Karipur (also spelt Karippur) is a locality in the

Kondotty Kondotty () is a developing town, municipality, and aerotropolis in the Malappuram district state of Kerala, India which is located near Calicut International Airport, 24 km from Malappuram. It is the headquarters of Kondotty Taluk, which ...

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

of the

Malappuram district Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . The most populous district of Kerala, Malappuram is home to around 13% of the tot ...

of Kerala, India, 25 km (16 mi) from the city of

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a municipality and town in Kerala and the headquarters of the Malappuram district in Kerala, India. It is the List of most populous urban agglomerations in Kerala, 4th largest urban agglomeration in Kerala and ...

. It is best known as the site of

Calicut International Airport Kozhikode International Airport , also known as Calicut International Airport (locally referred to as Karipur Airport), is an international airport serving the cities of Kozhikode and Malappuram in the state of Kerala, India. It also serves ot ...

, mainly serving travellers of the

South Malabar South Malabar refers to a geographical area of the southwestern coast of India covering some parts of the present-day Kerala state. South Malabar covers the regions included in present-day Kozhikode and Thamarassery Tehsil, taluk of Kozhikode dist ...

region. Other than that, it is a small hamlet that falls under the jurisdiction of

Municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

and

Pallikkal Pallikkal (Pallikkal Bazar) is a T-shaped town, village and gram panchayat in Kondotty Taluk, Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, India. Calicut International Airport at Karipur is near Pallikkal. Pallikkal Bazar is with in 5&nb ...

gram panchayat. Karipur forms a portion of the

Malappuram metropolitan area The Malappuram Metropolitan Area or Malappuram Urban Agglomeration is an urban agglomeration centred around the city of Malappuram, Manjeri in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is the 25th largest urban agglomeration in India and the 4th ...

as of 2011 census.

Schools

* Ideal Higher Secondary School, Dharmagiri

References

External links

Cities and towns in Malappuram district Kondotty area {{Malappuram-geo-stub