Chapparapadavu is a

Grama 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 Kannur district in the

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n 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 ...

. Chapparapadavu Panchayat have administration over the villages of

Kooveri Kooveri is a village in Chapparapadavu Grama Panchayat of Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics India census, Kooveri had a population of 19,033 with 9,111 (47.9%) males and 9,922 (52.1%) females. Kooveri village have a ...

, Thimiri and Vellad.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Chapparapadavu

Grama 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 ...

had a population of 31,622 among which 15,322 are males and 16,300 females. In Chapparapadavu Panchayat, 10.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Chapparapadavu Panchayat had an average literacy of 92.8% lower than the state average of 94%.

Administration

Chapparapadavu

is part of

Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency) Taliparamba State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha const ...

in Kannur Loksabha constituency.

Transportation

Chapparappadavu is located at 14 km northeast of

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town. The national highway passes through

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and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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and

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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 from Taliparamba to the east of

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connects to

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and

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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

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and

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line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India. There are airports at

and

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. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

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{{Kannur district Villages near Taliparamba

Demographics

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