Vallithode | |
Native Name Lang: | ml |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 12.2089°N 75.4128°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Subdivision Name3: | Iritty |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam |
Blank Name Sec2: | Parliamentary constituency |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Assembly constituency |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Vallithode is a small hilly bazaar in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, India.
Vallithode is located on State Highway 30, the Thalassery - Coorg road, between Iritty and Koottupuzha, about 7 kilometres northeast of Iritty and about 5.7 kilometres from Ulikkal and 5 kilometres from the Kerala-Karnataka border.
The word "Valli" means vine and "thode" means rivulet, thereby Vallithode means "vine bound rivulet" .
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 station is Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.
The highway is scheduled for improvement.[1]