About Village
Thalappalam is a Village in Erattupetta Block in Kottayam District of Kerala State, India. It belongs to South Kerala Division . It is located 35 KM towards East from District head quarters Kottayam. 2 KM from Erattupetta. 160 KM from State capital Thiruvananthapuram Thalappalam Pin code is 686579 and postal head office is Plassanal .
Demography
The Thalappalam village has population of 9435 of which 4722 are males while 4713 are females as per Population Census 2011.
Geography
Thalappalam village is located in Meenachil Tehsil of Kottayam district in Kerala, India. It is situated 10km away from sub-district headquarter Palai and 38km away from district headquarter Kottayam. As per 2009 stats, Thalappalam village is also a gram panchayat. The total geographical area of village is 1843 hectares. There are about 2,200 houses in Thalappalam village. As per 2019 stats, Thalappalam villages comes under Pala assembly & Kottayam parliamentary constituency. Palai & Erattupetta is nearest town to Thalappalam
Socio-Economic
Thalappalam village has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Thalappalam village was 97.90 % compared to 94.00 % of Kerala. In Thalappalam Male literacy stands at 98.40 % while female literacy rate was 97.41 %.
Ecology
The village has mostly plain areas with plantations.