Kannur taluk is an administrative division of
Kannur district of Kerala, India.
Kannur district is divided into five taluks,
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 ...
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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 ...
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Payyanur
Payyanur, , is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyan ...
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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 ...
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Taliparamba
Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a Municipalities of Kerala, Municipality in Taliparamba taluk of Kannur district, Kerala, India. The municipal town spreads over an area of and is inhabited by 44,247 number ...
. Thalassery has 35 villages, Kannur has 28, Payyanur has 22, Taliparamba has 28 villages and Iritty has 20 villages.
Headquarters
The taluk office of Kannur is located at
South Bazar or Caltex junction in Kannur. The headquarters is in an old British building near to the modern civil station.
Constituent villages
Kannur Taluk has 28 villages.
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Anjarakkandy
Anjarakandy is a census town and grama panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala, India. Anjarakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy town.
History
The village includes Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India Company in 1 ...
, Azhikode North, Azhikode South and
Chelora
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Cherukkunnu and
Chirakkal
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Edakkad
Edakkad is part of the Kannur Municipal Corporation in Kannur District of Kerala state, in India.
History
Edakkad grama panchayat of Kannur in ancient times was referred to as Madhya-adavi (in Sanskrit'' Madhya'' means middle and ''Adavi'' mea ...
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Elayavoor,
Iriveri and Kadambur
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Kalliasseri
Kalliasseri is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Kalliaseri Panchayat comprises two villages: Kalliasseri and Irinave.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census, Kalliasseri had a population of 31,122 of which males const ...
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Kanhirode,
Kannadiparamba
Kannadiparamba is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Location
Kannadiparamba is a located about 5.5 - 6.5 km from Kannur town. The village is the part of Narath Grama Panchayat.
Temples
Kannadiparamba Sree Dharm ...
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Kannapuram
Kannapuram is a census town and grama panchayat in Kannur district of North Malabar region in the Indian state of Kerala.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census of India, 2011 Census, Kannapuram had a population of 18,459 of which males constitute 8,2 ...
* Kannur-1, Kannur-2, Makrery and
Mattool
Mattool (also Mattul) is a village in Kannur district of Kerala State, India. Mattool is located north of Kannur city. The Valapattanam River and Kuppam River meet the Arabian sea at Mattool. Mattool can be reached from Kannur via Azheekal ...
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Mavilayi,
Munderi,
Muzhappilangad
Muzhappilangad (മുഴപ്പിലങ്ങാട്) is a coastal census town near Thalassery in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
History
The Kolathunadu emerged into independent 10 principalities i.e., Kadathanadu (Vada ...
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Narath
Narath is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Demographics
As of 2011 Census, Narath had a population of 13,092, which constitutes 5,979 (45.7%) males and 7,113 (54.3%) females. Narath Census Town spreads over an ...
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Pallikkunnu
Kannur North is a suburb of Kannur city in the state of Kerala, India.
Commercial Area
Kannur North is a busy commercial area of Kannur city. Many transport companies and wholesale dealers have opened their offices here. Marble merchants an ...
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Pappinisseri
Pappinisseri is a census town and grama panchayat in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Pappinissery have consistently won the Swaraj Trophy for best Grama Panchayat from 2017-2018 to 2021. Pappinisseri Panchayat also bagged the thir ...
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Puzhathi
Kannur North is a suburb of Kannur city in the state of Kerala, India.
Commercial Area
Kannur North is a busy commercial area of Kannur city. Many transport companies and wholesale dealers have opened their offices here. Marble merchants an ...
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Valapattanam
Valapattanam is a census town in the Kannur district, located in the Indian state of Kerala. It is also the smallest panchayat in Kerala. Its area is 2.04 sqr Km. It is about 7 km north of Kannur. Valapattanam is known for its communal harm ...
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Valiyannur
Kannur East is suburb of Kannur city in Kerala, India.
Townships and villages
* Elayavoor. 31,545 people.
* Varam. 14,739 people
* Eachur. 300,241 people
* Chelora. 36,500 people
* Kanhirode. 13,954 people
Important Landmarks
* Kood ...
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Demographics
According to census 2011, Kannur taluk has a population of 784984 of which 360086 are male and 424898 were female.
Religion
References
Geography of Kannur district
Taluks of Kerala
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