Arangadi Explained

Arangadi
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12.1667°N 75.2°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kasaragod
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:671315
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:467
Registration Plate:KL-60
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:kanhangad
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:kasaragod

Arangadi is a village in the kanhangad municipality of the Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Arangadi is also known as Sithasook. It is 3 km from Kanhangad. Arangadi is a predominantly Muslim area of Kanhangad.People call also iron fort of muslim league

Economy

The economy depends on the inflow of money from locals employed as migrant workers in the Persian Gulf countries such as UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.Arangadi is a stronghold for IUML (Indian union Muslim league)

Education

kareemul islamiya alp school and Noorul hudha madrasa and a pri primary school are situated in this area

Religions

Muslims and hindus are the religions in this areaOne the oldest masjid of kanhangad is Arangadi parambath juma masjid and famous kuthirakkali bagavathi temple nilangara are the main religions places in this area.

Climate

The southwest monsoon starts towards the end of May, or the beginning of June, heralded by thunderstorms, and lasts till September. October brings in the northeast monsoon. Dry weather sets in by the end of December. January and February are the coolest months of the year. March, April and May are very hot.

Rivers

The Arayi River originates from the Madikai Panchayat, and passes south through Arangadi and drains to the Nileshwar River.

Transportation

Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.