Mavelikara is a municipality in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India. It is located 43 km south of the district headquarters in Alappuzha and about 95 km north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Mavelikara has a population of 26,421 people, and a population density of 2,088/km2. Mavelikara was the erstwhile capital of the feudal kingdom of Odanad, and is today a primary economic and cultural hub of the Onattukara region.