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
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)
kareemul islamiya alp school and Noorul hudha madrasa and a pri primary school are situated in this area
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.
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.
The Arayi River originates from the Madikai Panchayat, and passes south through Arangadi and drains to the Nileshwar River.
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.