Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the total population of the state. The district was formed on 16 June 196 ...

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. Its

headquarters Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the to ...

is the town of

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–Manga ...

. Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur,

, Kottakkal, and Valanchery. Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Stations at

, Kuttippuram, and Tanur. Most of the villages in present-day Tirur Taluk were parts of the medieval Kingdom of Tanur (''Vettathunadu''). The port of Tanur was an important port town in the southwestern coast of India during medieval period. Tirur bus stand

History

Tirur Taluk was formed on 1 November 1957 by carving 43 villages out of the Old Ponnani taluk and 30 villages out of the Old

Eranad Eranad also known as Ernad refers to the erstwhile province in the midland area of Malabar, consisting of Malappuram and nearby regions such as Anakkayam, Manjeri, Kondotty, Nilambur, etc. Currently Eranad Taluk is a Taluk in Malappuram dist ...

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 ...

, Tanur, and Kuttippuram Revenue blocks were taken from the Old Ponnani taluk while the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were taken out of the Old Eranad Taluk. At that time, Tirur Taluk was the largest coastal Taluk in Kerala which had contained the entire coastal belt wedged between

Beypore Beypore or Beypur (formerly Beypoor) is an ancient port town and a locality town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. It is located opposite to Chaliyam, the estuary where the river Chaliyar empties into Arabian Sea. Beypore is ...

port and

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 (Ri ...

port (having nearly 65 km seacoast). Later on 16 June 1969, three villages, namely Feroke, Ramanattukara, and

Kadalundi Kadalundi is a village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. It is a coastal village close to the Arabian Sea. Kadalundi is famous for its bird sanctuary, which is home to various migratory birds during certain seasons and has been recently decla ...

, were transferred from Tirur Taluk to

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 ...

Taluk, and Parudur village from Kuttippuram block was transferred to the Ottapalam Taluk. Later in 1990's, the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were separated from Tirur Taluk to form Tirurangadi Taluk, and the revenue villages of Kottakkal and Ponmala were added newly to Tirur Taluk from Eranad Taluk. Currently, Tirur Taluk, having 30 villages, is the most populous Taluk of Malappuram District.

Villages

Tirur taluk contains the following 30 villages. #

Ananthavoor Ananthavoor is a village in the Malappuram District of the state of Kerala, India. Demographics , Ananthavoor had a population of 17,470 with 8,100 males and 9,370 females. The village was a part of the Kingdom of Tanur (Vettattnad) in mediev ...

# Athavanad # Cheriyamundam # Edayur # Irimbiliyam # Kalpakanchery # Kattiparuthy # Kottakkal # Kurumbathur # Kuttippuram #

Mangalam Mangalam is a census town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Mangalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). It is located 1 kilometer toward the South from District headqua ...

# Marakkara # Melmuri # Naduvattom # Niramaruthur # Ozhur #

Pariyapuram Pariyapuram is a village in Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. The village was part of the Kingdom of Tanur (Vettattnad) kingdom in medieval times. Demographics , Pariyapuram had a population of 22,766 with 11,102 males and 1 ...

Perumanna Perumanna is a census town in the Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.It belong to north kerala division. It is located 13 km distance from Kozhikode city. Demographics India census, Perumanna had a population of 28027 with ...

# Ponmala # Ponmundam # Purathur #

Tanalur Tanalur (താനാളൂർ) is a census town in Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is a suburban town of neighbouring Tanur Municipality and comes under Tanur Block as well as Tanur (State Assembly constituency). It f ...

# Tanur # Thalakkad # Tirunavaya #

# Trikkandiyur # Triprangode # Valavannur # Vettom

Notable people from Tirur Taluk

Tirur region

Abdurahiman Randathani Abdurahiman Randathani is an Indian politician, orator and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tanur constituency in Kerala State. Currently he is State secretary of Indian Union Muslim League Kerala and Chairman of Shihab Thangal m ...

- politician and former MLA. * Achyutha Pisharadi - a Sanskrit grammarian,

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and

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. * vijayan (actor) - actor *

Hemanth Menon Vineeth Suresh (born 19 April 1989) popularly known as Hemanth Menon by his stage name, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil movies. Career He made his debut in 2010 with the film ''Living Together''. He has sinc ...

- actor * Adil Ibrahim - actor. * Azad Moopen - doctor. * B. M. Kutty - journalist. *

C. Radhakrishnan C. Radhakrishnan (born 15 February 1939) is a writer and film director in Malayalam language from Kerala, India. Life Chakkupurayil Radhakrishnan was born on 15 February 1939 in Chamravattom (a village in Tirur) in Malapuram District, which w ...

- writer and film director. * Damodara Nambudiri -

. * Dileep K. Nair - Educationist. * Govinda Bhattathiri -

. *

Kuttikrishna Marar Karikkatt Marathu Kuttikrishna Marar (14 June 1900 – 6 April 1973) was an Indian essayist and literary critic of Malayalam literature. He was known for ''Bharathaparyaadanam'', a critical study of the Mahabharata, which is counted by many a ...

- literary critic. *

Malayath Appunni Malayath Appunni (born 15 August 1943) is a Malayalam language poet and children's writer from Kerala, India. Born in Thekken Kuttoor in Tirur, Malappuram district, Appunni writes simple poetry. He has won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award.

- poet and children's writer. *

Melpathur Narayana Bhattathiri Melputtur Narayana Bhattatiri ( ml, മേല്പുത്തൂർ നാരായണ ഭട്ടതിരി Mēlputtūr Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭatiri; 1560–1646/1666), third student of Achyuta Pisharati, was a member of Madhava of Sangamagra ...

and

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poet. * Mohammed Irshad - Footballer. *

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- footballer. *

N. Samsudheen N. Samsudheen is currently a member of 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represents Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency). He was member of 13th and 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented Mannarkkad (State Assembly consti ...

