Country India District Kannur Population 10,722 (2001) | State Kerala Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) ISO 3166 code ISO 3166-2:IN | |
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Neighborhoods Karakkodi, Kalikkadavu, Puthukkandam, Cherukara, Pallivayal | ||
Panniyoor is a village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
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Map of Panniyoor, Kerala
Demographics
In 2001, Panniyoor had a population of 10722 with 5123 males and 5599 females.
Pepper Research Station
Panniyoor has become famous because the prestigious pepper reserearch station of Kerala Agricultural University is located there. The station has developed a high yield hybrid pepper variety called Panniyoor One.
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. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.