Varkala
Varkala is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Taluk and Block Panchayat of Thiruvananthapuram district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Varkala is 43.1 thousands out of which 19.7 thousands are males and rest 23.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1187 females per 1000 males. There are around 4.5 thousands teenagers in Varkala. It has literacy rate of 83% which means around 35.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 6.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 144 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 10.2 thousands households in Varkala, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 14.2 thousands.
These 2 villages comes under Varkala Nagar Parishad.
Schools
Varkala has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Jawahar Public School Edava
- Gmhss Varkala
- Ghss Palayamkunnu
- Mgm Model School Ayiroor
- Mrm Kmm Higher Secondary School Edava
Varkala Block Panchayat
Adv Smitha Sundaresan is the President (Block Pramukh) of Block Panchayat Varkala, who can be contacted at email address bdovarkalatvm@gmail.com and mobile number 98952xxx66. The Block landline number is 0470-260**36. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Arunraj Pn , who can be reached at email address arunrajpn@gmail.com and mobile number 82810xxx11. The Block address is Dalavapuram, Cherunniyoor, Varkala, Pincode - 695142. You can reach there by taking a bus till Marakkadamukku bus stop which is around 5 km away. The Block has both internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are fifteen computers, sixteen laptops, seven printers and three scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Varkala Block Panchayat consists of total 7 Grama Panchayat.