Vazhikkadavu

Vazhikkadavu വഴിക്കടവ്
village
Vazhikkadavu Village Vazhikkadavu Village
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	679333
Telephone code	04931

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Vazhikkadavu Town

Vazhikkadavu is a small town in Nilambur taluk of Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It is located on the CNG (Calicut-Nilambur-Gudalur) road 20 km north-east of Nilambur town. Just after Vazhikkadavu town the ghat road (known as Nadukani Churam) starts through forests leading to Nadukani (20 km away) in Nilgiris district. The Kerala-Tamil Nadu border is at about 10 km from Vazhikkadavu. The town has hotels, restaurants and shops open 24x7.

Transportation

Vazhikkadavu is well connected to major cities/towns in Kerala by road. There are many buses to Manjeri, Perinthalmanna, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, etc. Moreover, inter-state buses to Gudalur, Ooty, Mysore, Mandya, Hasan, Bangalore and Sulthan Bathery pass through Vazhikkadavu.

Check posts of Sales tax, Forest, Excise and Motor Vehicle departments are also present here.

There is a huge demand for last many years for making Kozhikode - Nilambur - Ooty as National Highway.

The nearest railway station is Nilambur Road railway station.

The nearest airport is Calicut International Airport.

Karakkodan River

The river Karakkodan puzha flows through Vazhikkadavu town and joins Maruthappuzha at Munda. Through the south-eastern part of Vazhikkadavu panchayath Punnappuzha flows. There are tarred roads from Vazhikkadavu to Karakkode, Vellakkatta, Poovathippoyil, Marutha (through Mamankara) and Nellikkuth (from Manimooli).

Manimooly is a developing region of Vazhikadavu and is notable for its catholic settlement. Post office, state bank of India branch, co-operative bank, Christ king High School etc are located in Manimooly.

Places of worship

The Karakkode Durga Devi Temple and Sri Ramananda Ashramam is one of the most famous Hindu pilgrim centre in Nilambur Area. The temple is very old. It is under the management of Ramananda Ashramam. H.H. Swami Sreedharananda is the founder of ashrama.

Anamari is a part of Vazhikkadavu. Anamari is also knowns as Sebastian point. Sebastian was the name of an honest forest officer who was killed by someone in the forest.

Suburbs of Vazhikkadavu

• Mamamkara
• Palad village
• Nellikuth Junction
• Panchayathangady
• Kettungal
• Poovathipoyyil
• Karakkode
• Manimooly
• Kambalakkallu

See also

• Nilambur
• Edakkara
• Gudalur
• Chungathara
• Mango Orange
• Pandalur
• Devala