Karimbam is a suburb of

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 ...

town in Kannur district in the Indian state of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

. It stretches from Government Hospital Karimbam to Panakkad and Varadool villages.

Administration

Karimbam is part of both

Kurumathur Kurumathur is a census town in Taliparamba taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. Kurumathur is located east of Taliparamba town in SH 36. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Kurumathur had a population of 18,641 of which 8,723 ar ...

Grama Panchayat and

Municipality.

Biodiversity

The Karimbam farm is located near to Velipara and has been subjected to many academic studies. Botanists from different parts of the world have studied the biodiversity of Karimbam farm. The district local body has published a handbook on the flora of Karimbam with photographs of 111 species. Noted environmentalist Dr.K.M.khaleel Chovva and botanist P.Sujanapal have authored the book. South African scientist Sir Charles Alfred Barber stayed at Karimbam as part of his assignment to make a comprehensive study of plants for the preparation of a kind of registry titled `Flora of the Madras Presidency'

Tourism

The undulating hills that surround this little village make it exceptionally beautiful. The surrounding villages of ''Panakkad'', ''Varadool'' and ''Muyyam'' are filled with lush green fields. Kerala government has proposed to develop Karimbam farm to be a tourist hotspot in the state.

Major organizations

Sir Syed College (Taliparamba) Sir Syed College is a postgraduate institution situated in Taliparamba, Kerala, India. The college is affiliated to the Kannur University. The college runs post-graduate courses in science, commerce and arts. The college offers research facili ...

* District Agricultural Farm, Taliparamba * Keyi Sahib Training College
Sir Syed Institute of Technology
* Government hospital * KILA Centre for Organic Farming & Waste Management(Old ETC)

Transportation

The national highway passes through

town.

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and

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

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

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

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 ...

. But buses to these cities are available only from

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 ...

, 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.

Image gallery

File:Karimbam bio diversity centre1.JPG, Visitors at Karimbam Farm File:Karimbam biodiversity centre2.jpg, Karimbam Bio-diversity Center

References

Villages near Taliparamba {{Kannur-geo-stub