Kavalam
Veliyanad block · Alappuzha district, Kerala · PIN 688506 · village code 628240
Population 2011
13,089
Census of India
Population 2020
8,579
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.5%
-4,510 people · -4.6% a year
Households
2,065
-34.3% vs 3,142 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
13,089
Male / female
6,433 / 6,656
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,035
Children aged 0–6
1,359
Literacy rate
87.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,375 / 21
Working population
5,725
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.6%
Households
3,142
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Neelamperoor panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
345
Teachers
23
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
415
Non-farm households
208
Share of households farming, 2020
67%
Net sown area
389 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 389 / 145
Main irrigation source
Other
Nearby villages
Karthikappally (CT) · Karumady · Karuvatta · Kattanam (CT) · Keerikkad (CT) · Kodamthuruth (CT) · Kokkothamangalam (CT) · Komalapuram (CT)