Kongad is a medium-sized town in Palakkad district

Palakkad district

Palakkad District is one of the 14 districts of the Indian state of Kerala. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District, on the southwest by the Thrissur District and on the east by Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu. The...

 in the South India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, and is 20 km north-west of Palakkad town. Nearby towns include Karimpuzha

Karimpuzha

Karimpuzha is a village in Ottapalam taluk, Palakkad district. The Karimpuzha River is one of the tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River. Bharathapuzha is the fourth longest riverin Kerala, south India. A famous Sree Rama Swamy Temple is situated on the banks of this River. Temple was owned by...

 in the west, Mannarakkad in the north, Mundur in the east and Lakkidi

Lakkidi (Palakkad)

Lakkidi is a small village in Palakkad district of Kerala, India. Kunchan Nambiar, the great poet of Malayalam was born here. There is a railway station present in Lakkidi, where only passenger trains stop. River Bharathappuzha flows through the southern border of Lakkidi village...

 and Mankara

Mankara

-Demographics: India census, Mankara had a population of 17787 with 8624 males and 9163 females.This village stands 20km away from the exact town.The village has a good HSS school,a well maintained police station and a railway station .It is teemed with flora. It is a place of scenic beauty with...

 in the south.

The nearest airport is at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu state. Palakkad Junction Railway Station is the nearest railhead.

Kongad Thirumandhamkunnu Bhagavathy Kshetram is the major attraction. The temple neighbourhood has been home to quite a few reputed classical arts exponents like Kathakali

Kathakali

Kathakali is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion...

 exponent Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody

Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody

Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody is a leading Kathakali artiste known for his restrained portrayal of character roles in the classical dance-drama of Kerala in south India. A frontline disciple of Padma Shri Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair, he excels in virtuous pachcha, anti-hero Kathi and the semi-realistic...

 and musician Kottakkal Madhu, besides Panchavadyam

Panchavadyam

Panchavadyam, literally meaning an orchestra of five instruments, is basically a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. Of the five instruments, four -- timila, maddalam, ilathalam and idakka -- belong to the percussion category, while the fifth one, kombu, is a wind instrument.Much like any...

 stalwarts like late Kongad Vijayan and the Kongad Madhu.

It was only a Special Grade Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

till last Legislative Assembly; but from the 2011 Legislative Assembly Election, it became the Constituency for the State Elections. In the inaugural elections (held in May 2011), K V Vijayadas of CPI(M) won by a margin of 3,565 compared to his immediate rival P Swaminathan of Indian National Congress.Election results - by Chief Election Commissioner, Kerala

Country : INDIA	State : Kerala	District : Palakkad
Kongad Grama Panchayat	Legislative Assembly Constituency
Population of 27792 with 13287 males and 14502 females	As per the 2001 Census