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Edoor

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Edoor
town
Edoor is located in Kerala
Edoor
Edoor
Location in Kerala, India
Edoor is located in India
Edoor
Edoor
Edoor (India)
Coordinates: 11°59′55″N 75°43′30″E / 11.99861°N 75.72500°E / 11.99861; 75.72500
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKannur
Government
 • TypeGrama panchayat
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
670704
Telephone code0490
ISO 3166 codeIN-KL
Vehicle registrationKL-78
Nearest cityIritty
Lok Sabha constituencyKannur
Climatemildclimate (Köppen)

Edoor is a small town about 6.5 kilometers from Iritty in Kannur district in Kerala, India. Edoor is named by the people from travancore. Before their migration these lands were forest

Economy

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Edoor town is a small marketplace for the farmer communities of the surrounding regions.

Transportation

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The national highway passes through Kannur 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 of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Kannur and Mangalore and Calicut. This place is well-connected to any part of Kannur and other parts of Kerala by road.

Tourism

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Tourist attractions include Vembuzha river, St Mary's Forane Church, Assemblies of God in India(Pentecostal Church) in Veerpad, Mundayamparambu Temple and the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary.

Kolikadavu, Angadikadavu and Aralam are the nearest towns.

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