Kannavam is a Village 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 in Kannur District of

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State,

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. It comes under Chittaripparamba

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. It is located south east of District headquarters

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

, east of

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba is a town and a municipality in the Kannur district, state of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km south east of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. History Kuthuparamba was part of Kottayam dynasty under the reign of Pa ...

and from State capital

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Velumbath Makham Sharif

Kannavam forest started to become popular during the reign of Kottayam Veera Pazhassi The glory of the forest was the glory of Kannnavam. Kannavam forest could be seen if you travel on

- Manthavadi route before 1815. The historical Velumbath Makham is situated in the middle of this forest. This mosque is in the middle of a vast forest and is absolutely amazing. Once, the journey from

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was by passing this mosque. Since, there was no mosque in both

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and Kannavam, people used to come to this mosque for performing their daily prayer. Thalassery - Mananthavadi journey became easy after the construction of Kannavam Bridge over the Kannavam river in 1815 by the

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Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kannavam had a population of 9,211 of which 4,345 are males while 4,866 are females. Kannavam village has a geographical area of with 2,084 families residing in it. In Kannavam village population of children with age 0-6 is 943 which makes up 10.24% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kannavam village is 1120 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Kannavam as per census is 1059, higher than Kerala average of 964. Kannavam village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Kannavam village was 93.66% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. In Kannavam Male literacy stands at 96.50% while female literacy rate was 91.14%.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

town.

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, Goa 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

can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of

Iritty Iritty is a Municipality and a Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala State, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is known as The Coorg Valley in God's Own Country. Iritty is one o ...

connects to

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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 ...

. The nearest railway station is

on Mangalore-

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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 ...

. Both of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

Caste profile

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.66% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.26% of total population in Kannavam village.

Work profile

In Kannavam village out of total population, 3533 were engaged in work activities. 92.90% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.10% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3533 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 496 were Agricultural labourer.

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