Vehicle registration KL-11 Elevation 5 m Population 28,285 (2001) | Postal Index Number 673611 Area 17.94 km² Coastline 14,000 m | |
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Time zone Indian Standard Time (IST) (UTC+5:30) | ||
Parambil Bazar or Kuruvattur is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. It is 14 km (8.7 mi) from Kozhikode (Calicut) city.
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Map of Kuruvattoor, Kerala
The village shares its borders with Chelannur, Kakkodi, Madavoor, Kunnamangalam and Kozhikode corporation. The village comes under Kunnamangalam block and has 18 wards. Parambil bazar and Payambra are the prominent places in Kuruvattoor. The junction Pottamuri in Kuruvattur serves connecting roads to Parambil Bazar, Kakkodi and Kozhikode city.
The village is encouraging arts and sports, especially football. Many clubs and local bodies create events for boosting cultural aspects. Chandrodayam Vayanasala is the library for Kuruvattur.
Education
The first educational institution was established as payambra elementary school in the year 1885. Now the school is upgraded to higher secondary school which serves the payambra, kuruvattoor and nearby regions.The panchayath has a literacy rate of 93.12% which is much higher than national average.
Facilities
The panchayat owns a kerala gramin bank.
Climate
kuruvattoor features a tropical monsoon climate. It has a highly humid tropical climate with high temperatures recorded from March to May. A brief spell of pre-monsoon Mango showers hits the city sometime during April. However, the primary source of rain is the South-west monsoon that sets in the first week of June and continues until September. The village receives significant precipitation from the North-East Monsoon that sets in from the second half of October through November.
Demographics
As of 2001 India census, Kuruvattur had a population of 28,285 with 13,676 males and 14,609 females.