By population, Edava ranks #4 of 10 villages in Varkala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edava is a village of 25,994 people in 5,847 households (Census 2011) in Varkala taluk, Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, the 4th-largest of 10 villages in Varkala taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 83% and the sex ratio is 1,263 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 695141, served by Varkala post office; the LGD village code is 628452. The village votes in Chathannoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA G. S. Jayalal. The population is estimated at 30,647 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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