Melattur, Kerala

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Melattur
Village
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Melattur Railway Station
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Melattur
Location in Kerala, India
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Melattur
Melattur (India)
Coordinates: 11°03′36″N76°16′29″E / 11.0600104°N 76.2747073°E / 11.0600104; 76.2747073
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Malappuram
Taluk Perinthalmanna
Government
 • TypeGram Panchayat
 • BodyMelattur Panchayat
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
679326
Telephone code04933
Vehicle registration KL-53
State Assembly Constituency Perinthalmanna
Lok Sabha constituency Malappuram
Nearest Towns Perinthalmanna, Manjeri, Mannarkkad
Website Melatturonline

Melattur is a town in Malappuram district of Kerala. [1] It is situated on the banks of the Velliyar river. The name Melattur came from the Malayalam words 'Mele' (above), 'Aaru' (river) and 'Ooru' (place); i.e., 'place near upstream'. There are places named Edayattur (place near middle of the river), and Keezhattur (place near to the downstream) on the banks of the river Olippuzha. The town is well connected to Perinthalmanna (17 km [11 mi]), Manjeri (23 km [14 mi]), Mannarkkad (24 km [15 mi]), Pandikkad (8 km [5.0 mi]) and Karuvarakundu (11 km [6.8 mi]) by road. Melattur Railway Station is a minor railway station on the Nilambur - Shornur Line.

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History

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Valluvanad Taluk of Erstwhile Malabar District,AD 1909

This place was originally part of the Valluvanad Swaroopam dynasty. [2]

Valluvanad was an erstwhile princely state in the present state of Kerala, that extended from the Nila River (Bharathappuzha) in the South to the Panthaloor Mala in the North. On the west, it was bounded by the Arabian Sea at Ponnani and on the east by the Attapadi Hills.

Facilities

Government offices like subregistrar office, Educational office, KSEB office, village and Panchayath offices, Police Station, A Community Health Center, Ayurvedic Hospital, Unani Hospital, Krishibavan, PWD area office and several bank branches situated in melattur town itself. Melattur town is the center for several commercial shops and facilities and people from surrounding villages depend on Melattur for their day to day requirements.

Education

A government aided high school is situated in Melattur town, with secondary Educational facility. A Private self-financing Engineering college is also there near to Melattur town.

Suburbs and villages

Transportation

Road

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Melattur - Chemmaniyode Bridge

Melattur is situated on the Perumbilavu - Nilambur State Highway 39. Karuvarakundu - Melattur State Highway 70 ends at Melattur by joining Kumaramputhur - Olippuzha Road. Manjeri - Olippuzha - Kumaramputhur Road also passes through the town and one of the shortest route between Kozhikode and Palakkad is via Manjeri - Melattur - Mannarkkad.

From Melattur Panchayat bus stand, buses are available to Perinthalmanna, Pandikkad, Manjeri, Kozhikode, Mannarkkad, Palakkad, Coimbatore, Thuvvur, Edayattur, Karuvarakundu, Kalikavu, Nilambur, Edathanattukara, Moonadi, Kalpetta, Thamarassery, Pattambi, Vytilla Hub, Guruvayur, Thrissur and Kanjirappalli.

Rail

Melattur Railway Station is a minor Railway Station on the Nilambur - Shornur Line, trains are available from here to Nilambur, Shornur, Palakkad, Kottayam and Kochuveli.

Important landmarks

References

  1. ↑ NREGA report [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "princelystatesofindia.com". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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