Thrikaripur a small town located in south part of

Kasaragod District Kasaragod ( (, , ; English: ''Kassergode'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city ...

in the state of

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, India. Its southernmost end Olavara touches

Payyannur Payyanur (), is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. Payyanur is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Min ...

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Demographics

The 2001

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determined that the population of Trikaripur had a population of 32,626.

Geography

Thrikaripur lies along the coast of

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, at This Panchayat serves as the separating border for

and

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 ...

Educational Institutions

Colleges

* Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy * Trikaripur Arts & Science College (TASC) *SMMKT School of Information Technology & Commerce (SMMKT SITC)

Places of worship

Sri Chakrapani Temple, Thrikaripur Sree Chakrapani Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, located at Thrikaripur in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. According to myths, the temple was built by Parashurama. It is also one of the temples in Kerala with historical signifi ...

, temple dedicated to

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Notable people

Arya ''Aryan'' (), or ''Arya'' (borrowed from Sanskrit ''ārya''),Oxford English Dictionary Online 2024, s.v. ''Aryan'' (adj. & n.); ''Arya'' (n.)''.'' is a term originating from the ethno-cultural self-designation of the Indo-Iranians. It stood i ...

(Jamshad Cethirakath) * Asif Kottayil * Muhammed Rafi * Muttah Suresh * Sathya (Shahir Cethirakath)

References

External links

Trikarpur.com - The first website for this village launched in 2000

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