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Country
  
India

District
  
Kannur

Gram panchayat
  
Koodali

ISO 3166 code
  
ISO 3166-2:IN

State
  
Kerala

Taluka
  
Iritty

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Ayippuzha

Weather
  
27°C, Wind NE at 2 km/h, 80% Humidity

Ayippuzha is a hamlet (thorp) in Pattannur, the Kannur district, state of Kerala, India. It lies on the banks of the Irikkur River, in the south part of Pattannur. Economically and geographically, it is a part of the town of Irikkur, in the government records.

Contents

Education

  • The Government Upper Primary School
  • The Ayippuzha Madrasah
  • The Amie English Medium School (under supervision of Ayippuzha Jumah Mahal committee)
  • Cambridge English Medium School CBSE
  • Norul Huda Madrassa Koorari
  • Politics

    Ayippuzha belongs in following category:

  • Panchayat: Koodali
  • Village: Pattannoor
  • Block Panchayath: Iritty
  • Assembly: Mattanur
  • Parliament: kannur
  • Community

    The majority of the population is Muslim(Approximately 90%), but a few Hindu families live there.

    Financial Background

    Business: Almost 65% of the people depend upon the timber/wood industries located at the Ayippuzha mill. Other companies are located engaged in agriculture (Coconut and Cashew-nut, Black Pepper, Rubber...). Much of the income is provided by ex-pats, people working in the Gulf countries and other states in India, in different fields and now almost every family has one or more men earning in the Gulf region.

    Banks

    There are four banks in Ayippuzha:

  • Pattanoor Co operative bank
  • Pattanoor Co operative bank Evening Branch
  • Koodali Public Servants Society
  • Mattannoor Cooperative Rural Bank
  • Mattannoor Cooperative Rural Bank Evening Branch.
  • Govt Offices

  • Public Works Department (PWD) office
  • Situated in nearby Irikkur Bridge

    Demographics

    Muslims make up the majority of the population. There are 7 mosques in Ayippuzha. UDF have strong presence.IUML is a major political party in ayippuzha, other Party INC,INL and cpi(m).

    NAJIYA. K (IUML) representing the member of panchayath. Mr. K.A.AYYOOB is president of Ayippuzha Jumahth Mahal committee.

    Kooran,Puthiya Purayil, Kinakool andNadukandy, AND KV.HOUSE- famous family in the ayippuzha,

    Transportation

    The national highway passes through Taliparamba town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.

    References

    Ayippuzha Wikipedia