# Ambalapara - I Village, Ottappalam, Palakkad (Kerala) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/palakkad/ottappalam/ambalapara-i/ Village · Ottappalam, Palakkad # Ambalapara - I Ambalapara - I is a village in Ottappalam sub-district of Palakkad district, Kerala, PIN code **679512**. The 2011 Census counted **13,387 people in 3,126 households**, the 28th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 93.1%. - 13,387people (2011) - 3,126households - 90.4%literacy - 679512PIN code ## Ambalapara - I PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Ambalapara - I is 679512.** Ambalapara - I falls in Ottappalam sub-district, Palakkad district, Kerala. - PIN code679512 - Gram panchayatAmbalapara - Community development blockOttappalam - Census village code627593 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Ambalapara - I from nearby towns? - Ottappalam (sub-district HQ)12 km by road - Palakkad (district HQ)40 km by road - Ottappalam (nearest town)12 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 Ambalapara - I? 23 services counted by the Census are inside Ambalapara - I; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private - ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Community health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors - ●Health sub-centreIn village · 2 · 1 doctors - ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors - ●Post officeIn village - ●Sub post officeIn village - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Public bus serviceIn village - ●Private bus serviceIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Cooperative bankIn village - ●Agricultural credit societyIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Mandi / regular marketIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Ottappalam - ○Degree college10+ km · Palapuram - ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Kadambar - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Railway station5–10 km - ○ATM5–10 km - ○Commercial bank5–10 km - ○Public library5–10 km ### Water and power - Drinking watertreated tap water, 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 Ambalapara - I known for? The main crops are **paddy**. Products made here include wooden furniture. About 38% of the 2,089 hectares of village land is sown, and 497 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 Ambalapara - I Of every 100 households in Ambalapara - I in 2011, 94 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car. ■ Ambalapara - I · ■ Ottappalam rural average Electricity for lighting ****94%** **96% Toilet within the home ****94%** **97% No toilet (open defecation) ****5%** **3% Tap water ****28%** **23% Drinking water within premises ****67%** **77% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%** **16% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%** **83% Use banking services ****74%** **77% Television ****70%** **70% Mobile phone ****84%** **82% Computer with internet ****2%** **4% Two-wheeler ****13%** **18% Car / jeep / van ****3%** **6% None of these assets ****6%** **6% Own their home ****96%** **95% 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 Ambalapara - I? ■ Ambalapara - I · ■ Ottappalam rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%** **93.1% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1085** **1107 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863** **969 Working population ****35.4%** **30.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 93.4% for men and 87.7% for women. 53% of men and 19% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 271 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,335 (28%) · **■** Household industry 67 (1%) · **■** Other work 2,419 (51%) · **■** Marginal 651 (14%) 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 Ottappalam - Thrikkadeeri -II15,357 people - Thrikkadeeri -I15,005 people - Sreekrishnapuram -I14,797 people - Sreekrishnapuram -II14,736 people - Lakkidi-Perur- I13,358 people - Karimpuzha-II12,830 people [All 30 villages in Ottappalam](https://wherepedia.org/india/kerala/palakkad/ottappalam/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Ambalapara - I?679512 - How far is Ambalapara - I from Palakkad?40 km by road - What is the population of Ambalapara - I?13,387 (Census 2011) - Which district is Ambalapara - I in?Palakkad district (Ottappalam sub-district), Kerala - What is the literacy rate of Ambalapara - I?90.4% (Census 2011)