Edava, Varkala
Edava (ഇടവ) is a village and Grama Panchayat of the Varkala Taluk in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, which falls under Varkala block. A Baliq is the President of Edava Grama Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address edavagp@gmail.com and mobile number 94960xxx48. The Panchayat landline number is 0470-266**83. The Secretary is Supin V, who can be reached at email address supinv@gmail.com and mobile number 94960xxx49. The Panchayat address is Edava Grama Panchayat Office, Edava PO, Pincode - 695311. You can reach there by taking a bus till Edava bus stop which is very far away. The Panchayat has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility. There are twenty two computers, two laptops, twelve printers and four scanners available for various works. It also has a CSC center.
As on December 2024, the current population of Edava is 28 thousands out of which 12.4 thousands are males and rest 15.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1263 females per 1000 males. There are around 2.9 thousands teenagers in Edava. It has literacy rate of 84% which means around 23.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.7 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 61 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 6.3 thousands households in Edava, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 7.7 thousands. The pincode of Edava is 695141 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Varkala Sub Post office
- Janardhanapuram Branch Post office
- Varkala South Branch Post office
- Sivagiri mutt Branch Post office
Schools
Edava has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Jawahar Public School Edava
- Mrm Kmm Higher Secondary School Edava
- Lvups Venkulam
- Little Flower Emhss Edava
- Ghss Kappil
Banks
Edava has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Varkala Branch
- Central Bank of India Varkala
- Canara Bank Varkala
- ESAF Small Finance Bank Varkala
- HDFC Bank Varkala
Panchayat Members
Chairman Standing Committee
Edava Grama Panchayat has total 3 elected Chairman Standing Committee.
- Harshad Sabu - Mobile: 98952xxx53 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
- Bindhu - Mobile: 99959xxx96 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
- Satheesan V - Mobile: 96564xxx90 - Email: velusatheesan@gmail.com
President
A Baliq is the President of Edava Grama Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 94960xxx48 and email is edavagp@gmail.com.
Vice President
Subha R S Kumar is the Vice President of Edava Grama Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 99950xxx13 and email is edavagp2021@gmail.com.
Member
Edava Grama Panchayat has total 12 elected Member.
- Similiya - Mobile: 98954xxx29 - Email: edavagp@gmail.com
- Puthly Bai - Mobile: 99956xxx82 - Email: puthlyajithkumar@gmail.com
- Riyas V - Mobile: 95673xxx07 - Email: riyassfi@gmail.com
- Muraleedharan Nair - Mobile: 99956xxx54 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
- Sajeena - Mobile: 98954xxx57 - Email: jaleelajalee6@gmail.com
- Naseef - Mobile: 98951xxx09 - Email: edavagp@gmail.com
- Jessy B - Mobile: 73560xxx39 - Email: edavagp@gmail.com
- Sreedevi - Mobile: 94973xxx74 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
- Divya - Mobile: 80751xxx96 - Email: edavagp@gmail.com
- Sheeba - Mobile: 98956xxx68 - Email: sheebasreeraju@gmail.com
- Sajikumar - Mobile: 99953xxx18 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
- Jessy R - Mobile: 98956xxx06 - Email: edavagp2021@gmail.com
Covered villages
Edava Grama Panchayat manages total 1 villages.
- Edava