| Anjarakandy | |
| Other Name: | Ancharakandy |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.8822°N 75.5097°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
| Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Anjarakkandy Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.45 |
| Population Total: | 23,030 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 670612 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-13(old), KL-58 |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Anjarakandy is a census town and grama panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala, India. Anjarakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy town.[2]
The village includes Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India Company in 1767.[3] The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and the associated processing plant are still operational. Visitors are permitted to view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. The local king, Pazhassi Raja and the British East India Company waged war for control of the estate.[4]
Lord Brown of east India Company started a system of keeping a record of land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 252-year-old building built in 1767.
Anjarakandy is home to the Kannur medical college which is a super-speciality hospital.[5] and Anjarakandy Higher secondary school - One of the best government-aided high school in the state of Kerala.
As of the 2011 Census of India, Ancharakandy had a population of 23,030 which constitutes 10,646 (46.2%) males and 12,384 (53.8%) females. Ancharakandy census town spreads over an area of 15.45 km2 with 5,245 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 1.163, higher than state average of 1.084. In Ancharakandy, 10.3% of the population is under 6 years age. Ancharakandy had an overall literacy of 97.3% higher than state average of 94%. The male literacy stands at 98.5% and female literacy was 96.3%.[6]
As of 2011 census, Ancharakandy census town had total population of 23,030 among which 82.75% are Hindus, 16.8% are Muslims and 0.45% others.[7]
The village includes Ancharakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India Company in 1767. The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and associated processing plant are still operational and visitors can view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil.
Asia's first Land Registrar's office is located in a 252-year-old building built in 1767 by Lord Brown.[8] The Kannur medical college, established in 2006, is equipped with a 500-bed super-speciality hospital.and Kannur dental college and super speciality hospital, Malabar institute of technology were established in 2010.
Kannur Dental College, College of Nursing -Kannur Medical College, Institute of Paramedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy -Kannur Medical College,
Anjarakandy, being easily accessible from nearby places such as Thalassery, Iritty, Koothuparamba and Kannur, is a central location for providing professional education. The prominent professional education institution in Anjrakandy is the Anjarakandy Integrated Campus.[12]
The national highway passes through Kannur city. Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The major roads passing through Anjarakandi town are Thazhe Chovva-Mattannur road which connects Kannur city and Mattannur town and Kannur International Airport, and Thalassery-Irikkur road which connects to cities of Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur International Airport at Mattannur, from Anjarakkandy town, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.