Keezhariyur is a village near

Koyilandy Koyilandy (;A Survey of Kerala History, A. Shreedhara Menon)is a major town Nagar Palika, municipality and a Tehsil, taluk in Kozhikode district, Kerala on the Malabar Coast. The historical town is located right in the middle of the coast of Koz ...

Kozhikode district Kozhikode (), 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 Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has a corporation l ...

, that lies on the eastern shore of Akalapuzha Lake. This village is famous for the bomb case happened during Independence struggle. Malayalam is the Local Language here. Keezhariyur has its own post office and the Pincode is 673307. Keezhriyur Panchayat was formed on 27 September 1968.

Demographics

India

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Keezhariyur had a population of 14320 with 6895 males and 7425 females.

Transportation

Keezhariyur connects to other parts of India through

town. The nearest airports are at

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. The nearest railway station is at Koyiandy. The national highway no.66 passes through

and the northern stretch connects to

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. The southern stretch connects to

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. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through

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connects to

Mananthavady Mananthavady is the Grade 3 municipality in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. The municipal boundaries are defined by Tirunelli Panchayat to the north, Kabani River to the east and south, and Thavinhal Panchayat to the west. Mananthavady i ...

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. Keezhariyur is in the Melday Block and belongs to North Kerala Division. It is located 33 km North of Kozhikode District headquarters and 424 km from State capital

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 ...

. Moodadi (4 km), Meppayur (5 km), Maniyur (6 km), Panthalayani (7 km), Cheruvannur (7 km) are the nearby villages to Keezhariyur. Keezhariyur is surrounded by Panthalayani Block towards South, Thodannur Block towards North, Perambra Block towards East, Balusseri Block towards East. Vellarakkad Rail Way Station, Koyilandy Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Keezhariyur.

Local Self Government

There are 13 wards in this Village # Vadakkummuri # Keezhariyur west # Keezhariyur centre # Naduvathoor # Manappattil thazhe # Kunnoth mukku # Nambrathukara # Nambrathukara west # Naduvathoor south # Thathamvallipoyil # Mannadi # Keeramkunnu # Korapra

Keezhariyur Bomb Case

The Keezhriyur bomb case is a famous bomb case that took place in Kerala in connection with the Quit India movement in 1942. The agitators set fire to Chemanchery Sub-Registrar's Office, Thiruvanur Railway Station, Kothallur Kunanthara Amshakacheri, destroyed the Ullieri Bridge and cut the telegraph line. The Keezhriyur bomb case was the most tragic incident that followed. Secretary of the All India Civil Liberties Union Dr. K. B. Due to the police allegation that Menon, with the help of his colleagues, had conspired with a group at Keezhriyur in the Malabar region, those involved in the case were convicted and had to spend a long time in jail. The blasts took place on November 17, 1942. The bomb was made at a house in Koonthankalulla at Keezhriyur near Koiyalandi in Kozhikode district. An experiment was also conducted on Mavat mountain which was a jungle. Socialist Dr. who returned from America following Gandhiji's call. KB Menon and his friends held a secret meeting at the house of Varkot Raghavan Nair in Chalappuram, Kozhikode and declared November 9 as Vidhvamsaka Day. The plan was to shock the British by detonating bombs at various places without causing casualties. Keezhriyoor village was chosen as a suitable place for bomb making. As the bomb construction was not completed on the 9th of November, the explosion was postponed to the 17th. Although the bomb blast plan failed everywhere, Patiyam Village Office, Kirthalli Village Office, Kozhikode Madras Governor's Pandal, Kallai Railway Station, Kallai Timber Centre, Malaparam Golf Club, Thalassery Pathipalam, Palakkad Victoria College Lab, Mukkali Fish Drying Centre, Pallikunn Post Office, Kannur Girls There were simultaneous bomb blasts in high schools. After the incident, the British police conducted a raid in Keezhriyur. Even the family members of the protestors were not spared by the police.

K. B. Menon Konnanath Balakrishna Menon (18 June 1897 – 6 September 1967) was an Indian academic, politician and revolutionary activist from Kerala. He was a professor at Harvard University and part of the revolutionary Ghadar Movement before returning ...

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Mathai Manjooran Mathai Manjooran (13 October 1912 – 14 January 1970) was an Indian independence activist from Kerala, socialist revolutionary, founder of the Kerala Socialist Party, Member of Parliament, Minister of Labour (economics) Labour economics ...

, C.P. Sankaran Nair, V.A. Kesavan Nair, D. Jayadeva Rao, O. Raghavan Nair, Karial Achuthan, E. Vasudevan, N.P. Abu, K. Narayanan Nair, Kelukutty in Kuruma, T. Patcher, Kurumayl Narayanan, K. Kunhiraman, K.V. Chamu, V. Prabhakaran, K. Muhammad Naha, P. Mammootty, P. Abdullahkoya Thangal, S.N. Valill, V.K. Achuthan Vaidyar, K. Gopalan, C. Damodaran, K.T. Alavi, C. The accused were Chounni. 12 people were sentenced to seven years imprisonment and one to 10 years rigorous imprisonment. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose K.B. investigated the Keezhriyur bomb case which was noted all over India. Menon's letter is famous. V.A. Kesavan Nair's book 'Irumbazhiyin' is an authoritative book on the Keezhriyur bomb case.

Schools

Higher Secondary Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Higher Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Education Certificate (HSEC) or Intermediate Examination is a secondary education qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. It is equivalent to the f ...

** Sree Vasudeva Ashrama Hs Naduvathur * Upper Primary ** Kannoth Upper Primary School Keezhariyur ** Naduvathur Upper Primary School ** Nambrathukara Upper Primary School * Lower Primary ** Keezhariyur West Mappila Lower Primary School ** Naduvathur South Lower Primary School

Hospital

Keezhariyur PHC

Banks/ATMs

Kerala Gramin Bank Kerala Gramin Bank (KGB) is an Indian regional rural bank (RRB), headquartered in Malappuram, Kerala. Like other RRBs, the Government of India holds the majority 50% shares, while the Kerala state government holds 15% and Canara Bank owns the ...

Keezhariyur Co-operative Bank

Government Services

Krishi Bhavan Krishi Bhavan is the government body in India undertaking by Department of Agriculture in various states State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **So ...

, Post office, Village office,

Akshaya Akshaya Rao is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil and Hindi films. Career Akshaya Rao began her career as a supporting artiste alongside Simran in '' Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi'' (2003), before going on to appear in leading roles in Tam ...

Politics in Keezhariyur

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, KEC(M) are the major political parties in this area.

References

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