Kadavathur

Kadavathur Kadavathur Desham
village
Kadavathur Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Kadavathur Kadavathur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 11°44′33″N75°37′38″E / 11.7425356°N 75.6270933°E / 11.7425356; 75.6270933
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Type	Panchayati Raj (India)
• Body	Grama Panchayat
Demonym(s)	Kadavathurkaran, Kadavathurkari, Kadavathurkar
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670676
Telephone code	0490-
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL 58 -
Nearest city	Thalassery
Literacy	100%
Lok Sabha constituency	Vatakara
Gram Panchayat	Thripangottur

Kadavathur is a village near Thalassery, situated in Kannur district of Kerala state, India.

Kadavu in Malayalam means the bank of a river where there is no bridge and people use country boats to cross the river. ^{[ citation needed ]} A proposed bridge in the region would enable people of Kadavathur to reach Vadakara and Nadapuram without relying on ferry boat services. ^[1]

Transportation

The national highway passes through Thalassery 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 Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mangalore, Kannur and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

1. "Survey for construction of bridge at Kallacherikadavu in Kannur begins". The Hindu. 23 January 2023. ProQuest   2767712583 . Retrieved 29 January 2025.