Elikkulam is a village in
Kottayam district
Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the ...
in the state of
Kerala
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,
India
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It is located between the plantation towns of Kanjirapally and Palai, and is the northernmost boundary of Kanjirapally Taluk.
Demographics
India
census
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, Elikkulam had a population of 10220 with 5131 males and 5089 females.
The population chiefly comprises Syrian Christians and Hindus. The place is purely agrarian, with its people engaged in cultivation of cash crops, mainly rubber.
References
Villages in Kottayam district
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