Punnakkulangara is a village in 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...

 district 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....

 in south India

South India

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Location and Local Governance

Punnakkulangara is a village 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...

. It is situated in the Taliparamba

Taliparamba

Taliparamba is a city and a municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala and spread over an area of 43.05 km2. It stretches from the coastal area of Ramanthali to Nuchiyard and Vayathur villages, touching the Karnataka border.Taliparamba is a big town of 67,000 people...

 Taluk of 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...

 district. Punnakkulangara comes under the Morazha village and Taliparamba

Taliparamba

Taliparamba is a city and a municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala and spread over an area of 43.05 km2. It stretches from the coastal area of Ramanthali to Nuchiyard and Vayathur villages, touching the Karnataka border.Taliparamba is a big town of 67,000 people...

 Municipality

Municipality

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. It is the 27th ward of Taliparamba Municipality. It is in Taliparamba Legislative Assembly Constituency and 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...

 Loksabha Constituency.
Even though a small village, Punnakkulangara is surrounded by important places. Historic place of Independence Movement , Morazha, Bakkalam are situated around Punnakkulangara. Kannur University

Kannur University

Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad districts of Kerala, India.It was established after the promulagation of Act No. 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly...

 is situated south of Punnakkulangara. Kerala Armed Police IV th Battalion is the south east boundary of this village. Government College of Engineering, Kannur, Doordarshan Kannur Centre, KELTRON

Keltron

Keltron, Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation Limited, is a public sector electronics company located in Kerala, a state in India. It is headquartered at the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram...

, Parassinikkadavu Snake Park

Parassinikkadavu Snake Park

Parassinkkadavu Snake Park is about from Kannur town in the Kannur district of north Kerala, in south India. The Snake Park is in Parassinikkadavu, which is from National Highway 17, en route from Kannur to Taliparamba,...

 etc. are very near to this place.

Demography

The demography

Demography

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 of Punnakkulangara is of mixed nature. Hindu

Hindu

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s and Muslim

Muslim

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s are the dominant religions. Christians are also there. Among the Hindus most of them belongs to Thiyya caste. But religion and caste never had a discriminating effect on the people of Punnakkulangara.

Education

Punnakkulangara has an almost 95 % literacy rate. By an average at least one graduate is their in every home. Most of the people depends Punnakkulangara Anganvaadi for pre school education. Almost 100% of the children used to go to schools. Most of the people depends the aided and Government schools around Punnakkulangara like Morazha South A.L.P School, Morazha Central U.P. school , Government Higher Secondary School Morazha etc.
For Higher secondary eduacation, people largely rely upon Morazha Govt. Higher Secondary school and K.P.R Gopalan Smaraka Govt Higher Secondary School, Kalliasseri

Kalliasseri

Kalliasseri is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.-Demographics: India census, Kalliasseri had a population of 25005 and the projected population for 2010 is 28,066. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%...

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There is no college in Punnakkulangara. People depends upon Private and parallel Colleges in and around Taliparamba

Taliparamba

Taliparamba is a city and a municipality in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala and spread over an area of 43.05 km2. It stretches from the coastal area of Ramanthali to Nuchiyard and Vayathur villages, touching the Karnataka border.Taliparamba is a big town of 67,000 people...

, 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...

, Payyannur, Cherukunnu

Cherukunnu

Cherukunnu is a census town in the Kannur district of North Malabar region in the Indian state of Kerala.- Demographics : India Census, Cherukunnu had a population of 16,246, with 7,473 males and 8,773 females....

 etc. A majority of boys are now attracted towards the technical field like Computer Hardware, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical Engg. Most of them rely upon polytechnic, ITI s and private institutions.

Economy

Agriculture - Once the major activity of the people in Punnakkulangara, is now in its downward swing. There are still a lot of people engaged in agriculture, but as a side business only. Once the vast paddy fields on the sides of the canal flowing through the center of Punnakkulngara was a nice scene. Slowly, but more and more paddy fields are becoming sterile. Major agricultural activities includes rice

Rice

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, coconut

Coconut

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, areca nut, pepper

Black pepper

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, cashew

Cashew

The cashew is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. Its English name derives from the Portuguese name for the fruit of the cashew tree, caju, which in turn derives from the indigenous Tupi name, acajú. It is now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.-Etymology:The...

, other seasonal activities...

Business and Industry - There is no industry in Punnakkulangara. Lot of people are engaged in small and medium business in Kerala and abroad also. It ranges from small scale trading to trading abroad.

Vocation

A major portion of the population in Punnakkulnagara are labourers. The main fields which provides vocation to them are construction, agriculture (seasonal), etc. Co-operative sector is a large source of livelihood. This include Weavers co-operative societies like Kalliassery Weavers Ind. Co-op society, Morazha Weavers Ind Co-op Society, Kerala Dinesh Beedi Co-op Society, Indian Coffee House etc. One of the most important section is the people employed in other parts of India and abroad. Most of the Non resident are employed in Arabian countries. Another important area is Government sector. Many people are employed in Government offices, Schools, University etc. Nowadays people employed in IT and allied industries are also rising up. In Punnakkulangara also, rather than unemployment, underemployment is the main problem.

Politics

Punnakkulangara is always been a fertile land for pro-proletarian forces. Many times, in the local body election there was no opposition. Punnakkulangara, 3rd ward of the former Anthoor Panchyath, now 27th ward of Taliparamba municipality never elected any non left member.

• Councellor and Chairman of Municipality - Puthiya Veettil Kamala
• M.L.A. - C.K.P. Padmanabhan

External links

• Punnakkulangara in Wikimapia : http://wikimapia.org/#lat=11.9902935&lon=75.3658676&z=15&l=0&m=b&v=1&show=/15925682/Punnakkulangara
• Website of Punnakkulangara