Vakkom is a area of Trivandrum Metropolitan Area near Kadakkavoor in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala,

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. It is 35 km north of

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

, the state capital. Vakkom

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is surrounded by back waters (Kayal). Neighbouring panchayats are Anjengo, Kadakkavoor, Vettoor, Cherunniyoor and Manampoor. The towns within 9 km are

Varkala Varkala, is a major coastal municipality situated in the northern suburb of Trivandrum, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the headquarters of Varkala Taluk and important government institutions such as the taluk office, court ...

and

Attingal Attingal is a municipality in Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, India. It was the location of the Attingal kingdom, under Travancore. It is the headquarters of Chirayinkeezhu Taluk, and the ...

. The nearest airport is

Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram International Airport , is an international airport which serves Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, India. Established in 1932, it is the first airport in the state of Kerala and fifth international airport of In ...

and

Kadakkavoor Kadakkavoor is a developing special grade town consisting central government postal office, railway station, sub treasury, police station, electricity board, telecom office and banks; Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. ...

(1 km) is the nearest railway station. The total area of Vakkom is 5.06 km². At the 2011 India

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, Vakkom had a population of 19,267 with 8,319 males and 10,948 females.Census India 2011
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Notable residents

Vakkom Moulavi Vakkom Mohammed Abdul Khader Moulavi ( – ), popularly known as Vakkom Moulavi was a social reformer, teacher, prolific writer, Muslim scholar, journalist, freedom fighter and newspaper proprietor in Travancore, a princely state of the pres ...

(1873 - 1932), Islamic renaissance leader, social reformer, Muslim scholar, Educationist and the founder of Swadeshabhimani newspaper. *

Vakkom Majeed Vakkom Majeed (born S. Abdul Majeed; 20 December 1909 – 10 July 2000) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and a former member of the Travancore-Cochin State Assembly.Pg 20, Who is who of freedom fighters in Kerala – K. Karunakaran Na ...

(1909-2000), Indian freedom fighter, politician and a former member of the Travancore-Cochin State Assembly. *

Vakkom Abdul Khader Vakkom Abdul Khader (1917–1943) was an Indian revolutionary and soldier in the Subhas Chandra Bose also known as Indian National Army. He was a trained radio communicator & revolutionary. He was hanged in Madras Central Jail on 10 September ...

(1917-1943), Indian freedom fighter and

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member who hanged by the British Government in 1943. *

Vakkom Purushothaman Vakkom Purushothaman (born 12 April 1928) is an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Mizoram from 2011 to 2014, Former Speaker of Kerala, state minister and former Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar. Early life Vakkom B. Purushot ...

(1928-), Indian Politician, former governor of Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

References

Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district {{Thiruvananthapuram-geo-stub