| Punnad | |
| Native Name: | Punnad |
| Native Name Lang: | Malayalam |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.9667°N 75.6333°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: | 670 703 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-78 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Iritty |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 100% |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Kannur |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Peravoor |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Punnad is a village in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India.
Punnad is near Iritty and it is within Iritty Municipality and Iritty Taluk. Punnad is situated beside the Tellicherry-Coorg road, 34.6km (21.5miles) from Tellicherry, and 37.5km (23.3miles) from Kannur.
Punnad was a part of Kingdom of Kottayam, Malabar Province.
There is a branch of State Bank of India at Punnad. Several traditional art forms are still practiced in the village, including those only found in the North Malabar area, such as Theyyam, Kalampaattu and Kolkkali.
The main mode of living for people the Punnad in the 2000s includes farming, Kooli thozhil (Coolie), Indian Army servants, teaching, various jobs in abroad(including Gulf countries).
There has been some communal violence over the years from 2005 till almost 2010, including political clashes and murders. Aswini Kumar's murder[1] and Yakub's murder[2] an after result of one of these clashes.
Important temples in Punnad include Punnattappan Temple, Kuzhumbil Bhagavathi Kshethram, Kottathe Kunnu Vaireekhathakan Bhagavathi Temple, Chelappur Sree Subrahmanya Temple, Sree Muthappan Matappura-Punnad. There are many places practising Theyyam i.e., Thavilakutti Sree Sasthappan Kshethram, Parangad Pottan Thira, Pothiyadam Muchilott Bhagavathi Temple, Porakkalath Kavu, Kallangod Maramangalam, Thavilakuti Malayappura, Kiliyangad and Punnad Malayappura. Iritty Municipal office and the Keezhur village office are also situated in Punnad. We can see Muslim Juma Masjid nearby Punnad bus station and other two small Masjid, one in Meethale Punnad and one in Keezhu Kunnu.
Most of the students study in L.P. and U.P. school in Punnad. There are CBSE and Kerala Higher education Schools nearby the village. There is a primary health centre at Eduppile Kunnu (a place in Punnad), it is 4KM away from Punnad -in Iritty or Mattannur. SBT, Cooperative Bank and Vanitha Banks are the main banking services available in this village.
Meethale Punnad U.P. school, Punnad LP School and Niveditha Vidyalam are the schools in Punnad. Founder of Meethale Punnad U.P. school was Kannan Gurkal. He lighted the lamp of education in this village and his mission was continued by his sons (late) Raman Master and (late) Sreedharan master. The other followers and leaders of this endeavour are (late)K. Achuthan Master(HM, Punnad.L.P.School), Kesavan Master (manager, Punnad L.P.S), Balan master (HM, MPUPS), M.R. Raghavan (Peon, MPUPS), K.R. Karunakaran, Kelumaster etc.
Political leaders: Uppi Sahib
Freedom fighters: Appa Nair
The national highway passes through Kannur town. 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 of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway stations are Kannur Railway Station and Thalassery Railway Station on Mangalore–Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut. There is a new airport: Kannur International Airport near Mattannur, which is 13km (08miles) away from Punnad.