Palode observes Vinayaka Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Kerala.
Temples near Palode
Named places of worship on record
By population, Palode ranks #18 of 21 villages in Nedumangad mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Palode is a village of 14,922 people in 4,084 households (Census 2011) in Nedumangad taluk, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, the 18th-largest of 21 villages in Nedumangad taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,130 women per 1,000 men. It lies 11 km from the Thiruvananthapuram district centre, 2 km from Peringamala, the nearest town, 24 km from Kaniyapuram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 695562, served by Pacha post office; the LGD village code is 628485. Mapped within or next to the village: bank, post office. The village votes in Chadayamangalam assembly constituency, represented by MLA J.Chinchurani. The population is estimated at 17,593 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nanniyode →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palode · this village | 14,922 | 84% | — |
| Peringamala · Nedumangad | 19,164 | 82% | 2 km E |
| Chittoor · Arakonam | 1,657 | 64% | 3.1 km E |
| Chittoor · Kalligudi | 1,826 | 74% | 3.1 km E |
| Thennoor · Nedumangad | 11,646 | 81% | 5 km E |
| Kurupuzha · Nedumangad | 10,167 | 84% | 7 km S |
| Pullampara · Nedumangad | 21,817 | 82% | 8.2 km W |
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.
1 Mosque, 6 Temples, 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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