- Politician and MLA. * P. Nandakumar - Politician and MLA. * Parameshvara Nambudiri -

. * Pulapre Balakrishnan - Economist and Educationalist. * Ranjith Padinhateeri - biological physicist, * Ravi Vallathol - actor. * Salman Kalliyath - Footballer. * T. M. Nair - Political activist. *

Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan (, ) (Malayalam: തുഞ്ചത്ത് രാമാനുജൻ എഴുത്തച്ഛൻ) ( ''fl.'' 16th century) was a Malayalam devotional poet, translator and linguist from Kerala, south India. ...

- Father of Malayalam language. *

Tirur Nambissan Tirur Nambissan (1942-1994) was a Kathakali singer. He was born as Narayanan Nambissan at Tirur in the Malappuram district of Kerala in southern India. He started learning music at the age of seven, while attending the local boys' high school. ...

- Kathakali singer. * V. Abdurahiman - Minister of

. * Vaidyaratnam Triprangode Moossad - Ayurvedic physician. * Vallathol Narayana Menon - One of the triumvirate poets of Malayalam and the founder of Kerala Kalamandalam.

Kottakkal region

* Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier (founder of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala) * K C Manorama Thampuratti (eminent

poet) *

K. C. Manavedan Raja His Highness Kizhakke Covilakam Manavedan Raja alias Cheriyanujan Raja (1855–1937) was an Indian aristocrat and administrator. He was the titular ''Zamorin'' of Calicut from 1932 to 1937. Manavedan Raja was born in the Kottakkal branch of the ...

(founder of Raja's High School,

Zamorin of Calicut The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edited ...

during 1932-1937) *

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(Indian civil servant, diplomat, former Cabinet Secretary) * Dr. K. C. K. E Raja, former Vice Chancellor Kerala University and Director General of Health Services. *

Sangita Madhavan Nair Sangita Madhavan Nair is an Indian actress, who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries, predominantly in the 1990s. The actress is best known for her role as Shyamala in ''Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala'', which was written an ...

, Actress * U. A. Beeran * Jayasree Kalathil, Researcher. *

P. K. Warrier Panniyampilly Krishnankuty Warrier (5 June 1921 – 10 July 2021) was an Indian Ayurveda practitioner. He was born in Kottakkal, Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. He was the chief Physician and Managing trustee of Arya Vaidya S ...

Kottakkal Sivaraman Kottakkal Sivaraman (1936 – 19 July 2010) was a performing artiste who revolutionised the portrayal of female roles in Kathakali, the classical dance-drama from Kerala in southern India. Career Kathakali, being a largely masculine dance form w ...

(eminent

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artist) * V. C. Balakrishna Panicker *

Kottakkal Madhu Kottakkal Madhu (born 26 October 1968) is a prominent Kathakali Musician, Playback singer and Composer from Kottakkal, Kerala, India who specializes in Kathakali Kathakali ( ml, കഥകളി) is a major form of classical Indian dance. ...

(

singer) * M. P. Abdussamad Samadani (politician, MLA, former

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) * Sachin Warrier (playback singer and composer)

Valanchery region

* Azhvanchery Thamprakkal - Former chief of

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s of Kerala. * K T Jaleel, politician and former minister. *

Zakariya Mohammed Zakariya is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and producer who works in Malayalam Films. Hailing from Valanchery, Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of inclu ...

, director, scriptwriter and actor. *

Unni Menon Unni Menon (born 2 December 1955) is an Indian film playback singer. He has recorded over 4000 songs in many Indian languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.S.S.KavutaA melodious journey The Hindu. Retrieved 29 November 2008 In ...

, playback singer. * Shweta Menon, actress. *

Aneesh G. Menon Aneesh G. Menon is a Mollywood actor, started his journey through Malayalam movies, theatre and television. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He acted in very few movies yet maintained his good space in acting. Personal life Aneesh ...

, actor. * Edasseri Govindan Nair, poet. *

K. V. Ramakrishnan K. V. Ramakrishnan is a Malayalam–language poet and journalist from Kerala state, South India. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1997 for his work ''Akshara Vidya''.Iqbal Kuttippuram Mohamed Iqbal Kompathayill, commonly credited as Dr. Iqbal Kuttipuram, is an Indian screenwriter and homeopathy physician. He has written screenplays for popular films such as '' Niram'', Arabikkatha, '' Swapnakoodu'','' Vikramadithyan'' and ...

, Screenwriter. * Kuttippuram Kesavan Nair, poet. * M. T. Vasudevan Nair , poet. *

V. P. Sanu V. P. Sanu (Malayalam: വി.പി സാനു; born 31 October 1988) is an Indian politician who is currently the National President of the Students' Federation of India, SFI, the students' wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI ...

, politician. *

Ahmad Kutty Ahmad Kutty (born 1946 in Valanchery, Kerala, India), is a North American Islamic scholar. He is currently senior resident Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto and has taught at Emanuel College of the University of Toronto as a ...

, North American Islamic scholar. *

Faisal Kutty Faisal Kutty is a lawyer, academic, writer, public speaker and human rights activist. He is Visiting Associate Professor of LAWS at Southwestern Law School. He served as an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and was an Associate Prof ...

, Lawyer, law professor, public speaker, orator.

Taluks of Malappuram

References

{{Malabar Taluks of Kerala