Narikkuni | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Coordinates: | 11.3658°N 75.8636°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kozhikode |
Government Type: | Grama Panchayat |
Leader Title1: | Panchayat President |
Leader Name1: | C K Saleem (IUML, UDF) |
Leader Title2: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
Leader Name2: | M. K. Muneer (IUML,UDF United Democratic Front) |
Leader Title3: | Member of Parliament |
Leader Name3: | M. K. Raghavan (United Democratic Front) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 17.85 |
Elevation M: | 35 |
Population Total: | 24,290 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 673585 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0495 |
Registration Plate: | KL 76 Nanmanda RTO |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kozhikode |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Narikkuni (in Malayalam pronounced as /n̪ʌɾɪkkʊnɪ/) is a town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Narikkuni town is 627402. Narikkuni town is located in Kozhikode Tehsil of Kozhikode district in Kerala, India. It is situated 20 km away from Kozhikode, which is both the district and the sub-district headquarters of Narikkuni village.
The total geographical area of the village is 1785 hectares. Narikkuni has a total population of 24,290 and about 5,785 houses. Kozhikode is nearest town to Narikkuni which is approximately 20 km away.[1]
Narikkuni is located at a distance of about 20 km from Kozhikode, the district headquarters, and is well connected by road to the nearby towns. There are five main roads that span out from the Narikkuni city centre. Kozhikode is accessible by two routes, via the Narikkuni-Padanilam road[2] (which spans 5.1 km and joins NH 766 at Padanilam) and the Kumaraswami Raja road.[3] Narikkuni-Koduvally road is a 6.6 km stretch of road that connects Narikkuni to NH 766 at Koduvally.[4] Poonoor is about 10 km away and can be reached by the Narikkuni-Poonoor road. The fifth road, the 8.3 km long Narikkuni-Nanminda road, leads to Nanminda and beyond. The town has a bus stand-cum-shopping complex and acts as the origin to the bus services to all the main surrounding places.
Narikkuni village is administrated by Sarpanch (Panchayat President, or in other words, Head of the Village) who is the elected representative of the village. The panchayat Elections in 2020, saw the United Democratic Front winning 10 out of the 15 seats to secure a majority. Left Democratic Front emerged victorious in the remaining five seats. The Panchayat is currently headed by C.K. Saleem of UDF.
1 | Kundayi | Jawahar Poomangalam | UDF | |
2 | Pannikkottoor | Jaseela Majeed | UDF | |
3 | Moorkhan Kundu | Chandran K.K | LDF | |
4 | Karukulangara | Lathika.K.K | LDF | |
5 | Vattapparappoyil | Mini .V.P | LDF | |
6 | Narikkuni | LaiLa C.P | UDF | |
7 | Parannur | Zubaida Koodathankandy | UDF | |
8 | Palolithazham | Salma Kumbalath | UDF | |
9 | Kalkkudumbu | C.K.Saleem (President) | UDF | |
10 | Chengottu Poyil | Sunil Kumar | UDF | |
11 | Nellyerithazham | Mini Pullankandy (Vice President) | UDF | |
12 | Odupara | Abdul Majeed T.P | LDF | |
13 | Kavum Poyil | Moidy Neroth | UDf | |
14 | Kalathil Para | T.Raju | LDF | |
15 | Kodoli | Shareena K.K | UDF |