
- Pincode
- 695572
- Post office
- Kattakada
- Population
- 9,413
- Households
- 2,499
- Literacy rate
- 85.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1044 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 4,318
- Distance to district centre
- 234 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 229 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 252 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 267 km
- Nearest railway station
- Palakkad Junction · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Urban Primary Health Centre Vennakkara · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kallikkad compares
By population, Kallikkad ranks #8 of 9 villages in Kattakkada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
85.3%
+2.0% vs mandal average
- Kallikkad
- 85.3%
- Kattakkada mandal
- 83.3%
- Thiruvananthapuram district
- 84.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,044
−17 vs mandal average
- Kallikkad
- 1,044
- Kattakkada mandal
- 1,061
Household size
people per home
3.8
Same as the mandal average
- Kallikkad
- 3.8
- Kattakkada mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kallikkad at a glance
Kallikkad is a village of 9,413 people in 2,499 households (Census 2011) in Kattakkada taluk, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, the 8th-largest of 9 villages in Kattakkada taluk. Literacy is 85%, 2 points above the taluk average of 83% and the sex ratio is 1,044 women per 1,000 men. It lies 234 km from the Thiruvananthapuram district centre, 6 km from Kuzhalmannam-I, the nearest town, 4 km from Palakkad Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 695572, served by Kattakada post office; the LGD village code is 628522. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, bank, post office. The sarpanch is B Vinod Kumar, and the village votes in Vamanapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. D. K. Murali. The population is estimated at 11,098 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kallikkadu →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kallikkad · this village | 9,413 | 85% | — |
| Yakkara · Palakkad | — | — | 2.9 km SE |
| Kannadi · Kurinjipadi | 3,299 | 54% | 3.8 km S |
| Palakkad I · Palakkad | — | — | 4.7 km N |
| Puthuppariyaram 1 · Palakkad | — | — | 5 km N |
| Puthuppariyaram-Ii · Palakkad | 8,533 | 79% | 5 km N |
| Akathethara · Palakkad | — | — | 5.4 km NE |
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- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kallikkad
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- 3
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Neyyattinkara
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 23
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 39
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 23
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kallikkad
- Total area (ha)
- 7,874
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 84.74
- Forest area (ha)
- 726.58
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kallikkad
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kallikkad
- LGD code
- 628522
- Pincode
- 695572
- Post office
- Kattakada
- Population (Census 2011)
- 9,413
- Population (projected 2026)
- 11,098
- Households
- 2,499
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1044
- Literacy rate
- 85.3%
- Coordinates
- 10.76584°N, 76.62961°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Attingal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Vamanapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Adoor Prakash
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. D. K. Murali
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- B Vinod Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Kattakkada
- Nearest post office
- Pirayiri Post Office (0.6 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kallikkad
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram252 kmcapital
- Bengaluru267 km
- Chennai473 km
- Hyderabad763 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPalakkad Junction4 km
- Bus stopkrishna road<1 km
- Hospital / PHCUrban Primary Health Centre Vennakkara<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India<1 km
- Petrol pumpGasemart3 km
- CollegeGovt Victoria college palakkad3 km
- Police stationNorth Police Station2 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- krishna roadunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Urban Primary Health Centre Vennakkaraunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- State Bank of Indiaunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ Bank
- ✓ Post office
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kallikkad
1 Mosque, 7 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌pirayiri palliMosque<1 km ↗
- 🛕kannottukaavu bhagavathy templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Pullukottu Ayyappan TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sri Mariyamman TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Shivan TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Lakshminarayana Swamy TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Mangala Vinayaka TempleTemple1.0 km ↗
- 🛕Manapulli Bhagavathi TempleTemple1.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kallikkad
9 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Al Fitra SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 📚Thondikulam Public LibraryLibrary1.3 km ↗
- 📚Karamakadu LibraryLibrary2.0 km ↗
- 🏫NIIT Palghat CentreSchool2.8 km ↗
- 🏫Aptech Computer Education (Palakkad Centre)School2.8 km ↗
- 📚Sharadha Krishnaiyer Memorial LibraryLibrary3.1 km ↗
- 🎓Govt Victoria college palakkadCollege3.2 km ↗
- 📚Palakkad Public LibraryLibrary3.4 km ↗
- 🏫Govt North Lower Primary SchoolSchool3.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 695572
Villages near Kallikkad
Other villages in Kattakkada mandal
View all 12 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)