Onchiam, Vadakara

Onchiam (ഒഞ്ചിയം) is a village located in the Vatakara Taluk of Kozhikode district of Kerala. The village falls in Vadakara block and comes under Onchiyam Grama Panchayat.

As on June 2024, the current population of Onchiam is 30.8 thousands out of which 14.2 thousands are males and rest 16.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1167 females per 1000 males. There are around 3 thousands teenagers in Onchiam. It has literacy rate of 86% which means around 26.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 423 people belonging to scheduled caste and 52 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 6.8 thousands households in Onchiam, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 8.3 thousands. The pincode of Onchiam is 673102 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Madappalli College Sub Post office
• Rayarangoth Branch Post office
• Kannookkara Branch Post office

Schools

Onchiam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• G.V.High School S Madapally
• G.G High School S Madappally
• Uralungal Vvlp
• Karakkad M L P S
• Chalil Kannookkara L.Primary School

Banks

Onchiam has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Canara Bank Muttil
• Kerala Gramin Bank Nadapuram Road