He completed Pre-degree from St. Gregorios College, Kottarakkara but was not able to study further due to poor financial situation of his family.

[1] Chittayam Gopakumar entered politics through All India Students Federation (AISF), during his school days.

At 18 years age, he joined Communist Party of India (CPI) as a branch committee member.

In the 2019 Parliament election, he lost to Congress candidate and sitting MP Kodikkunnil Suresh from Mavelikara Loksabha constituency with a bigger margin of 61,138 votes.

[7] In the 2021 Kerala legislative assembly elections he was re-elected again from the Adoor constituency by defeating the congress candidate M G Kannan with a margin of 2919 votes.