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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kallikkad
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|8.5469|N|77.2109|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thiruvananthapuram district|Thiruvananthapuram]]
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s
| parts = [kattakkada taluka]
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| governing_body = Kallikkad Panchayat
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| population_total = 9515
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 678541<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/pin/pinsearch.aspx|title=India Post :Pincode Search|accessdate=2008-12-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520133707/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pin/pinsearch.aspx|archivedate=2012-05-20}}</ref>
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0471
| registration_plate = KL-01
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 111 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Civic agency
| blank2_info_sec1 = Kallikkad Panchayat
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''' Kallikkad ''' is a village in [[Thiruvananthapuram District]] in the southern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |work=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |publisher=Census of India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.maps.yahoo.com/#?lat=8.5469400&lon=77.2109100&z=4&plat=8.3653100&plon=77.1075700&pz=4&addr=Kallikkad |title=Yahoo Maps India : Kallikkad |accessdate=2008-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218082545/http://in.maps.yahoo.com/ |archivedate=2008-12-18 }}</ref> The village is one of the 11 census villages in the [[Neyyattinkara]] [[taluka]] of Thiruvananthapuram district.As per the 2001 Census of India, Kallikkad has a population of 9,515. Males number 4,705 and females number 4,810.<ref name="censusindia" /> Neyyar dam is situated in this panchayath. there are so many Kani settlements in this panchayath. vlavetti is one of them. this panchayath have prominent historical and cultural backgrounds. the travancore king, Marthanda varma's plight against Ettuveetil pillas were through the mountain paths of kallikkadu.

The famous Kanipattu strike was organised by the Communist party leaders of Kallikkad and Ottasekharamangalam. Vikraman Nair, Kallikkad Gangan (Gangadharan) politburo member, Kunjiraman Nair etc. were the leaders. [[Kallikkad Ramachandran]] the famous filmmaker and writer was born in Kallikkad. K R Ajayan, the journalist and short story writer is from this village. Sporting union the famous sports club which contributed many youngsters to the field is here. Adhyathma Chinthalaya Ashramam is at Neyyardam-Kallikkad. Sivanda Yoga Kendra in Neyyardam is the world-denoted spiritual place at Neyyardam in Kallikkad. The Neyyardam was built in the land given by a famous agriculturist and landlord Mr. Karuvachi Krishnan Panicker,(Father of Kallikkad Kesavan Panicker, Janaki Thankamma) Maruthummootil, Kallikkad and many of his family members from Kallikkad.

Kallikad Grama Panchayat was formed in 1962 from parts of [[Ottasekharamangalam]] Panchayat. Some parts of Kallikkad Panchayat were later shifted to [[Amboori]] Panchayat.

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Thiruvananthapuram district]]

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->LilHelpa at 22:34, 20 August 2020