Vavakkad is a village situated along the northern border of Ernakulam District

Ernakulam district

-Economy:Agriculture constitutes the most important segment of the district’s economy and it is the biggest source of employment. Of the geographical 235319 hectares, crops are grown in 0 hectares. Coconut is the principal crop followed by rubber, paddy, and tapioca...

, 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....

, 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...

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Location

One could reach here by traveling 27 KM from Ernakulam

Ernakulam

Ernakulam refers to the downtown area or the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. The city is the most urban part of Kochi and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Ernakulam is called the commercial capital of the state of Kerala and is a main nerve of business in...

 City or 23 KM from Cochin International airport, Nedumbassery. National Highway No 17 is just 1.5 KM away from the village. Famous Cherai Beach

Cherai Beach

Cherai Beach is located in Vypin island, Kochi, India. Cherai Beach is just 25 km from Kochi, and 30 km from Cochin International Airport. The nearest towns are North Paravur and Kodungallur and the nearest railway station is Aluva .The 15 km of long golden beach is clean,...

 is just 4 km away from here.

Significance

Once very famous for its coir business now the business is fighting for its existence.
Cultural activities and festivals are an important part of village life.People meet regularly at the Gurudeva Memorial Library for participating in debates about public issues.

Vavakkad can surely be proud about the fact that it was the first village in Kerala which started giving a monthly pension to senior citizens above 70 Years.

Gurudeva Memorial library (ഗുരുദേവ മെമ്മോറിയല്‍ വായനശാല) and its surrounding ground is the center of cultural activities in Vavakkad. This Library was founded in 1954 and celebrated the golden jubilee in the year 2004.It has got the name after Sree Narayana Guru, who is considered as the father of cultural revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

 in Kerala.

Name

The place was filled with the bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

s ("Vaval" in Colloquel). After that it was named as "Vaval Kadu" (Forest of bats :-) വാവല്‍ കാട്‌ --> വാവല്‍ക്കാട്‌ --> വാവക്കാട്‌ ). It became Vavakkad..

History

Vavakkad has been in many historical events for last 300 years.

Vavakkad was once part of Thiruvithamkoor(Travancore

Travancore

Kingdom of Travancore was a former Hindu feudal kingdom and Indian Princely State with its capital at Padmanabhapuram or Trivandrum ruled by the Travancore Royal Family. The Kingdom of Travancore comprised most of modern day southern Kerala, Kanyakumari district, and the southernmost parts of...

)province before the reunion of states.

Educational institutions

1. Government L.P.S. Vavakkad

New school building under construction.....

Government institutions

1. Maveli Store( Run by Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation ) established in 1990
2. Government Ayurveda Dispensary( Health Department, Kerala) established in 1998
3. Office of the VEO (Revenue Department, Kerala)

Social institutions

Three major social institutions which is helping the growth of vavakkad as the cultural capital of Paravoor Taluk are the following,

S.N.D.P. Branch No 846

The S.N.D.P. Branch founted in 1942. As this branch of SNDP is open for all, it retained its significance after Sree Narayana Guru had established this movement.

Grama Seva Sangham

Grama Seva Sangham is providing pension for olde aged people. It was established in 1966.

Grama Vikasana Samithy

It is another Social institution, which helps Vavakkad in its cultural activities.

Public figures

One of the best comedians of Malayalam film industry ,Paravoor Bharathan is from here. There are more than 300 films to his credit.

Vavakkad is represented by

Name of representative	Body	Division	Position if any
K.V.Thomas	Lok Sabha (House of people, India)	ERANAKULAM	Minister of state for Agriculture
V D Satheesan	Kerala Legislative Assembly	Vadakkekara Vadakkekara vadakkekara is a panchayat situated in the northern province of paravoor taluk.This area was ruled by thiru kochi dynasty before British....	Minister for Fisheries and Registration
T G Asokan	Ernakulam District Panchayath,	Moothakunnam Moothakunnam Moothakunnam is a small village in the Paravur Taluk, Ernakulam district of Kerala, south India. Colloquially Moothakunnam centre is known as Ambalalapadam. Here people from all communities live peacefully.-Location:...	Nil
K.P.Viswanathan	Paravoor Block Panchayath	Vavakkad
V S Santhosh	Vadakkekkara Grama Panchayath	Vavakkad
Bilji Baiju	Vadakkekkara Grama Panchayath	Vavakkad