Vaikom
Vaikom is a town in Kottayam district of Kerala and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Taluk and Block Panchayat of Kottayam district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Vaikom is 25 thousands out of which 12.2 thousands are males and rest 12.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1055 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.8 thousands teenagers in Vaikom. It has literacy rate of 89% which means around 22.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 117 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 6.5 thousands households in Vaikom, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 9.9 thousands.
These 3 villages comes under Vaikom Nagar Parishad.
Schools
Vaikom has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Smsn Higher Secondary School Vaikom
- Lisieux Ems Nadel Vaikom
- High School Brahamamangalam
- St.Michael's Higher Secondary School Kudavechoor
- Gdvhss Vechoor
Vaikom Block Panchayat
Adv K K Renjith is the President (Block Pramukh) of Block Panchayat Vaikom, who can be contacted at email address advkkrenjithvkm2@gmail.com and mobile number 82810xxx54. The Block landline number is 04829-22**16. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Aneesh S, who can be reached at email address aneeshpsc2017@gmail.com and mobile number 82810xxx54. The Block address is Udayanapuram, Vaikom, Pincode - 686143. You can reach there by taking a bus till Nanadam bus stop which is around 5 km away. The Block has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are seventeen computers, one laptop, ten printers and three scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Vaikom Block Panchayat consists of total 6 Grama Panchayat.