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Chakkittapara

Coordinates: 11°34′N 75°49′E / 11.57°N 75.81°E / 11.57; 75.81
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Chakkittapara
town
Chakkittapara is located in Kerala
Chakkittapara
Chakkittapara
Location in Kerala, India
Chakkittapara is located in India
Chakkittapara
Chakkittapara
Chakkittapara (India)
Coordinates: 11°34′N 75°49′E / 11.57°N 75.81°E / 11.57; 75.81
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKozhikode
Population
 (2006)
 • Total63,795
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
673 526
Telephone code+91 496
Vehicle registrationKL-77
Websitewww.kozhikode.nic.in

Chakkittapara is a panchayat in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state, India. Chakkittapara borders Wayanad district to the east. Administratively, Chakkittapara comes under the Perambra block panchayat and Koyilandy Taluk, containing 15 wards and destinations like Kulathuvayal, Peruvannamuzhi, Chempanoda, Poozhithode, Muthukadu, Koovapoyil, Narinada, Chempra, and Pannikkottoor.

Geography

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Kuttiady Dam, part of Kuttiady Irrigation Project, is located at Peruvannamuzhi which is near to Chakkittapara town. Its vast reservoir gives a panoramic view of lakes around both Chakkitapara Panchayath . Annankuttanchal is a growing tourist destination, which is included in the tourist map of the Malabar region. Major attractions include the dam site, garden, water reservoir, crocodile farm, snake farm, spice gardens, and wildlife sanctuary. Boats may be rented for water safaris on the kilometers-long reservoir.

Famous Personalities

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Jinson Jhonson-Indian Middle Distance Runner

Educational institutions

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  • Govt ITI, Muthukad.
  • Govt.High School Perambra Plantation Muthukad.
  • Collective Farm Government LP School Muthukad.
  • Govt LP School Pillaperuvanna
  • St. George school high school Kulathuvayal.
  • St Antony's LP School Chakkittapara
  • ST. Anns public school Chakkittapara
  • Pushpa LP School Narinada.
  • Fathima Matha school is at Peruvannamuzhi.
  • St.joseph high school chembanoda
  • Raymond public school at Chempanoda.
  • St George LPS Kulathuvayal

Hospitals

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  • Public Health Center, Peruvannamuzhi
  • Ayurvedic Hospital, Chempanoda
  • Homeopathic Hospital, Muthukadu
  • Little Flower Hospital, Koodakkolli

Transportation

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Chakkittappara village connects to other parts of India through Vatakara town on the west and Kuttiady town on the east. National highway No.66 passes through Vatakara and the northern stretch connects to Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Vatakara.