Eranhikkal or Eranjikkal is a place in

Kozhikode District Kozhikode (), or Calicut district, is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, along its Southwestern Malabar Coast. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The district is 67.15% urbanised. ...

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. It is covered in the Elathur division Of

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 la ...

Municipal Corporation.

Conolly Canal Conolly Canal, sometimes spelled as Canoly Canal, is the part of the West coast canal (WCC) network of Kerala and the canal was constructed by combining the rivers and streams along the coast with the intention of creating a vast waterway from Ko ...

meets with the Korapuhha River in Eranhikkal. It is situated just 8 km from Calicut City. National Highway NH 17 passes through Pavangad just 2 km From Eranhikkal and the NH 17

bypass also passes through Eranhikkal. The nearest railway stations are

Calicut Railway Station Kozhikode railway station also known as Calicut railway station is one of the largest railway stations in the state of Kerala, India. At in financial year 2018–19, it is the largest in terms of passenger revenue in Palakkad division. The sta ...

, Westhill Railway station, and the Elathur Railway Station.

Conolly Canal

Conolly Canal, named after

Henry Valentine Conolly Henry Valentine Conolly (5 December 1806 – 11 September 1855) was an East India Company official in the Madras Presidency who served as a magistrate and collector of Malabar. He took an active role in the establishment of teak plantations to mee ...

, the collector of

Malabar Malabar may refer to the following: People * Malabars, people originating from the Malabar region of India * Malbars or Malabars, people of Tamil origin in Réunion Places * Malabar Coast, or Malabar, a region of the southwestern shoreline o ...

during the British regime, runs through Eranhikkal. It was constructed during his tenure, in 1848, and was used as a major waterway, shipping goods and ferrying passengers in the Calicut district till the late 1950s. It connects

Korapuzha Korapuzha, also known as Elathur River, is a short river of , with a drainage area of , flowing through the Kozhikode district of Kerala state in India. It is formed by the confluence of two streams, Akalapuzha and Punoor puzha which originat ...

Kallayi River Kallayi is one of the rivers in Kerala, India. It originates in Cherikkulathur in the Western Ghats, at an elevation of and is long. It is linked to the Chaliyar by a man-made canal on the south side of the small timber village of Kallayi lyi ...

Educational institutions

There are many primary schools, including Govt Upper Primary School, Karannur U P School, Hidayathul Islam L P School, and

secondary Secondary may refer to: Science and nature * Secondary emission, of particles ** Secondary electrons, electrons generated as ionization products * The secondary winding, or the electrical or electronic circuit connected to the secondary winding i ...

and higher secondary education served by P V S Higher Secondary School.

References

{{Kozhikode district Villages in Kozhikode district Kozhikode north