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Vallakkunnu is a small village in Aloor Gramapanchayath in the state of Kerala, India. Have the population of around 600 families. The village also holds a portion of Muriyad wetland system, a part of Thrissur kole wet lands.

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Vallakkunnu വല്ലക്കുന്ന്
village
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Aloor Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	680683
Telephone code	0480
Taluk	Chalakudy
Lok Sabha constituency	Thrissur
Assembly constituency	Irinjalakuda

Demographics

The population is 35% Hindu and 65% Christian. One or two members from 50% of families are away from the village, working in foreign countries. The people of Vallakkunnu are well educated; the average education of those under 50 years of age is 12th standard.

Geography

Vallakkunnu is in Aloor Gramapanchayath and is a residential area surrounded by paddy fields in all sides. Potta-Munnupedika State Highway 61 passes through middle of the village. It is 7 km from National Highway 544 and 15 km from National Highway 66 with good connectivity via public and private transport to Irinjalakuda, Kodakara and Chalakudy. The nearest railway station is Irinjalakuda railway station1.5km away and Cochin International Airport is 32 km away. All express and passenger trains except super-fast trains stop here.

Places of worship

• St. Alphonsa's Church (established 12-10-2008): located in the middle of middle of village and is a parish in the Irinjalakuda diocese. It is the world's first church in the name of Saint Alphonsa. It was built in just 72 days. It became a parish on 27 June 2009.
• St. Joseph's Kappela (established 2008)
• Tooyath Bhagavathi Temple: on the south side of the village.

Others

• Paulalayam (established 1979): a convent of the congregation of the Samaritan Sisters
• Snehodaya College of Nursing (established 2012)
• Co-operative bank: branch of Kallettumkara service co-operative bank with automated teller machines
• Neethi medical store and laboratory facility
• Anganwadi: part of Integrated Child Development Services
• BSNL Telephone Exchange

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