Kanichar

Kanichar
village
Kanichar
Location in Kerala, India
Kanichar
Kanichar (India)
Coordinates: 11°54′0″N 75°47′0″E / 11.90000°N 75.78333°E / 11.90000; 75.78333Coordinates: 11°54′0″N 75°47′0″E / 11.90000°N 75.78333°E / 11.90000; 75.78333
Country  India
State Kerala
District Kannur
Population (2001)
 • Total 16,200
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 670674
Telephone code 0490
ISO 3166 code IN-KL
Vehicle registration KL 13 (Kannur) and KL 58 (Thalassery)
Nearest city Thalassery
Lok Sabha constituency Kannur
Climate Mild Climate (Köppen)

Kanichar is a village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Kanichar is a Grama Panchayath, (a local self-government). The current political party in charge of the Panchayath is the UDF, and its president is Smt.Celin Mani Chemparathickal. There are thirteen wards in Grama Panchayath, there are many attractive tourist places like Ealappeedika and Kadanmala .

Hospitals

Unity Hospitals kelakam

PERAVOOR THALUK HOSPITAL

Reshmi Hospital

Blood Bank

  • Thalassery Blood Donors Wing
  • Kannur Sara Memorial Blood Bank
  • Thalassery Co-operative Hospital
  • Pariyaram Medical College
  • General Hospital Thalassery

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Kanichar had a population of 16200 with 8038 males and 8162 females.

Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary,a tourist spot, is about 7 km away from Kanichar town.

Wards

[1]

  • ODANTHODE
  • ANUNGODE
  • KANICHAR
  • VELLOONNI
  • NELLIKKUNNU
  • CHENGOM
  • ELAPPEEDIKA
  • POOLAKKUTTY
  • NEDUMPURAMCHAL
  • ODAPPUZHA
  • KOLAKKAD
  • MAVADI
  • CHANAPPARA

[1][2]


Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.The newly constructing Kannur International Airport is 35 Kilo Meter Away from Kanichar.

References

  1. 1 2 http://lsgkerala.in/kanicharpanchayat/about/
  2. ↑ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2008-12-10.


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