The present Tahsildar of Vilavancode is Mr. Abraham Denny Vilavancode taluk was part of the Princely state Travancore Kingdom; the latter which subsequently became part of the then Travancore-Cochin State.
Thovalai, Kalkulam, Vilavancode, and Agastheeswaram taluks were transferred from Thiruvananthapuram district of the Travancore-Cochin state to Kanyakumari district, Madras State.
According to the 2011 census, Vilavancode taluk had a population of 587,924 with 290,860 males and 297,064 females.
Child population in the age group below 6 was 27,715 Males and 26,478 Females.
[1] According to the 2011 census, Majority of people follow Christianity by 58.45% of population .