Mukkam is a major municipal town in the

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 ...

, in the state of Kerala, India. Mukkam is located about 27 km east of

Kozhikode 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 ...

city on the banks of

Iruvanjippuzha Iruvazhanjippuzha, or Iruvanjipuzha, is a major tributary of River Chaliyar flowing in Kerala. It joins into Chaliyar at Koolimadu near Cheruvadi. Its major tributary is Chalippuzha, which joins with it about 3 km north of Thiruvambady town. Oth ...

River, one of the major tributaries of the

Chaliyar Chaliyar River () is the fourth longest river in Kerala at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar is also known as Chulika River, Nilambur River or Beypore River as it is near the sea. Pothukal, Chungathara, Nilambur, Mampad, Edavanna, Kavano ...

River. It is under the Thiruvambadi Assembly Constituency.

Demographics

Mukkam municipality has a population of 40,670 (2011 census) with a growth rate of 9.41 % during 2001-2011. The population density of population was 1300.17/km². The male population is 19,654 and female population is 21,016. It is a municipality with an area of 31.28 km2 within the Taluk of Kozhikode. It is about 26 km from the Calicut International Airport and 30 km from the Calicut Railway station. Mukkam municipality is at 11.3184o N and 75.9586oE.

Civic administration

Mukkam Municipality Election 2020

In popular culture

S. K. Pottekkatt depicts Mukkam in his 1941 novel ''

Naadan Premam ''Naadan Premam'' () is a Malayalam novel written by S. K. Pottekkatt in 1941. It is a short novel written when the author was in Bombay and tells the story of an innocent village belle jilted by a modern man-about-town. It is set entirely in Muk ...

'' and there is a memorial with his name in the town. Ennu Ninte Moideen is a 2015 romantic thriller film written and directed by R. S. Vimal, based on events which happened in the 1960s in Mukkam.

Transport

Road

State Highway 34 (SH 34) passes through Mukkam.

Air

The nearest airport is

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 ...

, 26 km southwest of Mukkam, the 12th busiest airport in India in passenger traffic.

Notable people

* Prof. MN Karassery Writer. * George M. Thomas Ex MLA. * BP Moideen Politician. * Linto Joseph, MLA. * Mathai Chacko, Ex MLA. * O Abdurahman, Journalist. * Noufal PN, Footballer

References

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