Valapad

Valapad is a village situated in the Thrissur district in the state of Kerala in southern India. It is included in the Manappuram area, and is about 24 km from Thrissur city. It lies by the National Highway 17. The geographical advantage of this village is, in a radius of 25 to 30 kilometers, there are five municipalities and one city corporation. They are Kodungallur, Irinjalakuda, Chavakkad, Guruvayur, Kunnamkulam and Thrissur. Valapad Beach is considered to be a major tourist destination.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Valappad had a population of 34833 with 16404 males and 18429 females.

Schools

S.N.D.P.L.P School Nattika South

G.V.H.S.S.Valapad.

Karayamuttam u.p School

V.P.M.SNDP School.Kazhimbram

G.D.M.L.P School

K.M.M.L.P School

Dharmavilasam School.

Carmel School

Vidyavilasam U.P School

Bharath Vidya Mandir English School

Colleges

CALICUT UNUVERSITY TEACHER EDUCATION CENTRE, VALAPAD (CUTEC, VALAPAD)- 0487 2399963 CUTEC VALAPAD established in 2002 May 26 by Hon. Vice Chancellor Sri. KKN Kurup in a function presided by Nattika Constituency MLA Sri. T.N. Prathapan. this is a self-financing institution run by University of Calicut and offering B.Ed. course in 5 optional Subjects - English, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Physical Science and Social Science. admission strength in each subject is 20 making a total of 100. Admission is purely on merit basis (50% aggregate marks in degree part 1,2,3 together). Common admission programme is conducted by the university during the month of July. this institution is 1.4  km west of National Highway from GVHSS bus stop near thiruvazhancheri temple. from 2009 August Sri. A.G. GOPISH is working as Principal. Sri. Tony thomas, Abna abbas, rani v kumar, smitha kb, deepa k., joyce roja verghese and Rekha kr. are present (2011–12)faculty members. Sri. John MV is the section officer. IHRD CAS Valapad