Koyilandy is a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Kozhikode district

Kozhikode district

Kozhikode District , formerly Calicut, is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The district is 38.25% urbanised...

 in North Malabar

North Malabar

North Malabar , is a historic as well as geographic distinction in India used to refer the area covering; present Kasaragod and Kannur Districts, Mananthavady taluk of Wayanad District and Koyilandy & Vatakara taluks of Kozhikode District in modern Kerala and the entire Mahé sub-Division of...

 region of the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. This town is between Calicut and Badagara(Vatakara ) and is on NH 17. It can be identified with Tyndis in Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

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. The freedom fighter K. Kelappan

K. Kelappan

K. Kelappan was born in the small village Muchukunnu in Calicut in Kerala. He studied in Calicut and Madras and graduated from the University of Madras. He began his career as a teacher at in St. Berchmans High School, Changanassery and was the founder President of the Nair Service Society. Later...

 was born in a near-by village, Muchukunnu.

Geography

Koyilandy is located at 11.43°N 75.70°E. It has an average elevation of 2 m (6.6 ft).

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Quilandy had a population of 68,970. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Quilandy has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 80%. In Quilandy, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Koyilandy hookahs

Koyilandy hookahs, traditional smoking pipes, of Calicut made in Koyilandy were famous across North India

North India

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, Gulf

Persian Gulf

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 and Pakistan

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. Prepared by Moosari, a coppersmith

Coppersmith

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 community

Community

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, these Hookah

Hookah

A hookah A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari, (Nastaleeq) huqqah) also known as a waterpipe or narghile, is a single or multi-stemmed (often glass-based) instrument for smoking in which the smoke is cooled by water. The tobacco smoked is referred to...

s were once considered a pride of Koyilandy. However it is not so any more. But in Gulf countries, Koyilandy hookahs are still very popular as "Malabar Hookah".

The craft owes it origin to a group of Yemeni merchants who had taken up residence at Koyilandy about 500 years ago. They commissioned the local craftsmen to make hookah, an object of oriental culture. Made by local craftsmen, the Hookah impressed Yemeni traders and soon came to be known as Koyilandy Hookah.Besides being ornately designed with attractive motifs, the Koyilandy Hookahs have coconut shell as the water holder. Even today, these hookahs are exported to gulf countries.

Transportation

• Railway Station- Quilandi Railway station, established in 1901
• Nearest Airport- Calicut Airport, approx. 50 km away.
• Road- It is well connected by road as the National Highway 17 passes through the town.

Places of interest

• Kappad
• Kakkayam
• Peruvannamuzhi
• Velliyamkallu
• Parappalli Beach
• Thoovappara Beach
• Palakkulam beach
• urupuniya kavu temple
• Mudadi vishnu temple
• Pisharikavu Temple
• naduvathur siva temple
• kollam chira
• poilkave sree durga devi temple
• Panthalayini Sri Aghora Shiva Temple
• Kothamangalam Sri Vishnu Temple

Schools

• Amrita School Peruvatoor
• Bhavans Koyilandy
• CKG Memorial High School
• panthalayani U.P school
• kollam U.P School
• Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Koyilandy
• Melur Lower Primary School, Melur, Chengottukave
• Govt. Girls HSS, Koyilandy
• Poyilkave High School, Poyilkave
• Higher Secondary School, Thiruvangoor
• Govt moppla higher secondery school Koyilandi
• Kothamangalam south LP school koyilandy
• Kavumvattom UP School
• Sri Sathya Sai Vidyapeeth Sri Sailam, Nandi
• Kannoth U.P.School,Keezariyur,Koyilandi
• Anthata up school
• SVASS Naduvathur
• Jaycee Montissoree School
• IHSS Kappad
• ICS Koyilandy
• Nambrathkara UP School
• MLPS Nateri
• Arikkulam UP School
• markaz public school(khalfan)koyilandy
• vidya sadanam model school, purakkad, Thikkodi

Higher Education

• S.A.R.B.T.M. Govt. College, Muchukunnu
• R.Sankar Memmorial SNDP Yogam Arts and Science College, Koyilandy
• Govt. ITI, Koyilandy
• lahiya arts and science college, Koyilandy
• Sanskrit university branch, Nambrathkara