Koodali is a

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and grama panchayat in

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...

taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. Koodali is located east of Kannur city on Kannur-Mattanur road.

Educational institutions

* Koodali Higher Secondary School (established 1946), won the state award for the best school in Kerala in 1982 * Koodali UP School * Munderi Govt. Higher Secondary school * Kanhirode Aided LP School (Vayal School) * Fazl-E-Omar Public School * Gems Millenium Private School * Vivekananda Vidyalayam (

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syllabus) * Progressive College * Nalanda College * Kavumthazha LP school * Thattiyod LP School

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Koodali had a population of 15,236 which constitute 7,074 males and 8,162 females. Koodali

have an area of with 3,447 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1154 higher than the state average of 1084. In Koodali, 10.2% of the population was under 6 years of age. Koodali had an average literacy of 95.8% higher than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 97.6% and female literacy was 94.3%. Koodali Grama Panchayat had total population of 30,239 among which 15,003 people lives in rural areas and 15,236 in urban areas. Males constitute 47.1% of the population and Females were 52.9%. In Koodali Panchayat, 11.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Koodali Panchayat had an average literacy of 95%. Koodali Panchayat have administration over Koodali census town and

Pattannur Pattannur is a village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is 4 km away from Irikkur and 7 km away from Mattanur. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Pattannur had a population of 15,003 with 7,177 males and 7,826 fem ...

village.

Religion

As of 2011 India

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, Koodali

had total population of 15,236 among which 12,208 (80.13%) are Hindus, 2,980 (19.56%) are Muslims, 0.2% Christians and 0.11% others. The main festival in Koodali is Thazathe Veettil (part of Koodali Thazhathe Tharavaad) Uthsavam (Teyyam, as it is called). There are many temples in Koodali, such as Sree Puthiya Madham, Muchilottu Bhagavathi Kshethram, Cherukottaram, Koodali Kavu, Thattiyodu Sree Mahavishnu Kshethram, Chonnamma Kottam, Koodali Ganapathy Kshethram, and Poovathur Ambalam. Muslims attend the Koodali Juma Masjid.

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

and

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are the most practiced religions in Koodali, with

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also practiced by some residents. Koodali was also the home of a Koodali Amma, a religious leader whose ashram is still intact.

Administration

Koodali census town is part of Koodali Grama Panchayat in Iritty Block Panchayat. Koodali is politically part of Mattanur Assembly constituency under Kannur Loksabha constituency.

Feudal connections

Koodali Thazath Veedu is an old

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family and the source of feudal stories in the region. A historical overview of the family from the pre-British days is available in "Koodali Grantavari," edited by K.K.N. Kurup and published by the Department of History, University of Calicut. Among the members of the family are KT Kunhikammaran Nambiar, a member of the Madras Legislative Council and KT Kunhiraman Nambiar, volunteer of Indian National Congress and participant in

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in Malabar, and later president of Kerala's Pradesh Congress Committee, and member of the undivided

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Sports & Arts

Koodali's residents participate in cricket, football, swimming and other sports. Local sports clubs include: * Tigers Club, Thattiyode * Tigers Arts & Sports Club * Peoples' Arts & Sports Club * Galaxy Sports Club * Mathrubhumi Study Circle * KFC Koodali * FC Thalamunda * Coaching Centre Koodali * Flowers Arts and sports club koodali

Politics

*District:

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*Assembly: Mattanur *

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(see

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): Koodali *Village: Koodali

Access

Koodali is near

International Airport (pilot project), located some away on Mattannur road. Koodali is sixteen kilometers from the Kannur bus stand and Railway station. Koodali can be reached from Kannur bus stand either by

Irikkur Irikkur is a town and grama panchayat in Kannur District of Kerala state, India. Location Irikkur is located on SH 36 between the towns of Taliparamba and Iritty and directly accessible from Kannur, Mattanur and Thalassery. It is equidistant f ...

or by Iritty bus. Anjarakkandy Medical Institute can be accessed from Koodali by travelling a distance of nearly 8 km through Chakkarakkal. The national highway passes through

town.

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and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of Iritty connects to

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and

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. But buses to these cities are available only from

, 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are Kannapuram and

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Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at

and

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

{{Kannur district Cities and towns in Kannur district Villages near Kannur airport