Veliyankode is a beautiful sandy coastal village and a

Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in Ponnani taluk,

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the to ...

in the state of

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. It is located on the middle of

Malabar Coast The Malabar Coast is the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Geographically, it comprises the wettest regions of southern India, as the Western Ghats intercept the moisture-laden monsoon rains, especially on their westward-facing m ...

, between

Ponnani Ponnani () is a municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the estuary of Bharatappuzha (Riv ...

and Perumbadappu.

Demographics

India

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, Veliyankode had a population of 29596 with 14034 males and 15562 females.

Geography

Veliyankode Grama Panchayat is bounded by ''Biyyam Kayal'' backwater and

Puthuponnani Puthuponnani is coastal locality in Ponnani taluk of Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Description Puthuponnani borders the Arabian sea to the west and the Canoli Canal to the east. Puthuponnani is administratively under Ponn ...

estuary (

Municipality) to north, Maranchery Grama Panchayat to east, Perumbadappu Grama Panchayat to south and

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to west. ''Veliyankode Kayal'' is a backwater at Veliyankode.

Wards of Veliyankode

Veliyankode Grama Panchayat is composed of the following 18 wards:

Transportation

Veliyankode village connects to other parts of India through Kuttippuram town. National highway No.66 passes through Edappal and the northern stretch connects to

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and

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. The southern stretch connects to

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

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. The nearest airport is at

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 ...

. The nearest major railway station is at Kuttippuram and

Tirur Tirur is a Municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala spread over an area of . It is one of the business centers of Malappuram district and is situated west of Malappuram and south of Kozhikode, on the Shoranur–Mangalor ...

Notable people

Veliyankode Umar Khasi Valiyankode Umer Qazi ( Arabic:عمر القاضي بلنكوتي, Malayalam: വെളിയങ്കോട്ട് ഉമര്‍ ഖാസി(റ) ) was a Muslim scholar, freedom fighter and poet. He was active in the Civil disobedience m ...

(1763-1856) - freedom fighter and poet. *

Sayyid Sanaullah Makti Tangal Sanulla Makti Thangal (Arabic:سيّد سناء الله مكتي, Malayalam:സനാഉല്ലാ മക്തി തങ്ങൾ ) was the renaissance leader of Muslim society in Malabar of British India and the advocate of western educatio ...

(1847-1912) - Educationalist and social reformer. *

K. C. S. Paniker Kovalezhi Cheeramputhoor Sankara Paniker (31 May 1911 – 16 January 1977) was an Indian metaphysical and abstract painter from Malabar District. He interpreted the country's age-old metaphysical and spiritual knowledge in the 1960s, when India ...

- An artist.

References