Vanimal

This article is about the Indian village. For the Baseball player, see Vance Worley.

Vanimal Baanyel
town
Vanimal Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Vanimal Vanimal (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 11°43′11.07″N75°41′56.25″E / 11.7197417°N 75.6989583°E / 11.7197417; 75.6989583
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Population  (2001)
• Total	23,368
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673515/673506
Telephone code	0496
Vehicle registration	KL-18
Nearest city	Kozhikode
Literacy	92%
Lok Sabha constituency	Vatakara

Vanimal or Vanimel is a village located in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. Bhoomivathukkal is the current business center of Vanimal village and Vayalpeedika is the heritage city which served as the main commercial hub from the 1970s to the 1990s. The panchayath is also known as Vanimal and the actual Vanimal Desam is in Vayalpeedika adjacent to Verkadavu Desam which lays on both sides of Vayalpeedika city. The famous Vanimal Juma masjid is situated in Vayalpeedika.

Crescent Higher Secondary School Vanimal, located in Bhoomivathukkal, is the biggest educational institution in the village (and also one of the village's oldest schools), consisting of more than 1,800 students and 75 staffs. More than 80% of the total teachers in this school are from the village.

There are many famous personalities^{[ who? ]} in various fields from Vanimal. As of 2023, the village is socially and educationally well-developed.

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census, Vanimal had a population of 23,368 with 11,458 males and 11,910 females. ^[1]

Politics

Vanimal is a part of Nadapuram assembly constituency, which is part of Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[2]

Religion

• Karyat Sree Ayyappa Temple Vanimal

References

1. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.