| Official Name: | Parappa |
| Settlement Type: | Village, Block Panchayat |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kasaragod |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vellarikundu |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.3714°N 75.245°W |
| Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 40.22 |
| Population Total: | 14,137 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 671533 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 04672 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-79 |
Parappa is a village and block panchayat in Vellarikundu taluk of Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] [2]
Parappa is located 7 km west of Vellarikundu on Odayanchal-Cherupuzha road, 24 km east of Kanhangad and 44 km south east of District headquarters Kasaragod.
Parappa is a village in Balal Grama Panchayat. The Parappa Block Panchayat consists of 7 Grama Panchayats, including Balal, East Eleri, Kallar, Kinanoor-Karindalam, Kodom-Belur, Panathady and West Eleri.[3] Parappa village is politically a part of Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency) which belongs to Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
As of 2011 Census, Parappa village had total population of 14,137 which constitutes 6,834 males and 7,303 females. Parappa village spreads over an area of with 3,463 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Parappa was 1068 lower than state average of 1084. Population in the age group 0-6 was 1,542 (10.9%) where 793 are males and 749 are females. Parappa had overall literacy of 88.3%, lower than state average of 94%. Male literacy stands at 92.1% and female literacy was 84.8%.[5]