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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 627301
- Pincode
- 670645
- Post office
- Mananthavady
- Population
- 16,737
- Households
- 3,727
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,056
- Distance to district centre
- 20 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 377 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 216 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nadapuram road · 51 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurveda Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Edavaka compares
By population, Edavaka ranks #8 of 16 villages in Mananthavady mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.6%
+2.4% vs mandal average
- Edavaka
- 80.6%
- Mananthavady mandal
- 78.2%
- Wayanad district
- 79.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
+6 vs mandal average
- Edavaka
- 1,030
- Mananthavady mandal
- 1,024
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Edavaka
- 4.5
- Mananthavady mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edavaka at a glance
Edavaka is a village of 16,737 people in 3,727 households (Census 2011) in Mananthavady taluk, Wayanad district, Kerala, the 8th-largest of 16 villages in Mananthavady taluk. Literacy is 81%, 2 points above the taluk average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. It lies 20 km from the Wayanad district centre, 1 km from Mananthavady, the nearest town, 51 km from Nadapuram road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670645, served by Mananthavady post office; the LGD village code is 627301. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurveda Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Mananthavady assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kelu O.R.. The population is estimated at 19,733 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Edavaka →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edavaka · this village | 16,737 | 81% | — |
| Mananthavady · Mananthavady | 34,663 | 82% | 1.5 km NW |
| Thavinhal · Mananthavady | 17,840 | 80% | 2.4 km SW |
| Payyampally · Mananthavady | 13,311 | 81% | 5.2 km NE |
| Anchukunnu · Mananthavady | 19,078 | 79% | 5.7 km SE |
| Mazhuvannoor · Kunnathunad | 14,946 | 88% | 7.6 km S |
| Thrissilery · Mananthavady | 16,818 | 74% | 8.1 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Edavaka
- 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
- 4
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- 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
- Kalpetta
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 42
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Edavaka
- Total area (ha)
- 2,514
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Edavaka
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Key facts — Edavaka
- LGD code
- 627301
- Pincode
- 670645
- Post office
- Mananthavady
- Population (Census 2011)
- 16,737
- Population (projected 2026)
- 19,733
- Households
- 3,727
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 80.6%
- Coordinates
- 11.78961°N, 76.01305°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wayanad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mananthavady
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Gandhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kelu O.R.
- Block / Mandal
- Mananthavady
Getting there
How to reach Edavaka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram377 kmcapital
- Bengaluru216 km
- Chennai484 km
- Hyderabad677 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNadapuram road51 km
- Bus stopMananthavady1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurveda Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankFederal Bank1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil5 km
- CollegeNCC Camp ground2 km
- Police stationRTO Office Mananthavady4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Edavaka
7 Temples, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Peruvaka Muthappan MadappuraTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕muthapan madapura templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕BrahmasthanamTemple<1 km ↗
- ⛪Bishop's house, Mananthavady DiocesChurch1.0 km ↗
- 🛕Vaderi Shiva TempleTemple1.3 km ↗
- 🛕Chundakkunnu Sree Maha Lakshmi TempleTemple1.4 km ↗
- 🛕Thazhe Angadi Muthappan MadappuraTemple1.6 km ↗
- 🛕Mariyamman KovilTemple1.7 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Edavaka
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, MananthavadyHigh school1.1 km ↗
- 📚Solidarity LibraryLibrary1.7 km ↗
- 📚Pazhassi libraryLibrary1.7 km ↗
- 🏫Govt College MananthavadySchool1.7 km ↗
- 🏫GUPS MananthavadySchool1.8 km ↗
- 🎓NCC Camp groundCollege1.8 km ↗
- 🏫ASAP Community Skill Park MananthavadiSchool1.9 km ↗
- 📚Public LibraryLibrary2.1 km ↗
- 📚Tagor Residential Association LibraryLibrary2.7 km ↗
- 📚EMS GrandhalayamLibrary2.9 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 670645
Villages near Edavaka
Other villages in Mananthavady mandal
View all 15 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)