Kannur District
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Kannur District കണ്ണൂർ ജില്ല |
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People in Kannur
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 Location in Kerala |
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| Coordinates: 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 11.8689°N 75.35546°ECoordinates: 11°52′08″N 75°21′20″E / 11.8689°N 75.35546°E | |
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 India
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| State | Kerala |
| Headquarters | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • District Collector | Mir Mohamad Ali IAS |
| • District Police Chief | Kori Sanjaykumar Gurudin IPS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,966 km2 (1,145 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,412,365 |
| • Density | 813/km2 (2,110/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL-KNR, IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL-13,KL-58,KL-59 |
| Sex ratio | 1090 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 92.80% |
| Website | www |
panchayats of Pallikunnu, Puzhathi, Edakkad, Elayavoor, and Chelara.joint in newly formed kannur corporation
Kannur District is one of the 14 districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name "Kannur". Kannur district is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north, Kozhikode district to the south and Wayanad District to the southeast. To the east the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with the state of Karnataka (Kodagu district). The Arabian Sea lies to the west. The district was established in 1957.
Kannur is the sixth-most urbanized district in Kerala, with more than 50% of its residents living in urban areas. Kannur has an urban population of 1,212,898, which is the second largest in Kerala after Ernakulam district.
Kannur District is known as the land of looms and lores, because of the loom industries and ritualistic festivals held here in temples. The district is a major centre of Theyyam, a ritual dance of northern Kerala. Small shrines known as kavus, associated with the Theyyam, dot the district.
The proposed Kannur International Airport will be the fourth international airport in Kerala and is situated 26-km away from Kannur.
There are many myths and legends associated with the name Kannur. It is said to be a portmanteau derived from two Malayalam words, ‘Kannan’ (Krishna, a Hindu deity), and ‘Ur’ (place), making it the place of Lord Krishna. One theory supporting this theory is that the deity of the Kadalayi Srikrishna Temple was originally installed in a shrine at Kadalayi Kotta in the southeastern part of the present Kannur town. During the British Raj, the city was known as Cannanore, the Portuguese version of its ancient name, 'Kannanore'.It was the capital of the only Muslim kingdom Arakkal Sulthanate, in the state of Kerala.
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