Country India District Kannur PIN 670142 Elevation 56 m ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | State Kerala Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 0460 Area code 0460 | |
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Koonam
Koonam is (Malayalam: കൂനം ) a census village in Taliparamba Taluk in North Kerala Division, Kannur District of Kerala State, India. It comes under Kurumathoor and chuzali Panchayaths. It is located about 9 km from Taliparamba and 30 km north of Kannur.
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Koonam sree ayyapa kshetram azhipooja 2011
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Koonam had a population of 5000. Most of the residents speak Malayalam.
Politics
Koonam is traditionally a communist stronghold. But BJP and Indian National congress has strong influence in this Village. Koonam village falls under Taliparamba assembly constituency which is part of Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency).
How to reach there
Koonam is located about 3 km from State Highway 36 (Kerala)The highway is 46.0 km long and nearest National Highway 17 (India)(old numbering) access is at Taliparamba (9 km).It has been now renumbered as NH-66.
Biodiversity of Koonam Village
Koonam is a unique village by Nature well known for its diversity of grasslands.
The midland rocks of northern Kerala have its own characteristic floral composition supporting hillock system in supporting a unique assemblage of species and cashew plantations.
Its unique by Nature surrounded by Rocky terrain,grasslands
Kurumathoor, chuzali, Chavanapuzha,Kalliasseri, Poomangalam, Panniyoor, Mazhur, Pappinisseri, are the nearby villages to Koonam.It is near to Arabian sea.
Large parcels of land has been under the Government of Kerala(occupied in 1970 as part Land reforms act),so in the coming years expected to see some developments
Educational institutions
Schools
Transportation
The national highway passes through Taliparamba town. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. But buses to these cities are available only from Kannur, 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are Kannapuram and Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.