Karayathumchal is a small village in the

Sreekandapuram Sreekandapuram is a municipality in Kannur district of the Indian state of Kerala. Location The town is located on the bank of the Valapattanam River which flows into the Arabian sea. It is situated northeast of Kannur, east of Taliparamb ...

area of

Kannur district Kannur () is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The city of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore, is the anglicized form of th ...

, Kerala state, India.

Location

Karayathumchal is located about east of Thaliparamba town. It is under the

Irikkur Irikkur is a town and grama panchayat in Kannur District of Kerala state, India. Location Irikkur is located on SH 36 between the towns of Taliparamba and Iritty, and is directly accessible from Kannur, Mattanur, and Thalassery. It is equidis ...

Assembly Constituency.

History

Migration of people from southern

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

in the 1950s to 1980s, mainly from

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

, dramatically changed the fortunes of Karayathumchal. A vast majority of these migrants were Christians who had a completely different social and agricultural background. These hard working people brought new agricultural practices to this area. They introduced cash crops like rubber, pepper, coconut, etc.

Education

Karayathumchal Govt. U P School is the only educational institution in this village.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

Taliparamba Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a Municipalities of Kerala, Municipality and List of taluks of Kerala, Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. The municipal town spreads over an area of and is inha ...

town.

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and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

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

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and

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. The nearest railway station is

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

on Mangalore-

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

line. There are airports at

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 ...

(Kannur International Airport) Kannur.

References

Villages near Irikkur {{Kannur-geo-stub