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Punnad is a village in Kannur district

Kannur district

Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur District is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north and...

 in the state 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....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is near Iritty

Iritty

Iritty is a small town in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. It comes in Keezhur-Chavassery Panchayath. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions.-Location:...

 and it is within Keezhur Chavassery panchayat. Punnad is situated beside the Tellicherry-Coorg road, 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) from Tellicherry, and 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) from Kannur

Kannur

Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...

. There is branch of State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Travancore

State Bank of Travancore , is a subsidiary of the State Bank Group and also has private share-holders. It is the premier bank of Kerala State, India, where it has 700 branches...

 in Punnad. Several traditional art forms are still practiced in the village, including those only found in the 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...

 area, such as theyyam

Theyyam

Theyyam or Theyyattam or Thira is a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala state, India, predominant in the Kolathunadu area Theyyam or Theyyattam or Thira is a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala state, India, predominant in the Kolathunadu...

 and kalampaattu. There has been some communal violence over the few past years, including political clashes and murders , People are expectig calm and peaceful life. Important temples in Punnad include Punnattappan Temple and Kuzhumbil Temple. Keezhur Chavassery Panchayath office and the village office also situated in punnad .We can sea Muslim Juma Masjid near by punnad bus station and other two small Masjid ,one in Meethele Puunnad and one in Keezhur kunnu.Most of the students studying in L P and U p school in punnad .There is CBSE and kerala Higher education School near by the village .There is no any Primary Health Centere , it is 4 KM away from PUNNAD -in Iritty or Mattnur. SBT, Cooperative Bank and Vanitha Banks are doing the financial works for the villegers.One of The famous man in Punnad was UppiSahib .Mejority peoples are Hindus and Muslims , all of them were living cooperated .