| Vadakkencherry | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala##Location in India |
| Coordinates: | 10.5905°N 76.4834°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Palakkad |
| Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Vadakkencherry Grama Panchayath |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 37.88 |
| Population Total: | 35,969 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 678683 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 91 4922 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-9, KL-49 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Thrissur (away) Palakkad (away) |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Parliament constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Alathur |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | State Legislative Assembly constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Tarur |
Vadakkencherry is a town and gram panchayat[2] in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India.[3] It is located about 35 km from Palakkad along National Highway 544. Vadakkencherry-Mannuthy section of NH-544 is the first six lane National Highway in the state.
The etymology of this town seems to be related to the word for the direction North, in Malayalam, which is "Vadakku".
Vadakkencherry has good connectivity across all major cities. It is located along National Highway 544. Public transportation is mainly through private and KSRTC bus services. A KSRTC operating centre is being operated from Vadakkencherry.[8] There is also a private bus stand usually called as Indira Priyadarshini Bus Stand to operate private bus service. Nearest major railway stations are Palakkad Junction railway station and Thrissur railway station. Nearest airport is Cochin International Airport.