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	Many churches and religious institutions are situated here. Major banks operating in Valakom include Federal Bank, State Bank of Travancore,Service co-operative Bank Ummannoor, Corporation Bank Ummannoor,District Co Operative Bank Valakom, Muthoot Fincorp, Kosammattam Finance, and Panamkunnil Bankers. Y.M.A. Library and Sree Gosalakrishna temple are situated at Marangattukonam, 1 km from Valakom. A police aid post is located near the Mercy Hospital Junction (Old Kalachantha/cattle market) which is one km north of the town in SH-1.		Many churches and religious institutions are situated here. Major banks operating in Valakom include Federal Bank, State Bank of Travancore, Service co-operative Bank Ummannoor, Corporation Bank Ummannoor, District Co-Operative Bank Valakom, Muthoot Fincorp, Kosammattam Finance, and Panamkunnil Bankers. Y.M.A. Library and Sree Gosalakrishna temple are situated at Marangattukonam, 1 km from Valakom. A police aid post is located near the Mercy Hospital Junction (Old Kalachantha/cattle market) which is one km north of the town in SH-1.

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	=== Health ===		=== Health ===

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'''Valakom''' is a town in the [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It lies within Kottarakkara [[taluk]].one of the famous eco tourism malamel para is here.

==Location and access==
Valakom is 10 km south of [[Kottarakkara]] and 8 km north of [[Ayoor]] on M C Road/SH-1 (Angamali-Thiruvananthapuram). Valakom is well connected with [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the state capital and to other major towns of Kerala by road. There is no railway line passing through Valakom. Kottarakkara railway station on the Punalur-Kollam line is the nearest railway station.

Distance from major cities of Kerala from Valakom by road are as follows.

Thiruvananthapuram- 063 km,
Kollam - 038 km,
Kottayam - 090 km,
Kochi - 153 km;
Thissur - 223 km;
Kozhikode - 354 km;
Pathanamthitta - 45 km

The famous pilgrim centre [[Sabarimala]] is easily accessible from Valakom and the distance is 108 km. Kottarakara Ganapathi Temple, Kottukal Rock Cut Cave Temple and Chadayamangalam Jatayu Para are the nearest pilgrim

==Political representation==
Valakom comes under the Kottarakkara [[Vidhan Sabha|legislative assembly]] constituency currently represented by [[P. Aisha Potty|Adv. Aisha Potty]] of [[CPI(M)]], and under the Mavelikkara [[Indian Parliament|parliament]] constituency currently represented by Mr. Kodikkunnil Suresh of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Institutions and businesses==
Many churches and religious institutions are situated here. Major banks operating in Valakom include Federal Bank, State Bank of Travancore,Service co-operative Bank Ummannoor, Corporation Bank Ummannoor,District Co Operative Bank Valakom, Muthoot Fincorp, Kosammattam Finance, and Panamkunnil Bankers. Y.M.A. Library and Sree Gosalakrishna temple are situated at Marangattukonam, 1 km from Valakom. A police aid post is located near the Mercy Hospital Junction (Old Kalachantha/cattle market) which is one km north of the town in SH-1.

=== Education ===
The major educational institutions in the village are the Marthoma Higher Secondary School(started in 1924, which is the oldest one in this locality), R. V. Training College & school and C.S.I. Training centre, college & school for the Hearing Impaired.

* Marthoma Higher Secondary School, Valakom
* Rama Vilasam Higher Secondary School, Valakom
* Rama Vilasom Teacher Training Institute, Valakom
* Mercy College Of Nursing, Valakom
* St.Mary's Bethany Central School,Valakom
* CSI School for the Deaf & Dump.

=== Health ===
Mercy Hospital is a major health care centre in this area. There are a few other clinics also there.
*Karunya Hospital, Valakom
*Twinkle Hospital, Valakom

==References==
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{{Kollam district}}

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[[Category:Villages in Kollam district]]