Kanjikode or Kanchikode is an industrial town located east of

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 ...

. Kanjikode is the second largest industrial hub in

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after

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.The town is part of Pudussery Panchayat. It is one of the growing suburbs of

city. First and the only

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in Kerala, Indian Institute of Technology,Palakkad was established in Kanjikode.

Location

Kanjikode is located about from

and from

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

through

NH 544 National Highway 544, commonly referred to as NH 544, (''old number'' NH 47) is a National Highway in South India connecting Salem city in Tamil Nadu to the city of Kochi in Kerala. It is also called the Salem-Kochi Highway. The highway runs ...

Economy

Kanjikode is one of the largest industrial areas in Kerala and companies like Indian Telephone Industries Limited (ITI), Instrumentation Limited, Fluid Control Research Institute, Saint-Gobain India Private Limited ''(formerly SEPR Refractories India Private Limited)'', Patspin India Ltd, Pepsi, PPS steel (Kerela) Pvt Ltd, United breweries, Empee Distilleries, Marico, Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Rubfila International Ltd, Arya Vaidya Pharmacy have production facilities. Schools like Holy Trinity, Kendriya Vidyalaya School and a fire station are situated here.There are also many other industries and manufacturing units making it second largest industrial area after Kochi. Shopping Mall in NH544, Kanjikode

Education

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IIT Palakkad or IIT PKD) is a public autonomous engineering and research institute located in Palakkad, Kerala. Proposed in the 2014 Union budget of India alongside five other new IITs, IIT Palakkad wa ...

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kanjikode, officially Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 Palakkad, is a Senior Secondary School (Std 1-12) affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capit ...

V V College of Science and Technology The V. V. College of Science and Technology (''Vanika Vaisya College of Science and Technology ''), a self-financing institution (managed by Vanika Vaisya Educational and Employment Trust, Thiruvananthapuram) situated in Kanjikode, 17 km ...

* Ahalia Edu-Health Campus, Palakkad * Chathamkulam MBA College - CBS Satrapadi Junction, Kanjikode

Access

A railway coach factory and an

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are upcoming in Kanjikode. The Walayar checkpost is situated nearby. There is a Railway station situated here where local trains only stops. Frequently there are

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bus services from

and local bus services from

to Walayar which are passing by Kanjikode. There are also bus routes to Malampuzha and

Chittur Chittur-Thathamangalam is a town and municipality in Palakkad district of Kerala State, India. It is the headquarters of Chittur taluk, south-east of Palakkad, on the banks of the Kannadipuzha, a major headstream of the Bharathapuzha, the sec ...

from here. Petrol pumps, automated teller machines, restaurants and rooms are available. Kanjikode belongs to Malampuzha Legislative assembly and

Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency) Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency, once knows as Palghat constituency, is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Kerala. Assembly segments Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembl ...

. Kanjikode town connects to other parts of India through

city. National Highway 544 connects to

and

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. Other parts of Kerala is accessed through

National Highway 966 National Highway 966 (NH 966) is a highway which connects Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode district headquarters in Kerala. It was previously known as NH 213. It covers a distance of 125 km. At Ramanattukara, near Kozhikode, it joins N ...

The nearest major railway station is Palakkad Jn. The nearest airport is

References

{{reflist Cities and towns in Palakkad district Suburbs of Palakkad

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