Ulliyeri
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Ulliyeri is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 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 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...

.

Nilambur
Nilambur
Nilambur is a municipality and a taluk in the Malappuram district of Kerala, South India. It is famous for its forests, especially its wildlife habitats, rivers, waterfalls and teak plantations. It is situated close to the Nilgiris range of the Western Ghats on the banks of the Chaliyar River...

-Koyilandi SH pass through here

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Ulliyeri had a population of 30742 with 14929 males and 15813 females.

Politics

Ulliyeri is part of Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency). Ulliyeri keeps its secular face always.




Ulliyeri is part of Balusseri assembly constituency. In the first decade of Indian independence Balusseri supported the Indian National Congress party, but support since then has shifted to the Left Democratic Front. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also a growing political factor in this area. Former Kerala state minister A C Shanmukhadas got a mammoth lead from this Grama Panchayat as part of Balussery assembly constiuency, and he was elected continuously for the past 25 years as MLA.




Ulliyeri gramapanchayat is a strong LDF supporting village. Its a red support area in its political bias. Left Democratic Front has been ruling this village for years.

Transport

The nearest railway station is Quilandy (Koyilandy), 9 km away. The state highways connecting Quilandy and Nilambur (SH-34) and Puthiyangadi-Ulliyeri-Perambra-Chovva(Kannur) (SH-38) passes through Ulliyeri. Nearest airport is Karippur, Malappuram District (Calicut CCJ) 50 km away.

Education

Palora higher secondary school is the major education institution in this village. Palora HSS is a famous school in kerala.
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