Chavassery

Summary

Chavassery is a small town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1]

Chavassery
village
Chavassery post office
Chavassery post office
Chavassery is located in Kerala
Chavassery
Chavassery
Location in Kerala, India
Chavassery is located in India
Chavassery
Chavassery
Chavassery (India)
Coordinates: 11°57′53″N 75°37′03″E / 11.964700°N 75.617610°E / 11.964700; 75.617610
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKannur
Government
 • BodyIritty Municipality
Population
 (2011)
 • Total22,480
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-KL

Demographics edit

As of 2001 India census, Chavassery had a population of 20134 with 9866 males and 10268 females. Chavassery is the part of Keezur-Chaavssery Grama Panchayath extending from Palottupalli to Keezur[1]

Transportation edit

Chavassery is the main town between Mattanur and Iritty. There are three bus stops in Chavassery 1. Chavassery Old PostOffice 2. Chavassery Town 3. Chavassery School Stop. Mainly two roads start from Chavassery: Chavassery-Naduvanad road and Chavassery-Veliyambra Road. The village has a wide variety of flora and fauna. Chavassery is 10 km away from KannurInternational Airport. The national highway passes through Kannur town. Goa 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.

Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mattanur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports, but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.