Velom
village
Velom Grama Panchayath
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Government
• Body	United Democratic Front (Kerala)
Area
• Total	25.8 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
• Rank	NO 1
Population  (2001)
• Total	25,122
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673507
Telephone code	0496
Vehicle registration	KL-77
Nearest city	Vadakara
Lok Sabha constituency	Vadakara

Velom Grama Panchayath is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1]

The main town in this village are Palliyath, Poolakkul and kakkuni [1]

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census, Velom village has population of 26738 of which 12761 are males while 13977 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Velom village population of children with age 0-6 is 3220 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Velom village is 1095 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Velom as per census is 1005, higher than Kerala average of 964. " /> the village is situated in the bank of Gulikappuzha (Kuttiady puzha). Assembly Constituency Kuttyady and Parliament constituency is Vatakara.

Temples

• Chirakkal paradhevatha Kshethram
• Thaliyil Shiva temple
• Shankareshwaram Temple
• Umiyankunnummal Kuttichathan temple
• Putiyottil Kshethram
• Palayullaparambath Kuttichathan temple
• Alathottathil Mosque
• Choyimadam juma masjid
• Viruthikkara Juma Masjid Palliyath
• Ilavanachaal Juma Masjid
• Valakettu Juma Masjid
• Velom Arambol Juma Masjid
• Chambod Juma masjid
• Cherapuram valiya Juma masjid
• Karakkunnu Juma Masjid

Main crops

Paddy, pepper, coconut and rubber.

River's

• Gulika puzha

Transportation

Velom village connects to other parts of India through Vatakara city on the west and Kuttiady town on the east. National highway No.66 passes through Vatakara and the northern stretch connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. The eastern Highway going through Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Vatakara.