Brahmakulam is a census town situated in the Thrissur district in the state of Kerala in India.

According to the census report of 2001, the town is home to 13,026 people, inclusive of 47% males, 53% females and 11% children less than 6 years of age. 86% of the males and 83% of the females are literate, making the town`s mean literacy rate of 85%, quite higher than the national average of 59.5%. C. N. Karunakaran, a globally prominent painter of Indian origin was born in 1940 at Brahmakulam. He is the Chairman of the Kerala Lalitakala Academy.