Edachery

Edacheri is a small panchayath in the district of Kozhikode in the South Indian state of Kerala.

It is part of the North Malabar province of Kerala, and is situated east of Vatakara. Purameri Panchayat borders it to the east, Eramala Panjayath to the west and Mahe river to the north.

Edacheri comes in the Nadapuram constituency and has a strong leftist political history. The panchayat has always gone to the LDF (Left Democratic Front) since its inception.

The panchayat has a mixed population. Hindus constitute the majority. There is a large Muslim population also. The Christian population is negligible.

There is a strong agrarian sector, and the crops are mainly coconuts, arecanuts and pepper. Paddy cultivation has a major setback now, as is the case with most of Kerala, with paddy fields being claimed for houses and for more profitable crops. There are no major industries in Edacheri and migration to the Middle East (Gulf) and to the major cities in India is prevalent. There is a Saliya-theruvu where weaving is an important occupation. There are granite quarries in the Panchayat where granite mining is carried out.

There are many primary many upper primary schools and one Higher seconadary school in the panchayat, including Narikkunnu UP School,Thalayi LP school,Kacheri UP school, Edacheri North UP School,Puthiyangadi Mappila LP School,Edacheri Central LP,Thuruthi LP school,Iringannor Higher secondary school etc. But for higher education, students have to go to Madappali Gvt College, Mokeri Gvt college, Vatakara town, Purameri or Orkkatteri (neighbouring villages).

People belongs to Hindu, Islam and Communists communities. This is one of the stronghold villages of Communist Marxist Party of India and CPI,Janadadal . Hindu community is divided into Theeya, Moosadh, Nayar, Kurup, paravar, malayar, ashari, shaliar, pulayar, Pallichan, etc. There is no industry for this village. People depend on agriculture for their livelihood. After 1970 many people moved to Gulf countries to find their alternative livelihood and flourished local economy with gulf money.

Edacheri has a reputation for street violence between Muslim extremists and Communists. Many people were killed in the last few years and there is recurrence of violence on a daily basis. Normal business and travel is severel hampered in this area because of frequent street fights and agitations. On 24 January 2015, one communist volunteer called P.Shibin was murdered. The police issued prohibitory orders in violent areas like Nadapuram, Valayam, Kuttiady and Edachery. The communist volunteers retaliated by torching the houses of the accused persons. On 11 April 2001, Muslim League activists attacked Chekkiad village near Panoor with daggers, choppers, pickaxes and sickles. Three communist workers were seriously injured. The police is not effective in this area because the number of security personnel diployed is only ten percent of the perpertraors of the violece.

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