Morazha | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 11.987°N 75.349°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
Governing Body: | Anthoor Municipality |
Leader Title: | Village Officer |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 4389 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
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: | 670331 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0497278**** |
Registration Plate: | KL-13, KL-59 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1073 ♂/♀ |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kannur |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Taliparamba |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic agency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | Village |
Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Morazha is a village of Anthoor Municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] Before formation of Anthoor Municipality this village was part of Thaliparamba Municipality. Though part of a Municipal Town, Morazha remains like a village.
The landscape of Morazha village comprises paddy fields and hilltop areas. This village have five major portions viz. Morazha Central, Vellikkeel, Panneri, Kanool and Punnakkulangara. While being part of a Municipal Town, the people of this village solely depends the towns in Cherukunnu and Kannapuram for their routine needs. Most of the people are employed at said towns.[2]
Morazha is located at .[3] It has an average elevation of 1 metres (3 feet).
According to the 2001 India census,[4] Morazha had a population of 4, 389.
The KPCC called the people of Malabar to observe Anti-Imperialist Day on 15 September 1940. It was disapproved by the High Command of Congress, but meetings and demonstrations were held in North Malabar area on that day. The centre of this agitation was Morazha. Two young men and 23 others were killed in a clash between a mob and a police party at Morazha. The young men were two police officers Sub-Inspector K.M Kuttikrishna Menon and Constable Raman. Communist leader K.P.R. Gopalan was sentenced to death for murder in connection with this incident, but due to pressure from Mahatma Gandhi and others, the sentence was never carried out. The Quit India Movement also echoed in Morazha. A socialist group among the Congress workers under K.B. Menon, provided leadership to the movement.[5] [6]
The national highway passes through Dharmashala junction. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway stations are Kannapuram and Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.