Mullakkodi Explained

Mullakkodi
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12.0083°N 75.4111°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kannur
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:670602
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:04602
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Kannur
Blank1 Name Sec2:Climate
Blank1 Info Sec2:Tropical monsoon (Köppen)
Blank2 Name Sec2:Avg. summer temperature
Blank2 Info Sec2:35°C
Blank3 Name Sec2:Avg. winter temperature
Blank3 Info Sec2:20°C
Iso Code:IN-KL

Mullakkodi [1] is a village in Mayyil Gram Panchayat of Kannur District situated on the East Bank of Valapattanam river. Mullakkodi known for its backwaters, paddy fields and for its community festival called the Ayar Munamba Manna Maqam Urooz.

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Transportation

The national highway passes through Valapattanam town. Goa 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 of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on the Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mattanur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.Since the inauguration of Nanicheri Kadavu Bridge by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, the time taken to reach Taliparamba hence Payyannur, Kasaragod reduced drastically for those who are coming from Mattannur, Iritty etc.James Mathew MLA has spearheaded the speedy construction of the bridge.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth Community: Mullakkodi . bbs.keyhole.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310124241/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/533640/an/0/page/0 . 2007-03-10.