Kannavam is a village and forest in

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Taluk in

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State,

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. It comes under Chittaripparamba Panchayat. It is located south east of District headquarters

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, east of Kuthuparamba and from State capital

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Velumbath Makham Sharif

Kannavam forest started to become popular during the reign of Kottayam Veera Pazhassi The glory of the forest was the glory of Kannnavam. Kannavam forest could be seen if you travel on

- Manthavadi route before 1815. The historical Velumbath Makham is situated in the middle of this forest. This mosque is in the middle of a vast forest and is absolutely amazing. Once, the journey from

to Mananthavadi was by passing this mosque. Since, there was no mosque in both Cheruvanchery and Kannavam, people used to come to this mosque for performing their daily prayer. Thalassery - Mananthavadi journey became easy after the construction of Kannavam Bridge over the Kannavam river in 1815 by the

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Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kannavam had a population of 9,211 of which 4,345 are males while 4,866 are females. Kannavam village has a geographical area of with 2,084 families residing in it. In Kannavam village population of children with age 0-6 is 943 which makes up 10.24% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kannavam village is 1120 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Kannavam as per census is 1059, higher than Kerala average of 964. Kannavam village has lower literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Kannavam village was 93.66% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. In Kannavam Male literacy stands at 96.50% while female literacy rate was 91.14%.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

town.

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, Goa and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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and

can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of

Iritty Iritty is a municipality and taluk in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is at a distance of from Kannur International Airport and one among ...

connects to

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and

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. The nearest railway station is

on Mangalore-

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

and

Calicut 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 ...

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

Caste profile

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.66% while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.26% of total population in Kannavam village.

Work profile

In Kannavam village out of total population, 3533 were engaged in work activities. 92.90% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.10% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3533 workers engaged in Main Work, 180 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 496 were Agricultural labourer.

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