Vadaserikara is a village in Pathanamthitta district

Pathanamthitta district

Pathanamthitta district is the youngest district located in the southern part of the state of Kerala, India. The district headquarters is in Pathanamthitta town. The district is surrounded by Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha and Kollam districts. It has a border with the state of Tamil Nadu in the east...

, in the 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....

, 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...

. It is one of the 11 villages in Ranni

Ranni

Ranni , sometimes spelled Ranny, is one of the 5 Taluks in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, in India. According to the Census of India 2001, the population was 207,782. The taluk headquarters is a small township on both sides of the Pamba River. Ranni is also one of the largest taluks in...

 taluk.
It is situated at the confluence of two rivers the Pamba

Pamba

Pamba may refer to:* Pamba * Pamba River* Pamba Auxiliary Vessel* Pamba , genus of grass skipper butterflies* Pamba, 4-aminomethylbenzoic acid , antifibrinolytic agent...

 and Kallar

Kallar River

Kallar is a river flowing in the Vellore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu....

.

Vadasserikkara is located on the main trunk road to Sabarimala i.e. Pathanamthitta-Pampa Highway. It is a stopover for pilgrims on the way to Sabarimala

Sabarimala

Sabarimala is a Hindu pilgrimage center located in the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. It is the largest annual pilgrimage in India with an estimated 45–50 million devotees visiting every year. Sabarimala is believed to be the place where the Hindu God Ayyappan...

, the abode of Lord Ayyappa, a pilgrim centre that attracts millions of Ayyappa devotees. The town is three kilometers away from Kumplampoika

Kumplampoika

Kumplampoika is a village in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India.Kumplampoika evolved out of "Kumbhi Ulavum Poika" which literally connotes the presence of "Kumbhi" in the village a few hundred years back...

 and about 8 km from Ranni

Ranni

Ranni , sometimes spelled Ranny, is one of the 5 Taluks in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, in India. According to the Census of India 2001, the population was 207,782. The taluk headquarters is a small township on both sides of the Pamba River. Ranni is also one of the largest taluks in...

. Pathanamthitta - Seethathodu

Seethathodu

Seethathodu is a village in Pathanamthitta district, located in Kerala state, India, near Chittar Town.Geographically Seethathodu is High-range area. 90 percent of the area is dense reserve forest, a part of Goodrical Range, Periyar Tiger Reserve. Rest of the place is populated and main cultivation...

 road also pass through Vadasserikkara.

Marthoma Christians are a majority here. The village has seen much growth since the 1990s. One of the biggest bridges in the district is at Benglavkadavu.

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Vadaserikara had a population of 22,577 with 11,080 males and 11,497 females.

Village Council

The current President of the Vadaserikara Village Council or Grama 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...

is Thomas Abraham.