Chapparapadavu Explained

Chapparapadavu
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12.1298°N 75.4141°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:Grama Panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:69.99
Population Total:31,622
Population As Of:2011
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:670581
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:04982
Registration Plate:KL-59
Blank Name Sec1:Niyamasabha constituency
Blank Info Sec1:Taliparamba
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Kannur
Iso Code:IN-KL

Chapparapadavu is a Grama panchayat in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Chapparapadavu Panchayat have administration over the villages of Kooveri, Thimiri and Vellad.[2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Chapparapadavu Grama Panchayat had a population of 31,622 among which 15,322 are males and 16,300 females. In Chapparapadavu Panchayat, 10.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Chapparapadavu Panchayat had an average literacy of 92.8% lower than the state average of 94%.[3]

Administration

Chapparapadavu Grama Panchayat is part of Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency) in Kannur Loksabha constituency.[4]

Transportation

Chapparappadavu is located at 14 km northeast of Taliparamba town. The national highway passes through Taliparamba. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road from Taliparamba to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore but buses to these cities are available only from Kannur, 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are Kannapuram and Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: കണ്ണൂര്‍ ജില്ലയിലെ ഗ്രാമ പഞ്ചായത്തുകളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങള്‍ | Deparyment of Panchayats.
  2. Web site: DE Status.
  3. Book: Kerala . Directorate of Census Operations . District Census Handbook, Kannur . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 242,243 . 14 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Assembly Constituencies – Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies . 2008-10-18 . Kerala . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf . 2009-03-04.