Koonam is a census village in

Taliparamba Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a Municipality in Taliparamba taluk of Kannur district, Kerala, India. The municipal town spreads over an area of and is inhabited by 44,247 number of people. Etymology Th ...

Taluk in North Kerala Division,

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

District of Kerala, India. It comes under Kurumathoor and chengalayi Panchayaths. It is located about from

and north of Kannur.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Koonam had a population of 5000. Most of the residents speak

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam wa ...

Politics

Koonam is traditionally a communist stronghold. But Indian National congress has strong influence in this Village. Koonam village falls under Taliparamba assembly constituency which is part of Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency).

How to reach there

Koonam is located about 3 km from

State Highway 36 (Kerala) State Highway 36 (SH 36) is a State Highway in Kerala, India that starts in Taliparamba and ends in Iritty. The highway is 46.0 km long. This road links interstate highway between Kannur district and Kodagu district. The Route Map (Jo ...

. The highway is long and nearest National Highway 17 (India)(old numbering) access is at

(). It has been now renumbered as NH-66. * Nearest city:

- * Nearest airport:

Kannur International Airport Kannur International Airport is an airport serving the North Malabar region of Kerala, Kodagu and Mysore districts of Karnataka and Mahé district of Puducherry in India. It is located east of Kannur, and east of Thalassery, near the mun ...

Biodiversity of Koonam Village

Koonam is a unique village by Nature well known for its diversity of grasslands. The midland rocks of northern Kerala have its own characteristic floral composition supporting hillock system in supporting a unique assemblage of species and cashew plantations. Its unique by Nature surrounded by Rocky terrain, grasslands Kurumathoor, chuzali, Chavanapuzha, Kalliasseri, Poomangalam, Panniyoor, Mazhur, Pappinisseri, are the nearby villages to Koonam. It is near to Arabian sea. Large parcels of land has been under the

Government of Kerala Government of Kerala is the subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision ...

(occupied in 1970 as part of the Land reforms act), so in the coming years it is expected to see some developments.

Educational institutions

Schools * Koonam LP School. * Largest Industrial Training Institute (ITI)

Transportation

The national highway passes through

town.

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to th ...

and

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

can be accessed on the northern side and

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part ...

and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of

Iritty Iritty is a Municipality and a Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala State, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is known as The Coorg Valley in God's Own Country. Iritty is one o ...

connects to

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

and

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. But buses to these cities are available only from

, 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are

Kannapuram Kannapuram is a census town and grama panchayat in Kannur district of North Malabar region in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Kannapuram had a population of 18,459 of which males constitute 8,220 (44.5%) of the p ...

and

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka– ...

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

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 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 ...

. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

Landmarks

* Nearest Temple :Koonam Ayyappan Temple which is the only temple in this village. *Nearest Mosque :Koonam Badr Juma Maajid which the masjid in this village Koonam Mosque . * Nearest Temple: Poomangalam Someswari Temple -1.3 km * Famous Playground :Angakalari Koonam play ground * Famous Temple : Rajarajeshwara Temple -8 km * Famous Temple :

Trichambaram Temple Trichambaram Temple is a Krishna temple located at Taliparamba in the Kannur district of Kerala, South India. The main deity of the temple is Krishna after "Kamsavadham", sitting in Raudra posture (ferocious posture). This temple is also called ...

-9 km * Nearest Tourist places:

Parassinikkadavu Parassinkkadavu is a small Temple town in Anthoor Municipality. This town is located about from Kannur Corporation in the Kannur district of Kerala state, India. It is a famous tourist destination in North Malabar. Attractions Parassinikk ...

-10 km *Nanoos General merchant : one super market in koonam started in 1940

References

External links

Kannur District official website

Kannur Airport
;Tourism places in Kannur * {{Kannur district Villages near Taliparamba