Ulikkal

Ulikkal is situated 7.5 km north of Taluk HQ Iritty, 49 km from District HQ Kannur and 10 km away from Kootupuzha (Kerala-Karnataka border).

This village is near Vayathur village panchayat area and contains the Bythoor or Baithur (Vayathur) temple. Bythoorappa (Vayathoorappan) Vayathur Kaliyar Shiva Kshethra dating back to more than 300 years is one of the temples in the panchayat, situated on the banks of Vayathur river 3 km from the town. This river starts from Kodagu and flows through Parikkalam and Nuchyad villages. This Eshwara (Shiva or Mahadeva) temple is in Kodagu (which is nearby) and is a major pilgrimage temple for the Kodavas (natives of Kodagu). The Kodavas and the Malayalis celebrate the annual temple festival together As per tradition. The temple priests of Kodagu were Namboothiri. Kodagu is the district neighbouring Kannur district of which Ulikkal forms a part.[1][2] The temple Gods of Kodagu are of Kerala origin. Folklore says that the Gods entered Kodagu from Kerala, thousands of years ago, via Vayathur (Bythoor) in Kerala and near the Kodagu border. Formerly Ulikkal formed a part of Vayathur.[3]

• Vayathur Kaliyar Shiva (Bythoorappa) temple of Ulikkal
• Assemblies of God church(Pentecostal church), Ulickal
• India Pentecostal Church of God,kolithattu
• Assemblies of God church, Arabi
• St. Joseph's Latin Church, Infant Jesus Church.
• Kodaparambu maqam, 6 kilometers from Ulickal (Ulikkal) and two Mosques (Sunni and Mujahid) within Ulickal Panchayath.
• Infant Jesus Church Ulikkal
• St Joseph's Church Arabi
• St. George's Church Puravayal
• St Thomas' Church Manikkadavu
• St Mary's Church Manippara
• St Antony's Church Anara
• St Joseph's shrine Korayenga
• St Jude Chapel&Shrine Vengalode
• St Alphonsa Church Vatiamthode
• St Mary's shrine Vatiamthode
• St Mary's Church Mattara
• A mosque Nuchiayad
• A mosque Karimakayam
• St Sebastian's Forana Church Nellicampoil

Ulikkal is a hilly village on the eastern side of Kannur district. The terrain is undulating in nature and the extreme eastern side has forests bordering Karnataka state.

• The Government Higher Secondary school (Previously Padiyoor-Kalyad Panchayat Higher Secondary School) is a kilometer from the town.
• There are many Primary Schools nearby Ulikkal, mainly the ones at Vayathoor (Vayathur), Arabi, Mattara, Nuchyad, Nellickampoyil and Perumballi, as well as the GLPS Puravayal and Sharada Vilasam AUP School Parikkalam.
• The St. Thomas High School which is nearly 7 kilometres from Ulikkal at Manikkadavu.
• The St. Joseph High School which is nearly 7 kilometres from Ulikkal at Arabi.
• Floweret English Medium School nearly 1 km from Ulikkal at AKG Nagar

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.

The nearest airport is Kannur International Airport 27 km away.Thalassery, Kannur and Taliparamba are approx. 50 km from Ulikkal.