Vakkom

For people named Vakkom, see Vakkom (name).

Vakkom is an area of the Thiruvananthapuram Metropolitan Area near Kadakkavoor in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, India.^[2] It is 35 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. Vakkom Panchayat is surrounded by backwaters (Kayal). Neighbouring panchayats are Anjengo, Kadakkavoor, Vettoor, Cherunniyoor and Manampoor. The towns within 9 km are Varkala and Attingal. The nearest airport is Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and Kadakkavoor (1 km) is the nearest railway station.

Vakkom
village
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Coordinates: 8.69°N 76.77°E / 8.69; 76.77
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thiruvananthapuram
Talukas	Chirayinkeezhu
Government
• Body	Gram panchayat
• Panchayat President	Thajunnisa
Area
• Total	5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	20,899
• Density	3,700/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	695308[1]
Telephone code	91 (0)470
Vehicle registration	KL 16
Literacy	90.6%
Lok Sabha constituency	ATTINGAL
Legislative constituency	Attingal
Distance from Thiruvananthapuram	35 kilometres (22 mi) N (land)
Distance from Attingal	8 kilometres (5.0 mi) W (land)
Distance from Kollam	48 kilometres (30 mi) S (land)

The total area of Vakkom is 5.06 km².

At the 2011 India census, Vakkom had a population of 19,267 with 8,319 males and 10,948 females.^[3]

Notable residents

• Vakkom Moulavi (1873 - 1932), Islamic renaissance leader, social reformer, Muslim scholar, Educationist and the founder of Swadeshabhimani newspaper.
• Vakkom Majeed (1909-2000), Indian freedom fighter, politician and a former member of the Travancore-Cochin State Assembly.
• Vakkom Abdul Khader (1917-1943), Indian freedom fighter and Indian National Army member who hanged by the British Government in 1943.
• Vakkom Purushothaman (1928-), Indian Politician, former governor of Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.