# Kokkayar Village, Peerumade, Idukki (Kerala) – PIN Code

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Village · Peerumade, Idukki 

# Kokkayar

Kokkayar is a village in Peerumade sub-district of Idukki district, Kerala, PIN code **686514**. The 2011 Census counted **12,190 people in 3,057 households**, the 9th largest of 10 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.8%.

- 12,190people (2011)
- 3,057households
- 95.6%literacy
- 686514PIN code

## Kokkayar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kokkayar is 686514.** Kokkayar falls in Peerumade sub-district, Idukki district, Kerala.

- PIN code686514
- Gram panchayatKokkayar, Peruvanthanam
- Community development blockAzhutha
- Census village code628106

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kokkayar from nearby towns?

- Peermade (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Painavu (district HQ)80 km by road
- Thodupuzha (nearest town)50 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kokkayar?

31 services counted by the Census are inside Kokkayar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 3 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Kanjirappally
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kattappana
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 23 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kokkayar known for?

The main crops are **cardamom, pepper and cocoa**. About 58% of the 6,211 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kokkayar

Of every 100 households in Kokkayar in 2011, 93 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kokkayar · ■ Peerumade rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**14%

Tap water ****28%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**80%

Use banking services ****76%**

**76%

Television ****78%**

**77%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**5%

None of these assets ****3%**

**5%

Own their home ****83%**

**67%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kokkayar?

■ Kokkayar · ■ Peerumade rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.6%**

**89.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**950

Working population ****40.8%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.0% for men and 94.1% for women. 58% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 396 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (6%) · **■** Household industry 29 (1%) · **■** Other work 2,903 (58%) · **■** Marginal 1,343 (27%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Peerumade

- Upputhara18,885 people
- Elappara18,714 people
- Vagamon14,641 people
- Peruvanthanam14,093 people
- Mlappara1,129 people

[All 10 villages in Peerumade](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/idukki/peerumade/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kokkayar?686514
- How far is Kokkayar from Painavu?80 km by road
- What is the population of Kokkayar?12,190 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kokkayar in?Idukki district (Peerumade sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Kokkayar?95.6% (Census 2011)
