Anjarakandy is a census town and

grama panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in Kannur district of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India. Anjarakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy town.

History

The village includes Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

in 1767. The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and the associated processing plant are still operational. Visitors are permitted to view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. The local king,

Pazhassi Raja Pazhassi Raja () (3 January 1753 – 30 November 1805) was known as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah. He was a warrior Hindu prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam, otherwise known as Cotiote, in ...

and the

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

waged war for control of the estate. Lord Brown of east India Company started a system of keeping a record of land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 252-year-old building built in 1767 Anjarakandy is home to the Kannur medical college which is a super-speciality hospital. and Anjarakandy Higher secondary school - One of the best government-aided high school in the state of Kerala.

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Ancharakandy had a population of 23,030 which constitutes 10,646 (46.2%) males and 12,384 (53.8%) females. Ancharakandy census town spreads over an area of 15.45 km² with 5,245 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 1.163, higher than state average of 1.084. In Ancharakandy, 10.3% of the population is under 6 years age. Ancharakandy had an overall literacy of 97.3% higher than state average of 94%. The male literacy stands at 98.5% and female literacy was 96.3%.

Religion

As of 2011 census, Ancharakandy census town had total population of 23,030 among which 82.75% are Hindus, 16.8% are Muslims and 0.45% others.

History

The village includes Ancharakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the

in 1767. The estate, reputed to be

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's largest, and associated processing plant are still operational and visitors can view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. Asia's first Land Registrar's office is located in a 252-year-old building built in 1767 by Lord Brown.http://www.keralaregistration.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=28 The Kannur medical college, established in 2006, is equipped with a 500-bed super-speciality hospital. and Kannur dental college and super speciality hospital, Malabar institute of technology were established in 2010.

Educational institutions

*Malabar Institute of Technology *The Kannur medical college is also a super-speciality hospital.The Hindu, Kannur Medical College, 28 September 2008
/ref> *Anjarakandy Higher Secondary School is located in Anjarakandy Village. *Mamba Central LP School is also situated in Mamba village. It has classes from Standard 1 to 5. Established in 1881 by Sri Kunhikkannan Ezhuthachan. This school received the "Best LP school in Kannur District" award. Kannur Dental College, College of Nursing -Kannur Medical College, Institute of Paramedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy -Kannur Medical College, Anjarakandy, being easily accessible from nearby places such as Thalassery, Iritty, Koothuparamba and Kannur, is a central location for providing professional education. The prominent professional education institution in Anjrakandy is the Anjarakandy Integrated Campus.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

city.

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ke ...

, Goa and

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

can be accessed on the northern side and

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

can be accessed on the southern side. The major roads passing through Anjarakandi town are Thazhe Chovva-Mattannur road which connects

city and

Mattannur Mattanur, also spelled Mattannur, is a town, municipality, and an aerotropolis in Kannur district, Kerala, India. Mattanur is about 27 km east of Kannur and Thalassery, two major towns of the district. Mattanur lies between Kannur ...

town and

Kannur International Airport Kannur International Airport is an airport serving the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located east of Kannur, and east of Thalassery, near the muni ...

, and Thalassery-Irikkur road which connects to cities of

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

and

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

. The nearest railway station is

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the List of districts of India, districts of Mahé, India, Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode ...

on Mangalore-

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at

, from Anjarakkandy town,

and

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

{{Malabar Cities and towns in Kannur district Villages near Kannur airport