Chathangottunada is a small village in
Calicut district.
It is located in
Kavilumpara panchayath. Wayanad Road (which connects
Kuttiyadi and
Mananthavady) goes through the town. A. J. John Memorial High School, one of the oldest education schools, is located here. Nearby towns include
Thottilpalam
Thottilpalam is one of the major town in north east of Kozhikode district, Kerala.State Highway 54 to Wayanad district, Wayanadu district passes through this town. It is 29 km from Vatakara and 5 km from kuttiady. Thottilpalam is the m ...
and Kuttiyadi. The village's residents include Hindus, Christians and Muslims. The principal political parties are
CPI(M),
Indian National Congress
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,
Kerala Congress (M) and
IUML.
Villages
Some of the small villages include: Nagampara, Cheethapattu, Chappenthottam, Koodalil, Poothampara, and Pattyadu.
Education Institutions in Chathangottunada
A. J. John Memorial High School (A. J. J. M. H. S.) is a high school located here. It is named after
A. J. John, Anaparambil. It is managed by the
Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (or MCBS Sabha). It is an aided school, and hence run by government funding. Government, however, has no role in the management of this school since in Kerala there is a system where the government funds schools, but all expenditures go to private and religious management.
Transportation
Chathangottunada village connects to other parts of India through
Vatakara town on the west and
Kuttiady town on the east. National highway No.66 passes through
Vatakara and the northern stretch connects to
Mangalore
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,
Goa and
Mumbai
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. The southern stretch connects to
Cochin
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and
Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through
Kuttiady connects to
Mananthavady,
Mysore
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and
Bangalore
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. The nearest airports are at
Kannur and
Kozhikode
Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature.
It is the nineteenth large ...
. The nearest railway station is at
Vatakara.
References
{{Kozhikode district
Kuttiady area