Thalappady is a village in

Kasaragod Kasaragod () is a municipal town and the administrative headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kera ...

district of 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 Can ...

. The Kunjathur Mahalingeshwara temple is located in Thalappady.

Location

Thalappady is the northernmost village in Kerala in NH 66. While traveling from

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

, Thalappady is the last village in Kerala. It is one kilometre from Kunjathur town. It is located 20 km from

, 30km from Kasarakod, 600km from

Thiruvanathapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

and 700 km from

Kanyakumari Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...

. There are check posts of Kerala and

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

states in this village. After the check posts, there is another village called

Talapady Talapady is a village near Mangaluru city in Ullal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. Talapady borders the states of Karnataka and Kerala. National Highway 66 (earlier numbered as NH-17) passes through Talapady wh ...

in Karnataka state.

Access

Thalappady is located on the Kerala-Karnataka border. It is 30 km from Kasaragod and one km from Manjeshwaram. The village is 586 km from the state capital

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

. Mangalore is only 24 km from Manjeshwar.

Post office

Thalappady has a post office and the pin code is 671323.

Administration

Thalappady is part of Manjeshwaram Taluk. It comes under the Manjeshwaram grama panchayath.

Schools

* Udhaya Highschool, Manjeshwar * Govt VHSS, Kunjathur * Government High School, Bengra Manjeshwar. * Sirajul Hudha School, Manjeshwar.

Transportation

The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar at a distance of 2 km. Thokottu railway station is 14 km away.

References

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