Vazhikkadavu is a village in

Nilambur Nilambur is a major town, a municipality and a Taluk in the Malappuram district of the Indian state of Kerala. It is located close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River. This place is also known as 'Teak ...

taluk of

Malappuram Malappuram (also Malapuram) () is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of including the surrounding suburban areas. The first municipality in the district formed in 1970, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarter ...

district,

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Geography

It is located on the CNG (Calicut-Nilambur-Gudalur) road 20 km north-east of

. Just after Vazhikkadavu town the '' ghat'' road known as Nadukani Churam starts through forests leading to Nadukani (20 km away) in

Nilgiris The Nilgiri Mountains form part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka, and eastern Kerala in India. They are located at the trijunction of three states and connect the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. At le ...

district. The Kerala-Tamil Nadu border is at about 10 km from Vazhikkadavu.

Transport

Road

Vazhikkadavu is connected to major cities/towns in Kerala by road. Local buses reach Manjeri, Perinthalmanna, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, etc. Inter-state buses reach Gudalur,

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, Hasan,

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and Sulthan Bathery. Tarred roads connect Vazhikkadavu to Karakkode,Puthirippadam, Vellakkatta, Poovathippoyil, Marutha (through Mamankara) and Nellikkuth (from Manimooli).

Rail

The nearest railway station is Nilambur Road railway station

Air.

The nearest airport is

Calicut International Airport Calicut International Airport , also known as Kozhikode Airport or Karipur Airport, is an international airport located in Karipur, Malappuram district of Kerala, India. It serves the Malabar region of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Wayanad and Pa ...

, which is 60 kilometres away.

Services

Check posts of sales tax, forest, excise and motor vehicle departments are also present. The Nadukani Ghat is famous for its greenery. It has rare species.

Places of worship

'' Masjids'' serve various parts of Vazhikkadavu including the ancient Marutha Juma Masjid. The Karakkode Durga Devi

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and Sri Ramananda Ashram are Hindu pilgrim sites in Nilambur area. The temple is under the management of Ramananda Ashram. H.H. Swami Sreedharananda is the founder of the ashram. There are many churches including Christ the King Forane Church at Manimooly, St. Gregorios Orthodox Church at Mamamkara, St.Joseph

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Church at Narivalamunda, St.George Orthodox church at Modapoika,

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

church at Mamamkara,

India Pentecostal Church of God The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) is the largest Pentecostal Christian Denomination in India. It has over ten thousand congregations around the world. Its organisational headquarters is at Hebronpuram, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. IPC chu ...

church at Manimooly, St.Mary's

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Catholic church at Mamankara and Many other Evangelical Churches

Naxalite threat

In November, 2016, three Naxalites were killed near

Karulai Karulai is a small town and panchayath in Nilambur Taluk of Malappuram district. It is situated on the banks of the Karimpuzha River. Edakkara, Nilambur, Pookkottumpadam, and Vaniyambalam are the nearest towns. Tourist attraction Karula ...

in an encounter with Kerala police. Naxalite leader Kappu Devaraj from Andhra Pradesh was one of those killed. Naxalites visit the locality regularly to ask for food and shelter from the tribals. The police comb the area regularly, without making arrests. On 27 September 2016, Maoists and Kerala police fought in this area although no one was injured.

Suburbs

* Mundappotty * Modapoika * Narivalamunda * Mamamkara * Palad village * Nellikuth Junction * Panchayathangady * Kettungal * Poovathipoyyil * Karakkode * Manimooly * Kambalakkallu * Korankunnu * Anamari * Varakkulam

Transport

Vazhikkadavu village connects to other parts of India through

town. State Highway No.28 starts from Nilambur and connects to

and

through Highways.12,29 and 181. National highway No.66 passes through Ramanattukara and the northern stretch connects to Goa and

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. The southern stretch connects to

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

Trivandrum 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 ...

. State. The nearest airport is at Karippor. The nearest major railway station is at

References

{{Malappuram district Villages in Malappuram district Nilambur area

Geography

Transport

Road

Rail

Air.

Services

Places of worship

Naxalite threat

Suburbs

Transport

See also

References