Varkala Municipality
Municipal council in Kerala, India
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Varkala Municipality is the municipal council that manages a portion of the city of Varkala in Kerala state in India. The Municipality manages the 14.5 km2 area of city of Varkala and has a population of 40,048 in that area. It is the most densely populated municipality in the state capital district Thiruvananthapuram .[1]
Varkala Municipality | |
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| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
Chairperson | Geetha Hemachandran, CPI(M) |
Leader Of Opposition | TBA, BJP |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 34 |
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Political groups | Government (16) LDF (16)
Official Opposition (10)
Other Opposition (6)
Other (2)
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| Elections | |
Last election | December 2025 |
Next election | December 2030 |
| Website | |
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Current members
| Chairperson: TBA | ||||||||
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| Ward Details | Councillor[2] | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||||
| No. | Name | |||||||
| 1 | Vilakkulam | Fahad H. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 2 | Idapparambu | Siji | ||||||
| 3 | Janathamukku | Ninumol Roy | ||||||
| 4 | Karunilakode | Sajith Royi | ||||||
| 5 | Kallazhi | Seetha Santosh | ||||||
| 6 | Pullannikode | Dr.Indulekha C. U. | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 7 | Ayanikkuzhivila | G. P. Vijayakumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 8 | Kannamba | Priya Gopan | ||||||
| 9 | Nadayara | Y. Shahjahan | Independent | None | ||||
| 10 | Kanwasramam | P. J. Naisam | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 11 | Chaluvila | B. Praveen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 12 | Kallamkonam | Saji B. | ||||||
| 13 | Cherukunnam | Mary (Lilly) | ||||||
| 14 | Sivagiri | S. Prasannan | ||||||
| 15 | Teachers Colony | Rakhi R. | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 16 | Raghunathapuram | A. Kabeer | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 17 | Puthenchantha | Shahjahan M. I. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 18 | Thachankonam | Sheena K. Govind | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 19 | Ramanthali | Prasad S. | Independent | None | ||||
| 20 | Panayil | Sumaiya | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 21 | Vallakkadavu | Ajayan S. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 22 | Perumkulam | Sheeba Vijayakumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 23 | Kottumoola | Prameela | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 24 | Maithanam | Sajitha Manikandan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 25 | Municipal Office | Premkumari S. | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 26 | Hospital | Rama K. | ||||||
| 27 | Temple | Adv.R. Anilkumar | ||||||
| 28 | Janardhanapuram | Ranju Binu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 29 | Mundayil | B. Sunilkumar | ||||||
| 30 | Jawahar Park | Priyanka Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | NDA | ||||
| 31 | Punnamoodu | A. R. Anish | ||||||
| 32 | Parayil | Ragashree | Indian National Congress | UDF | ||||
| 33 | Papanasam | Geetha Hemachandra n. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | ||||
| 34 | Kurakkanni | Akhila G. S. | ||||||
Statistics
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Taluk | Varkala |
| Area | 14.87km² |
| Wards | 33 |
| Population | 40,048 |
| Male | 18,312 |
| Female | 21,736 |
| Population density | 2700 |
| Sex ratio | 1026 |
| Literacy rate | 93.57% |
| Literacy (male) | 95.43% |
| Literacy (Female) | 92.04% |
