Cheruvannur (Kozhikode taluk)

This article is about Cheruvannur near Kozhikode city and Feroke. For Cheruvannur of Vadakara Taluk, see Cheruvannur (Vadakara taluk).

Cheruvannur ചെറുവണ്ണൂര്‍
—  town  —
Cheruvannur Location of Cheruvannur in Kerala and India
Coordinates	11°11′42″N 75°49′12″E / 11.195°N 75.820°E / 11.195; 75.820Coordinates: 11°11′42″N 75°49′12″E / 11.195°N 75.820°E / 11.195; 75.820
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kozhikode
Population • Density	50,556 (2001[update]) • 4,904 /km2 (12,701 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	10.31 square kilometres (3.98 sq mi)
Website	lsgkerala.in/cheruvannurnallalam

Cheruvannur is a census town in Cheruvannur -Nallalam Gramapanchayath in Kozhikode district of the Indian state of Kerala.

Geography

Cheruvannur Nallalam panchayath has a total area of 10.31 square kilometers. The adjoining local self governing bodies are Olavanna, beypore, feroke and Ramanattukara Panchayaths and Kozhikode Municipal Corporation. The Chaliyar river, erstwhile known as Feroke River or Beypore River is flowing from east to west, through the southern side of Cheruvannur which detaches the grama panchayat from Feroke and Ramanattukara. A man made canal which joinning Chaliyar and Kallai River is flowing from southeast( to norhwest , through the norh and east side of Cheruvannur Nallalam Panchayath, which detaches the grama panchayat from Olavanna.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Cheruvannur had a population of 50556. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Cheruvannur has an average literacy rate of 92.7%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 96.62% of the males and 88.91% of females literate.

History

Life

Economy

Due to the high amount of industrialization, more and more people from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Orissa, and Noarth And Central India are came to Cheruvannur. Nowadays people from outside Kerala have crucial role in economy of Cheruvannur. Cheruvannur is a part of Kozhikode city, some businesses Like Car showrooms, other Vehicle Merchants are shifted Their Business fro city centre to cheruvannur. Cheruvannur is also a place of Timber mills

Industries

Cheruvannur and Feroke are the cradle of the tile industry in Kerala. The rapid rivers from the Western Ghats after passing through forests carry the clay which is the raw-material for tiles, pottery and ceramic wares. There are a number of small and medium scale industries are located in Cheruvannur. Most of those are foot wear industries, apart from these some other industries like metal industries, food processing units, machinary production units etc.are also located here. Cheruvannur and Feroke are predominant industrial areas of Kozhikode. A number of tile factories, match factories etc. are located here, providing employment to thousands of workers. The Steel Complex is also located here.

Trivia

Cheruvannur Nallalam panchayath will merge to kozhikode corporation along with Beypore and Elathur panchayaths Mullaveetil Abdurahman Was the first Panchayath President Of the panchayath, There is market Called Rahman Bazar along with a library and a park were made as a memorial for him.

References

External links

• http://lsgkerala.in/cheruvannurnallalam/