Chokkad

Chokkad chokkad
Town
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Population
• Total	37,238
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Chokkad is a town situated in south-east of Nilambur in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Town is a located on the state high way between Nilambur and Kalikavu. It is 13 km from Nilambur railway station and 7 km from Kalikavu.

Chokkad Grama Panjayath is a large aria having breadth of 79.15 km2. total population is 37238 (men 18410 and women 18828). but according to kaneshumari report on 2001, the total panjayath population is 39940.

Important Landmarks

Chokkad has a government middle school and two privately managed schools, two mosques, three churches and one temple, a post office (PIN 679332) and a commercial bank (South Malabar Gramin Bank). The first Church in Chokkad was founded in 1975 after an evangelical convention was held in the area in 1974. chokkad juma masjid is one of important landmarks in chokkad town, it is located in chokkad centre on the bigning of paruthippatha and nalpathcent road. it is known as sunni masjid, and there is a juma masjid on the same road which is known as mujahid masjid. issathul islam secondary madrasa (المدرسة الثانوية عزة الاسلام) is an Islamic religious school (Madrasa ) situated in middle of chokkad, Kerala, India. This is an institution which gives Islamic religious education. it is affiliated to Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board (All Kerala Islamic Religious Education Board).

Tourist Attractions

The village is on the bed of two rivers, Kottappuzha and Chokkadanpuzha. The hills adjacent to it have a tribal settlement made by the government, expressly for the local hill populations. Chokkad hills is inhabited by Dravidian groups such as the Ernadan, Muthan and Paniyan.

Culture

Chokkad village is a predominantly Muslim populated area. Hindus exist in comparatively smaller numbers. So the culture of the locality is based upon Muslim traditions. Duff Muttu, Kolkali and Aravanamuttu are common folk arts of this locality. There are many libraries attached to mosques giving a rich source of Islamic studies. Most of the books are written in Arabi-Malayalam which is a version of the Malayalam language written in Arabic script. People gather in mosques for the evening prayer and continue to sit there after the prayers discussing social and cultural issues. Business and family issues are also sorted out during these evening meetings. The Hindu minority of this area keeps their rich traditions by celebrating various festivals in their temples. Hindu rituals are done here with a regular devotion like other parts of Kerala.^[1]

Transportation

Chokkad village connects to other parts of India through Nilambur town. State Highway No.28 starts from Nilambur and connects to Ooty, Mysore and Bangalore through Highways.12,29 and 181. National highway No.66 passes through Ramanattukara and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. State. The nearest airport is at Kozhikode. The nearest major railway station is at Feroke.

See also

• Kelunairpady

References