{{Short description|Town in northern Sri Lanka}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Mallakam | native_name = மல்லாகம் <br/>මල්ලකම් | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | pushpin_map = Sri Lanka Northern Province#Sri Lanka | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Northern Province | coordinates = {{Coord|9|45|48.40|N|80|01|46.30|E|region:LK-41|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Sri Lanka | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Northern | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Jaffna | subdivision_type3 = DS Division | subdivision_name3 = Valikamam North | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | government_type = Divisional Council | governing_body = Valikamam North | government_footnotes = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = 2012 | population_footnotes = <ref name="DCS"/> | population_total = 6834 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = Post Codes | postal_code = 4112005-4112015 | area_code_type = Telephone Codes | area_code = 021 | iso_code = | registration_plate = NP | website = | footnotes = }} '''Mallakam''' ({{langx|ta|மல்லாகம்|translit=Mallākam}}) ({{langx|si|මල්ලකම්}})<ref>{{cite news|title= Vali-kāmam, Mallākam|url=https://tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=98&artid=22470|publisher=TamilNet |date=June 15, 2007}}</ref> is a town in northern Sri Lanka located approximately {{convert|10|km|0}} north of the city of Jaffna. The town is divided into three Village Officer Divisions (Mallakam Center, Mallakam North and Mallakam South) whose combined population was 6,834 at the 2012 census.<ref name="DCS">{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|publisher=Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka|page=148|access-date=2017-03-05|archive-date=2022-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128043329/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/FinalReport_GN/population/P2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Transport == * Mallakam railway station
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