Kannur Cantonment

Coordinates: 11°51′44″N 75°21′49″E / 11.862101°N 75.363722°E / 11.862101; 75.363722
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Kannur Cantonment
Neighbourhood
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ISO 3166 codeIN-KL

Kannur Cantonment (or Cannanore Cantonment the old English name), situated in Burnassery or Burnshire(the anglicized name), is a

Defence Security Corps.[2]

The Kannur Cantonment Board is one of the 62 cantonments in India and the only one in Kerala. The cantonment at Kannur falls in the Class III category. Defence offices such the Defence Security Corps Centre, Defence Security Corps Record, Defence Security Corps Pay Accounts Office and DPDO Kannur[clarification needed] are located here. It is home to St. Angelo Fort, Holy Trinity Cathedral and St. Thomas Orthodox Church.

History

The Kannur Cantonment was established in the 19th century by the

Arakkal Kingdom
until 1909, when the Arakkal Beevi, Rani Imbichi Adi-Raja Bibi lost it to the British.

After Indian Independence, the Kannur Cantonment came under the control of the Indian Army. It is now a prominent and strategic location for the Indian armed forces.

Demographics

As of 2011 India

Anglo-Indian
community lives in the Kannur Cantonment and the surrounding areas of Thillery, No.3 Bazaar and Camp Bazaar.

Kannur Cantonment Board

The Kannur Cantonment Board came into existence in 1938. This cantonment consists of 2698

civilians
and 2121 military population. The Board consists of 12 members. Six of them are elected from the civilian population. The Officer-in-Command is the chairman of the Board.

Education

Some of the prestigious Schools situated in the Cannanore Cantonment are St Teresa's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School Kannur, Ursuline Convent School, B E M P Upper Primary School, St Peter's Lower Primary School, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Army School and the recently[when?] opened Premier English School.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Kannur cantonment population". www.citypopulation.de/en.
  2. ISBN 9788189449018
    .
  3. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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