| Avinissery | |
| Settlement Type: | Census town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 10.4813°N 76.1976°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Thrissur |
| Governing Body: | Avinissery Grama Panchayath, Thrissur Municipal Corporation |
| Leader Title: | Panchayat President |
| Leader Name: | Sri Hari C.Narendran (BJP) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.82 |
| Population Total: | 16715 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 680306, 680313 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 0487 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-08 |
| Footnotes: | Temperature Range: 22.5°C - 35 °C |
Avinissery is a census town in Thrissur district, just 6 km from district headquarters, in the state of Kerala, India. Avinissery is also the name of a Gram Panchayat in Thrissur District.[1] Avinissery is also the name of a village office in Thrissur that lies Nedupuzha police station limits in Thrissur subdivision of Thrissur City Police. Avinissery is also the name of speed post branch Post Office is situtated in the Thrissur postal division.
India census,[2] Avinissery census town had a population of 16,715. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Avinissery has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. A lot of villagers are occupied in gold work like the neighboring places Cherpu, Perinchery, Ammadam, Vallachira, and Ollur. This has led to immigration of workers from Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and North East India.[3] The famous Malayalam poet Mullanezhi and Indian National Congress leader V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan are from this census town.