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Kadavathur

Coordinates: 11°44′33″N 75°37′38″E / 11.7425356°N 75.6270933°E / 11.7425356; 75.6270933
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Kadavathur
Kadavathur Desham
village
Kadavathur is located in Kerala
Kadavathur
Kadavathur
Location in Kerala, India
Kadavathur is located in India
Kadavathur
Kadavathur
Kadavathur (India)
Coordinates: 11°44′33″N 75°37′38″E / 11.7425356°N 75.6270933°E / 11.7425356; 75.6270933
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKannur
Government
 • TypePanchayati Raj (India)
 • BodyGrama Panchayat
Demonym(s)Kadavathurkaran, Kadavathurkari, Kadavathurkar
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
670676
Telephone code0490-
ISO 3166 codeIN-KL
Vehicle registrationKL 58 -
Nearest cityThalassery
Literacy100%
Lok Sabha constituencyVatakara
Gram PanchayatThripangottur

Kadavathur is a village near Thalassery, situated in Kannur district of Kerala state.

Etymology

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Kadavu in Malayalam means the bank of a river where there is no bridge and people use country boats to cross the river.

Transportation

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The national highway passes through Thalassery town. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mangalore, Kannur and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

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