Edavanakad

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Edavanakad | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India | coordinates = {{coord|10.015|N|76.22|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Kerala | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ernakulam | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 24856 | population_as_of = September 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 682 502 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 0484 | registration_plate = KL-42 | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city | blank1_info_sec1 = Kochi (Cochin) | blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Ernakulam | website = | footnotes = }} '''Edavanakad''' is a part of the Vypin islands, which comes under the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.<ref>[http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?scheme=1&page=p&fin_year=2011-2012&state_name=KERALA&state_code=16&district_name=ERNAKULAM&block_name=Vypin&panchayat_code=1608014001&panchayat_name=Edavanakkad&shortname=KL Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2011-2012]</ref> It is a suburb of Kochi city. The Vypin–Munambam state highway passes through the village. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea on the west, Vembanadu Lake on the east, Kuzhupilly village on the north and Nayarambalam village on the south.

==General information== Edavanakkad is known as the "Heart of Vypin". It is the smallest village in the Vypin islands and contains 15 wards.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

'''Educational institutions'''

Edavanakad is also home to the HIHSS (Hidayahtul Islam Higher Secondary School), KPMHS (Kumarapanikkar Memorial High School) and the Agasthya Siddha Vaidhya Ashram.

'''Notable People'''

• Vincent

• Siddique

• Dileep

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:Villages in Ernakulam district