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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 628049
- Pincode
- 685614
- Post office
- Talliar
- Population
- 12,399
- Households
- 3,307
- Literacy rate
- 69%
- Sex ratio
- 1002 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,503
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 33 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 196 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 303 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bodinayakkanur · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Adams Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Marayoor compares
By population, Marayoor ranks #4 of 12 villages in Devikulam mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.0%
−9.0% vs mandal average
- Marayoor
- 69.0%
- Devikulam mandal
- 78.0%
- Idukki district
- 83.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,002
+7 vs mandal average
- Marayoor
- 1,002
- Devikulam mandal
- 995
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Marayoor
- 3.7
- Devikulam mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Marayoor at a glance
Marayoor is a village of 12,399 people in 3,307 households (Census 2011) in Devikulam taluk, Idukki district, Kerala, the 4th-largest of 12 villages in Devikulam taluk. Literacy is 69%, 9 points below the taluk average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,002 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Idukki district centre, 16 km from Kannan Devan Hills, the nearest town, 35 km from Bodinayakkanur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 685614, served by Talliar post office; the LGD village code is 628049. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, post office. The village votes in Devikulam assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. A. Raja. The population is estimated at 14,618 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Marayoor →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marayoor · this village | 12,399 | 69% | — |
| Kanthalloor · Devikulam | 6,758 | 69% | 7.5 km SE |
| Keezhanthoor · Devikulam | 4,205 | 67% | 7.7 km SE |
| Vattavada · Devikulam | 3,292 | 67% | 14.8 km SE |
| Kannan Devan Hills · Devikulam | 55,738 | 78% | 15.6 km S |
| Kurumalai · Kayathar | 974 | 70% | 17.3 km N |
| Kilavarai · Pethanaickanpalayam | 55 | 0% | 18 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Marayoor
- Treated tap water
- No
- 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
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 1
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- 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
- Udumalaipettai
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 45
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 100
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 49
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Marayoor
- Total area (ha)
- 10,807
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 527.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 8,840.72
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Marayoor
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Key facts — Marayoor
- LGD code
- 628049
- Pincode
- 685614
- Post office
- Talliar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 12,399
- Population (projected 2026)
- 14,618
- Households
- 3,307
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1002
- Literacy rate
- 69.0%
- Coordinates
- 10.27574°N, 77.16204°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Idukki
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Devikulam
- Member of Parliament
- Dean Kuriakose
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. A. Raja
- Block / Mandal
- Devikulam
- Nearest police station
- Police Station, Marayoor (0.2 km)
- Nearest post office
- Post Office, Marayoor (0.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Marayoor
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram196 kmcapital
- Bengaluru303 km
- Chennai460 km
- Hyderabad803 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBodinayakkanur35 km
- Bus stopBus Stand<1 km
- Hospital / PHCAdams Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankKerala Gramin Bank15 km
- Petrol pumpStation service Carburants25 km
- CollegeCollege of Engineering, Munnar23 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Marayoor<1 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Bus Standunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Adams Hospitalunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Post office
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Marayoor
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 📚Ramasamy Pillai Memorial Panchayat LibraryLibrary<1 km ↗
- 🏫Tribal School, PuthukudiSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Government Lower Primary School, MarayoorSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Government High School, MarayoorHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🏫St Mary's Upper Primary School, MarayoorSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Seva Bharati SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Government Higher Secondary School, MarayoorHigh school2.1 km ↗
- 🏫Jai Matha Public SchoolSchool2.2 km ↗
- 🏫St. Michaels Lower Primary SchoolSchool3.9 km ↗
- 🏫Lps Vellakkal KudiSchool5.0 km ↗
Villages near Marayoor
Other villages in Devikulam mandal
View all 13 →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)