Vavakkad

Vavakkad is a village situated along the northern border of Ernakulam District, Paravur taluk, Kerala, South India.

Vavakkad Baby Forest
village
Coordinates: 10.175499°N 76.196124°E / 10.175499; 76.196124
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	683516
Telephone code	91-484
Vehicle registration	KL-42
Climate	Tropical wet locator_position = right (Köppen)

Gurudeva Library

Village NPO

SNDP office

Location

Vavakkad is located 27 km from the city of Ernakulam and 23 km from Cochin International airport, Nedumbassery. National Highway No 66 passes within 1.5 km of the village. Famous Cherai Beach is just 4 km away.

History

The town's name derives from "Vaval Kadu" (literally, "forest of bats"). It was part of Thiruvithamkoor (Travancore) province before the reunion of states.

Vavakkad was the first village in Kerala to give a monthly pension to senior citizens above 70 years of age. Once famous for the production of coir, this industry is now in decline.

Library

Gurudeva Memorial library and its surrounding ground is the center of cultural activities in Vavakkad. People meet there regularly to debate public issues. The library was founded in 1954 and named after Sree Narayana Guru, who is considered to be the father of cultural reform in Kerala.

Public figures

Paravoor Bharathan, a popular comedian in the Malayalam film industry, who expired in 2015 is from here. There are more than 300 films to his credit.

Political representatives

Name of representative	Body	Division	Position if any
Hibi Eden	Lok Sabha (House of the People)	Eranakulam
V D Satheesan	Kerala Legislative Assembly	Paravoor	Leader of Opposition
A S Anil Kumar	Ernakulam District Panchayath,	Moothakunnam
Babu Thampuratty	Paravoor Block Panchayath	Vavakkad	Standing Committee Chairman
V S Santhosh	Vadakkekkara Grama Panchayath	Vavakkad	Vice President
Sindhu Manoj	Vadakkekkara Grama Panchayath	Vavakkad