Mankada
| Mankada | |
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 Mankada
 Mankada
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| Coordinates: 11°01′07″N 76°10′32″E / 11.018658°N 76.175530°ECoordinates: 11°01′07″N 76°10′32″E / 11.018658°N 76.175530°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31.33 km2 (12.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 28,935 |
| • Density | 763.52/km2 (1,977.5/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 679324 |
| Telephone code | 04933 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-53 |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Literacy | 92.60% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Malappuram |
| Climate | Tropical monsoon (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Mankada is a hillside village in the Malappuram district of Kerala state. It is located 15 km from Malappuram and is part of the Malappuram parliament constituency. Mankada is also a legislative constituency and is currently represented by T.A. Ahmed Kabeer MLA.
The Mankada Panchayath is bordered the Cheriyam hills and other three major towns in Malappuram district, Malappuram, Manjeri and Perintalmanna. The total area of Mankada Panchayath is 31.33 km². Most of the land is arable. Climate is very cool in the rainy season and usually dry in the summer season just like the other part of kerala. The rainy season is from June to November, winter season from December to January and the rest of the year is sunny. The temperature is normal and ranges from 25 degree -35 degree. The terrain consists of small hills and upland plain. There is not much natural resources and most of the arable land is cultivated with permanent crops. Also there are no major environmental issues or natural hazards.
This place was originally part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty.
Valluvanad was an erstwhile late medieval feudal state in present state of Kerala in South India extending from the Bharathapuzha River in the south to the Pandalur Mala in the north during their zenith in the early Middle Ages. On the west, it was bounded by the Arabian Sea at the port Ponnani and on the east by Attappadi Hills. According to local legends, the last Later Chera ruler gave a vast extension of land in South Malabar to one of their governors, Valluvakkonithiri and left for a hajj. The Valluvakkonithiri was also given last Later Chera ruler's shield (presumably to defend himself from the sword received by the Samoothiri (Zamorin) of Kozhikode, another governor, from the departing ruler). Not surprisingly, the Vellatiri rajas were hereditary enemies of the Samoothiri. Valluvanad is famous for the Mamankam festivals, held once in 12 years and the endless wars against the Samoothiri of Kozhikode. By the late 18th century, Vellatiri or Walluwanad proper was the sole remaining territory of the Walluvanad raja (Valluva Konatiri), who once exercised suzerain rights over a large portion of Southern Malabar. Although management of the country was restored to the Vellatiri raja in 1792, it soon became evident that he was powerless to repress the trouble that quickly broke out between Mapillas (favored by the Mysorean occupiers) and nayars (who sought to restore the ancien régime), and already in 1793 management of the district had to be resumed as the chief and his family fled to Travancore. Muhammad Ajmal k Of university of Delhi, was born on Mankada.
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