# Vagamon Village, Peerumade, Idukki (Kerala) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Peerumade, Idukki 

# Vagamon

Vagamon is a village in Peerumade sub-district of Idukki district, Kerala, PIN code **685501**. The 2011 Census counted **14,641 people in 3,816 households**, the 7th largest of 10 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.8%.

- 14,641people (2011)
- 3,816households
- 90.9%literacy
- 685501PIN code

## Vagamon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Vagamon is 685501.** Vagamon falls in Peerumade sub-district, Idukki district, Kerala.

- PIN code685501
- Gram panchayatElappara, Upputhara
- Community development blockKattappana
- Census village code628103

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

## How far is Vagamon from nearby towns?

- Peermade (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Painavu (district HQ)46 km by road
- Thodupuzha (nearest town)37 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 Vagamon?

30 services counted by the Census are inside Vagamon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 4 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 2 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 5 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn 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
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Moolamattom
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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)24 h summer · 24 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 Vagamon known for?

The main crops are **tea, cardamom and coffee**. About 93% of the 7,830 hectares of village land is sown, and 1,600 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Vagamon

Of every 100 households in Vagamon in 2011, 85 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Vagamon · ■ Peerumade rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**14%

Tap water ****9%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****79%**

**76%

Television ****67%**

**77%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**81%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****5%**

**5%

Own their home ****78%**

**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 Vagamon?

■ Vagamon · ■ Peerumade rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**89.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1030**

**1010

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**950

Working population ****52.2%**

**46.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.9% for men and 87.0% for women. 61% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 885 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,407 (18%) · **■** Household industry 147 (2%) · **■** Other work 3,857 (50%) · **■** Marginal 1,348 (18%)

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

- Peerumade22,213 people
- Manjumala20,503 people
- Upputhara18,885 people
- Elappara18,714 people
- Peruvanthanam14,093 people
- Kokkayar12,190 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 Vagamon?685501
- How far is Vagamon from Painavu?46 km by road
- What is the population of Vagamon?14,641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Vagamon in?Idukki district (Peerumade sub-district), Kerala
- What is the literacy rate of Vagamon?90.9% (Census 2011)
