| Koonam | |
| Settlement Type: | small unique village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.0637°N 75.4284°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 56 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| 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: | 670142 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 0460 |
| Registration Plate: | KL 59 |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Koonam is a census village in Taliparamba Taluk in North Kerala Division, Kannur District of Kerala, India. It comes under Kurumathoor and chengalayi Panchayaths. It is located about from Taliparamba and north of Kannur.
As of 2001 India census, Koonam had a population of 5000. Most of the residents speak Malayalam.
Koonam is traditionally a communist stronghold. But Indian National congress has strong influence in this Village. Koonam village falls under Taliparamba assembly constituency which is part of Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Koonam is located about 3 km from State Highway 36 (Kerala). The highway is longand nearest National Highway 17 (India)(old numbering) access is at Taliparamba . It has been now renumbered as NH-66.
Koonam is a unique village by Nature well known for its diversity of grasslands.
The midland rocks of northern Kerala have its own characteristic floral composition supporting hillock system in supporting a unique assemblage of species and cashew plantations.
Its unique by Nature surrounded by Rocky terrain, grasslands
Kurumathoor, chuzali, Chavanapuzha, Kalliasseri, Poomangalam, Panniyoor, Mazhur, Pappinisseri, are the nearby villages to Koonam. It is near to Arabian sea.
Large parcels of land has been under the Government of Kerala (occupied in 1970 as part of the Land reforms act), so in the coming years it is expected to see some developments.
Schools
The national highway passes through Taliparamba town. 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 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 subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.