It is also possible that the 'Budfattan' visited by Abraham Ben Yiju, a Jewish merchant who lived in Mangalore in the 1230s and 1240s, was also Valapattanam.

[5] In the sixteenth century AD, a Portuguese official Duarte Barbosa also mentions Baliapatanam (Baliapatam in European records) as the residence of the ‘king of Cannanore’.

Apart from the dense presence of booming plywood and timber based industries, Valapattanam has small scale sand mining and fisheries activities.

Valapattanam census town has total administration over 1,329 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewage.

It is also authorize to build roads within census town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

The development activities of the panchayat has been commended by both the district and state authorities, as well as the public at large.