Mambaram is a small

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situated on the

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s of

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 17 ...

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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 A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, Kannur district,

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state,

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. Famous

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institutes like Indiragandhi College of Science & Technology, Mambaram Higher Secondary School, Mambaram English Medium School, Indira Gandhi Public School etc. are situated in this small town. It lies around 22 km from Kannur and 10 km from Thalassery. The place is famous for the Arathil Bhagavathi Temple, a highly revered

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dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathi. The annual Thira festival is celebrated in this

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and attracts thousands of

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Transport

Mambaram is easily accessible by local buses from Kannur and Thalassery.

Kozhikode 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 ...

is about 77 km away. The nearest bus station is at

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 ...

. Thalassery

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Station serves this area.

kannur Airport Kannur International Airport is an airport serving the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located east of Kannur, and east of Thalassery, near the municip ...

is the nearest

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. Mattannur is 20 km from this town. The Peralassery A.K.G's native place is 3 km from this town. Pinarayi:Parapram is ~3–5 km from this town. Mambaram hss

After the opening of Kannur airport in December 2018, the nearest airport now is Kannur airport which is about 17 km.

Education

Mambaram Higher Secondary School (MHSS) and Mambaram English Medium School (MEMS) promoted by Mr. Mambaram P. Madhavan are located 10 km from

and 20 km 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 ...

. Indiragandhi College of Science and Technology (IIST) and Indira Gandhi Public School are promoted by Mr. Mambaram Divakaran. Mambaram Higher Secondary School was founded in 1983. Principal Mr. C. V Thilakaraj of MHSS won the

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's medal for honorary services in 2005. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee year. Winner of many district, state and national awards for arts, cultural & science competitions this school has transformed itself from its modest beginnings to a well renowned name in school education in Kerala state now. It was state"s best school in kerala sastrolsavam for many years. On 9 January 2008

Kerala State 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 Cana ...

Governor, R.L. Bhatia inaugurated the Silver Jubilee celebrations. Kannur MP Mr. A. P. Abdullakutty, MLA Mr. K. C. Venugopal, District Collector Ms. Ishita Roy etc. presided over the function. Mambaram English Medium School ( CBSE) was founded in 1991 and is located on the Kuthuparamba Road. This is the first CBSE affiliated school in the area and also the largestMr.R.K.Krishnan Nambiar famous educationalist, was the founderprincipal .. Indira Gandhi Public School Situated in Thalassery road, this is another good school situated in Mambaram Town. There is also a very well maintained students park in shore of the Mambaram River & beneath to the Indira Gandhi Public School. Mambaram UP School

Other Establishments

*BSNL office *Post office *Syndicate Bank *District co op bank *Kuthuparamb co op bank mambaram branch *Pathiriyad co op bank mambaram branch *North Malabar Gramin bank *dafodils kinder garden *Mambaram Children's Park *Mambaram Juma Masjid *Mambaram Darul irshad Secondary madrassa *South Indian Bank

References

External links

Mambaram English Medium School
( CBSE)
Mambaram Higher Secondary School
(

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)

{{Kannur district Villages near Kannur airport

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