By population, Edaicode ranks #1 of 3 villages in Vilavancode mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Edaicode is a village of 8,459 people in 2,143 households (Census 2011) in Vilavancode taluk, Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, the largest of 3 villages in Vilavancode taluk. Literacy is 84%, 2 points above the taluk average of 82% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Kanniyakumari district centre, 5 km from Kunnathukal, the nearest town, 5 km from Parassala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 629152, served by Idaikkode post office; the LGD village code is 643094. The nearest hospital or health centre is Babu Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Vilavancode assembly constituency, represented by MLA Praveen T.T. The population is estimated at 9,973 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Devicode →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edaicode · this village | 8,459 | 84% | — |
| Vilavancode · Vilavancode | — | — | 1.9 km NE |
| Anducode A · Vilavancode | — | — | 2.6 km SE |
| Anducode B · Vilavancode | — | — | 2.6 km SE |
| Manjalumoodu · Vilavancode | — | — | 3.1 km E |
| Muzhucode · Vilavancode | — | — | 3.3 km E |
| Maruthancode · Vilavancode | — | — | 3.4 km S |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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1 Church, 6 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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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