Keralam
WhatsApp Business API for Edathala's colleges, hostels and workshops
Edathala is a panchayat of colleges and workshops beside Aluva. A parent asking a hostel for a room and a buyer asking a fabricator for a quote both open a 24-hour window; this page follows what the answer passes through.
A Edathala business
- Hello, my son joins B.Tech at Kuzhivelippady in August. Do you have a twin room near the college?
- Hello. Yes, twin rooms with meals. Sending photos and the monthly rent now.
- Thank you. Can we come and see it on Saturday morning?
- Saturday at ten is fine. Here is the location pin; ask for the warden at the gate.
For Edathala's colleges and their admissions desks, the hostels and messes that house their students, and the panchayat's plastics and fabrication units: what happens to a message between your inbox and the customer's phone, when a reply becomes a template, Malayalam templates and what each message costs.
Edathala in six lines
From the Edathala grama panchayat, KMEA Engineering College, the Ernakulam district administration, Meta's pricing documentation and, for institutions and general profile, Wikipedia.
Edathala grama panchayat lies in Aluva taluk of Ernakulam district, with 24 wards in the Aluva East and Aluva West villages; it votes in the Aluva assembly and Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituencies.[1]
Ernakulam district lists Malayalam as its language and counts seven taluks.[3]
KMEA Engineering College in Edathala was established in 2002 by the Kerala Muslim Educational Association; it is autonomous, affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, and offers B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and PhD programmes.[2]
The panchayat also has the MES College for Advanced Studies, KMEA's colleges of architecture and of arts and science at Kuzhivelippady, and Al-Ameen College.[4]
Its small manufacturing units range from plastic goods and tubes to structural fabrication at Pookkattupady, and its many Devi temples include the Sree Kurumbakkavu Bhagavathy temple.[4]
Meta's 24-hour customer service window starts when a customer messages the business; only while it is open can the business send non-template messages, and Meta charges only for delivered messages.[5]
See it work
What a quote from Pookkattupady passes through
A buyer asks an Edathala fabrication unit for a quote on a steel structure. Follow the reply down through each layer to see where the window is checked and the message is charged.
If the buyer asked within the last 24 hours, the quote is a reply at ₹0.145. If the estimate took longer, it goes as a utility template at ₹0.19, approved once by Meta, with the quote number in the text.
The same path carries a hostel's room photos to a parent or an admissions desk's counselling slot to an applicant; only the layer where InfiQ checks the window changes what it costs.
From an Edathala workshop's inbox to a buyer's phone
PayloadQuote PDF for a steel shed
Enters at the top, travels down through 4 layers
Hop 4 of 4: the payload is in layer 4, The buyer's phone. The quote arrives in the same chat as the buyer's question; delivery and read ticks come back up to the inbox.
Industries
Who in Edathala answers on WhatsApp
Three kinds of business that follow from the panchayat's colleges and workshops.
- 01
Colleges and their admissions desks
KMEA Engineering College lists admissions for B.Tech, M.Tech and MCA, and the panchayat's other colleges take students too, so applicants and parents ask about courses, dates and documents.[2],[4]
On WhatsApp: Course questions in reply · Counselling-slot confirmations · Fee-due reminders
- 02
Hostels, messes and rooms near the colleges
Students at the colleges around Kuzhivelippady need rooms and meals, and their parents ask before they visit.[4]
On WhatsApp: Room photos and rent in reply · Visit confirmations with a location pin · Monthly rent reminders
- 03
Plastics, tube and fabrication units
Edathala's small manufacturers make plastic goods and tubes and fabricate structures at Pookkattupady, answering buyers in Aluva, Kochi and beyond.[4]
On WhatsApp: Quotes as PDFs · Dispatch notes from billing · Payment receipts
Malayalam first, English for applicants and buyers
The district lists Malayalam, and Malayalam, English and Hindi are Meta template languages, each version approved separately.
Inside the 24-hour window, replies can be in Malayalam, English or any language the parent or buyer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Malayalam | ml | Most parents, residents and shops in Edathala |
| English (India) | en_IN | Applicants, company buyers, quotes and invoices |
| Hindi | hi | Students and parents from outside Keralam who prefer Hindi |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What an Edathala hostel's or workshop's messages cost
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for a reply, ₹0.19 for a late quote, a visit confirmation or a rent reminder, ₹0.94 for a new meal plan or course offer and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Edathala · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A parent in Aluva and one in another state cost the same, because Meta charges by the recipient's country calling code; a parent writing from a number abroad is billed at that country's rate, shown in rupees. Invoices carry your Keralam GSTIN.
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What an Edathala business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the layers above.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The estimator, the owner and the accounts desk answer one number, so a quote request or a parent's question is answered while the window is open.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Keep a late-quote, a visit-confirmation and a rent-reminder template in Malayalam and English, approved and ready for the second branch of the InfiQ layer.
- InfiQ Flows chatbot builder
A no-code builder for automated conversations (27 blocks, versioned publishing with rollback), priced per flow; the Growth plan includes one.
A hostel can let parents pick a room type and a visit day from a short automated chat before the warden takes over.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
A mess records which students agreed to hear about meal plans, with source and time, and STOP replies are enforced.
Nearby
City pages near Edathala
The nearest markets with their own pages, Kochi among them, nearest first.
This page stays with Edathala's colleges, hostels and workshops; Kochi has its own page. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Edathala teams
Questions Edathala businesses ask
- Parents of students joining KMEA Engineering College ask our private hostel in Edathala about rooms. Do our replies need templates?
- No. The parent wrote first, so for 24 hours the photos, the rent and the location pin go back as replies at ₹0.145 each. A visit confirmation or rent reminder sent after that window has closed is a utility template at ₹0.19.
- Our fabrication unit at Pookkattupady in Edathala sends quotes as PDFs, often a few days after the buyer asked. How does a late quote go?
- As a utility template at ₹0.19 with the PDF as its header and the quote number in the text, approved once by Meta. If the buyer has written again in the last 24 hours, the PDF can go as a plain reply at ₹0.145.
- Applicants to our college in Edathala ask about the B.Tech counselling date. Is the slot confirmation utility or marketing?
- Utility. A confirmation of a slot the applicant booked, with the date, time and documents to bring, is a utility template at ₹0.19. A message promoting a new course to people who have not applied is marketing, at ₹0.94, and needs their opt-in.
- Our plastics unit in Edathala supplies shops in Aluva and Kochi. Can dispatch notes go out from our billing system?
- Yes. A dispatch note for an order the shop placed is a utility template at ₹0.19. Your billing system can send it through InfiQ's API when the invoice is saved, with the order number and the vehicle as variables.
- Our mess near Kuzhivelippady in Edathala wants to tell students about a new monthly meal plan. Who can we send it to?
- Only students who agreed to receive offers from you on WhatsApp. A new meal plan is a marketing template at ₹0.94 per delivered message, best in Malayalam or English. Students who reply to ask about it open a window, and your answers are replies.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Edathala Grama Panchayat: official website · Edathala Grama Panchayat · read 2026-10-20
- [2]KMEA Engineering College, Edathala: official website · KMEA Engineering College · read 2026-10-20
- [3]Ernakulam district: official website · District Administration, Ernakulam · read 2026-10-20
- [4]Edathala (institutions and general profile) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-20
- [5]Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-20
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