Perambra | |
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Town | |
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Location in Kerala, India | |
Coordinates: 11°34′33″N 75°44′02″E / 11.575898°N 75.73391°ECoordinates: 11°34′33″N 75°44′02″E / 11.575898°N 75.73391°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kozhikode |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
PIN | 673 525 |
Telephone code | 91 496 |
ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
Vehicle registration | KL-56 |
Website | www |
Perambra (Malayalam: പേരാമ്പ്ര) is a town in Koyilandy taluk of Kozhikode district in North Malabar region of Kerala state, India. This is one of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, and one of the 12 block Panchayats in Kozhikode district. There is a high demand from people to allow Perambra as a Taluk and Municipality.
Perambra lies almost at the centre of the district covering an area of 298.43 km2. The block has a population of 1,71,433; (86,019 males and 85414 females). The Perambra block has seven panchayats – Changaroth, Cheruvannur, Kayanna, Koothali, Chakkittapara, Nochad and Perambra.
The biggest college of Perambra is C.K.G.College. There are private college like National College, Presidency College, Oxford College, Chinmaya College, Indus College and TIME. Mercy college offers the courses of the University of Calicut. Darunnujoom College offers courses in food technology and psychology. Mother Teresa College offers teacher training. There are schools of fine arts like Academy of arts(centre for music dance and fine arts), Sopanam Sangeetha Sabha. Perambra Highschool and Vadakkumbad are the bigger schools here. There are also some private schools like St.Francis, Olive, St.Meeras, Sirajul Hudha and Vedavyasa.
Perambra assembly constituency is part of Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency).
Peruvannamuzhi Dam Site
Located at a distance of 15 km from Perambra, the Peruvannamuzhi Dam site set amid hills is a beautiful picnic spot. The reservoir here provides facilities for speedboat and rowboat cruises. The region offers immense scope for picnicking. The Experimental Farm of Indian Institute of Spices Research which has a large collection of various spice crops is situated about 2 km from Peruvannamuzhi Dam.