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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 627297
- Pincode
- 670645
- Post office
- Mananthavady
- Population
- 17,840
- Households
- 4,209
- Literacy rate
- 80.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1036 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7,371
- Distance to district centre
- 19 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 375 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 219 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nadapuram road · 49 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurveda Hospital · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thavinhal compares
By population, Thavinhal ranks #5 of 16 villages in Mananthavady mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.3%
+2.1% vs mandal average
- Thavinhal
- 80.3%
- Mananthavady mandal
- 78.2%
- Wayanad district
- 79.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,036
+12 vs mandal average
- Thavinhal
- 1,036
- Mananthavady mandal
- 1,024
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Thavinhal
- 4.2
- Mananthavady mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thavinhal at a glance
Thavinhal is a village of 17,840 people in 4,209 households (Census 2011) in Mananthavady taluk, Wayanad district, Kerala, the 5th-largest of 16 villages in Mananthavady taluk. Literacy is 80%, 2 points above the taluk average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,036 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Wayanad district centre, 2 km from Edavaka, the nearest town, 49 km from Nadapuram road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670645, served by Mananthavady post office; the LGD village code is 627297. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurveda Hospital, 1 km away. The village votes in Mananthavady assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kelu O.R.. The population is estimated at 21,033 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Thavinhal →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thavinhal · this village | 17,840 | 80% | — |
| Edavaka · Mananthavady | 16,737 | 81% | 2.4 km NE |
| Mananthavady · Mananthavady | 34,663 | 82% | 3.3 km N |
| Mazhuvannoor · Kunnathunad | 14,946 | 88% | 5.3 km S |
| Anchukunnu · Mananthavady | 19,078 | 79% | 5.3 km SE |
| Payyampally · Mananthavady | 13,311 | 81% | 7.4 km NE |
| Panamaram · Mananthavady | 12,683 | 77% | 8.7 km SE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thavinhal
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- 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
- 5
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- 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)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Thavinhal
- Total area (ha)
- 5,239
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 704.27
- Forest area (ha)
- 731.54
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thavinhal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Thavinhal
- LGD code
- 627297
- Pincode
- 670645
- Post office
- Mananthavady
- Population (Census 2011)
- 17,840
- Population (projected 2026)
- 21,033
- Households
- 4,209
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1036
- Literacy rate
- 80.3%
- Coordinates
- 11.77155°N, 76.00049°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Wayanad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mananthavady
- Member of Parliament
- Rahul Gandhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kelu O.R.
- Block / Mandal
- Mananthavady
- Nearest post office
- Kallody Post Office (4.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Thavinhal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram375 kmcapital
- Bengaluru219 km
- Chennai486 km
- Hyderabad679 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNadapuram road49 km
- Bus stopThonichal<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurveda Hospital1 km
- ATM / bankCSB Bank1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil3 km
- CollegeNCC Camp ground<1 km
- Police stationRTO Office Mananthavady3 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Family Health Centre Edavaka4.0 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Thavinhal
5 Temples, 2 Mosques, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Malakkari Kavu TempleTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Malakari shiva templeTemple<1 km ↗
- 🛕Sree Rajarajeshwari TempleTemple1.1 km ↗
- 🕌Dwaraka Juma MasjidMosque1.6 km ↗
- 🕌4th Mile MasjidMosque1.9 km ↗
- ⛪Bishop's house, Mananthavady DiocesChurch2.3 km ↗
- 🛕Kandoth Mahavishnu TempleTemple2.3 km ↗
- 🛕Puramangalam Sreeporkali TempleTemple2.4 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Thavinhal
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫ASAP Community Skill Park MananthavadiSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓NCC Camp groundCollege<1 km ↗
- 🏫Govt College MananthavadySchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Govtt. Junior Technical High SchoolHigh school1.5 km ↗
- 🎓Sacred Heart Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school1.7 km ↗
- 🎓Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, MananthavadyHigh school2.0 km ↗
- 🏫Morden English schoolSchool2.1 km ↗
- 🏫GLPS PeechamkodeSchool2.4 km ↗
- 📚Pazhassi libraryLibrary3.3 km ↗
- 🏫GUPS MananthavadySchool3.3 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 670645
Villages near Thavinhal
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)