- Azhikode, Kannur
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Ernakulam district , seeAzhikode, Ernakulam ."Azhikode is a village situated in
Kannur district ofKerala ,south India . The place is most famous as the birth place ofSukumar Azhikode , an influential thinker and literary critic. This village is situated in the cost of Arabian sea. It is about 5 km from Kannur town.The place is most famous as the birth place of
Sukumar Azhikode , an influential thinker and literary critic. Azhikkode has a proud history in the political movements in kerala. Three royal families ruled Azhikkode before Indian Independence,Chirackal , Thekkenmar andArackal . Arackal is the only Muslim royal family in kerala.People
The people of Azhikode engage in a wide range of jobs. There are fishermen, retailers, Government employees,
Cigar workers,handloom weavers, factory workers and farmers among the people. A large number of people migrated to Middle East for better job prospects. But they never settle there; They return home after their fifties to spend the rest of their lives in their hometown.Most of the people here can be classed as belonging to the middle class, but in the fishermen area, we can see both poor and middle class families.
Language & Religion
The language spoken by the people of the district is Malayalam.
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Hindu community, the broad divisions of the community areThiyya ,Nair s,Ambalavasi s,Brahmin s and Kammalan.The Thiyyas form the majority among the Hindu community . Though they correspond to the
Ezhava s in the southern parts of the State, both the communities disclaim any such connection. The Muslims, here known as Mappilas, form the second largest community. The district has the unique distinction of having had the State's lone Muslim royal house - theArakkal royal family. The royal family played an important role in the political as well as Islamic history of the district. Though Christianity is believed to have been introduced in Kerala by the Apostle St. Thomas in 52 AD, the religion made progress only with the advent of the Portuguese towards the close of the 15th century. The Christians belong mainly to four Churches; the Syro Malabar Church, the Latin Catholic Church, the Church of South India and the Orthodox Syrian Church.During the last few decades, there has been a large influx of Syrian Catholics from the
Travancore -Cochin area of the State.Irrigation
Small scale irrigation play a good role in farming most of the irrigation projects get financial help from Panchayath in peoples plan program help boosting in irrigation Many canals are also used for irrigation. Group farming play an important role in paddy fields. it helps increase the total area of paddy fields from 75 hecters to 102 hecters.
Education
People literacy program helps to give the power of knowledge to illiterates.
Male Female TotalPopulation 22195 23754 45949literate 19046` 20534 39580illiterate 3149 2828 6977
Schools Lower Primary: 9Upper primary: 4High School: 2Higher secondary schools: 2In primary schools 3450 students and 133 teachers. In high school division 2886 students and 105 teachers.
Higher Education
Accessible institutions :There is one Engineering College, one
Ayurveda Medical College 4 Arts and Science College (including one woman's ) within a distance of 15 km.Currently many English medium schools are established in Kannur town. Most of the kids from Middle class families reach these schoolsIndustries
In Azhikkode panchayath large no of people used to work in Cigar works and Hand loom works in earlier days.in this two types of works usually doin in their home large weaving and dying mill (Vasulal) working in Poothappara.some small scale industries are also working in Azhikkode in
Valappattanam (nearest Panchayath of Azhikkode and oldest City in Kannur) many large industries like Western India ply woods, western India cottons are running for the past many years. Many people from Azhikkode work in these factories. The Pilot textile park will give an enhancement to weavers in Azhikkode.WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENTsome women's co operative society works in industry Azhikkode Multiwomens Garments Co-operatve garments. Vankulathuvayal Azhikkode south village women's co-operative society Azhikkode North village women's co-operative society Azhikkode women's co-operative societyProblems in industry Hand looms lack the skills to market their goods. Anti cigar campaign slashes the selling of Cigar, this affects cigar workers wood products cannot survive competition with low priced product from Assam, MalaysiaLocal MarketUsually people from Azhikode depends on kannur market. But small markets are being developed in various parts of azhikkodeTransport Facilities:Bus, boat (through water ) transport available Electricity/Energy
this panchayath is completely electrified.Newly established 110kv substations solve transmission problems.crrently 41 transformersstreet lights setup in many roads
Communication
Telephone, cell phone, Broadband internet connection, cable connection available to all parts of azhikkodeUsually people meet in town, public reading room, library, Grama sabha, weekly religious prayers, temple festivals....Many youth organisations works in azhikkode. They are organised for cultural and sports activities.Internet: connection available all over the panchayath
Art and Culture
Theyyam is the flagship owner of folks in north malabar., Chirakkal rulers rose into prominence as a great centre of the arts.
The gift of the district in the field of art and culture is its folk arts. The social situation that prevailed here gave rise to various folk art forms. The assimilation of different styles of Aryan and non-Aryan culture and the influence of Jain and Buddhist philosophies kindled its growth further.
Though the social set-up has been effaced by time, the cultural life of the folk remains unchanged.
many temples and kaavu (small temple) s can be found in azhikkode, they have annual festivals.Many sports related events organaised by the youth clubs, cricket and football are the games which attract more peopleAn annual youth festival named keralothsavam is organised by the panchayath
Tourism
There are two beaches Meenkunnu, and Chaal beach, there is a children's park at Meenkunnu.
ystem of Governance
Every ward has a councilor. The ward councilors elect the president of Panchayth. Meenkunnu is the one of best beach in the out of best in the district.
Newly introduced projects
Hand loom common treatment plantMini industrial estateEnhancing Kudumbasreetraining for small scale entrepreneursMarketing handicrafts
Health
There is one Primary health centre,
Ayurvedic dispensary and ahomeopathy dispensary in the Panchayath.External links
* http://azhikode.web4all.in
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