Vellad, Taliparamba
Vellad (വെള്ളാട്) is a village located in the Taliparamba Taluk of Kannur district of Kerala. The village falls in Taliparamba block and comes under Alakode Grama Panchayat. It belongs to Kannur parliament constituency and Irikkur assembly constituency.
As on November 2024, the current population of Vellad is 27.9 thousands out of which 14 thousands are males and rest 13.9 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 993 females per 1000 males. There are around 2.5 thousands teenagers in Vellad. It has literacy rate of 87% which means around 24.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 508 people belonging to scheduled caste and 2.1 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 6.7 thousands households in Vellad, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 10.8 thousands. The pincode of Vellad is 670571 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Alakode Sub Post office
- Ottathai Branch Post office
- Udayagiri Branch Post office
- Vellad Branch Post office
- Vijayagiri Branch Post office
Schools
Vellad has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- St Marys Convent Senior Secondary School
- Nss Higher Secondary School Alakode
- Ghss Kaniyanchal
- Ghss Sreepuram
- Little Flower Em School
Banks
Vellad has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.