Avitanallur

Avitanallur
Avitanallur
village
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Vehicle registration	KL-

Avitanallur is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] Avitanallur has been made famous by the birth of N. N. Kakkad the famous Malayalam Poet. While Avitanallur is the official name of the village, it is locally renowned and directed as Kootallida.

The place name (Avita-Nalla-uur) in Malayalam means "That is a good place". This small village had nearly 300 Illams (Brahmin House) in which most of them was attacked and looted during Tippu Sultan's Invasion to Malabar Province.

Demographics

At the 2001 India census, Avitanallur had a population of 17,007 with 8,406 males and 8,601 females.^[1]

Transportation

Avitanallur village connects to other parts of India through

Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore

.

References

^ ^a ^b "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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[censusindia-1] "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.

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