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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 628428
- Pincode
- 691559
- Post office
- Chithara
- Population
- 24,988
- Households
- 6,531
- Literacy rate
- 83%
- Sex ratio
- 1159 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 9,308
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 20 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 68 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 433 km
- Nearest railway station
- Punalur · 13 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Mancode · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mancode compares
By population, Mancode ranks #6 of 26 villages in Kottarakkara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.0%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Mancode
- 83.0%
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 85.5%
- Kollam district
- 85.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,159
+18 vs mandal average
- Mancode
- 1,159
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 1,141
Household size
people per home
3.8
Same as the mandal average
- Mancode
- 3.8
- Kottarakkara mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mancode at a glance
Mancode is a village of 24,988 people in 6,531 households (Census 2011) in Kottarakkara taluk, Kollam district, Kerala, the 6th-largest of 26 villages in Kottarakkara taluk. Literacy is 83%, 3 points below the taluk average, and the sex ratio is 1,159 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Kollam district centre, 6 km from Punnala, the nearest town, 13 km from Punalur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 691559, served by Chithara post office; the LGD village code is 628428. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school. The village votes in Pathanapuram assembly constituency, represented by MLA K.B. Ganesh Kumar.
Gram panchayat: Chithara →
Key facts — Mancode
- LGD code
- 628428
- Pincode
- 691559
- Post office
- Chithara
- Population (Census 2011)
- 24,988
- Population (projected 2026)
- 29,461
- Households
- 6,531
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1159
- Literacy rate
- 83.0%
- Coordinates
- 9.13829°N, 76.90914°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mavelikkara
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pathanapuram
- Member of Parliament
- Kodikkunnil Suresh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- K.B. Ganesh Kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Kottarakkara
Getting there
How to reach Mancode
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram68 kmcapital
- Bengaluru433 km
- Chennai572 km
- Hyderabad933 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationPunalur13 km
- Bus stopInchapara6 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Mancode2 km
- ATM / bankFederal Bank7 km
- Petrol pumpAyyappa fuel station8 km
- CollegeIHRD , Kalanjoor6 km
- Police stationPolice Station,Koodal6 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Primary Health Centre, Mancode2.1 km
- Market
- Athirunkal Market4.6 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mancode
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 691559
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Other villages named Mancode
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Villages near Mancode
Other villages in Kottarakkara mandal
View all 26 →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, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)