The history of Kozhikode district as
an administrative unit begins from January 1957. When the
States of the Indian Union were reorganised on linguistic
basis on 1st November, 1956, the erstwhile Malabar district
was separated from Madras State (Tamil Nadu) and added to
the new unilingual state of Kerala. But Malabar district
was found to be too unwieldy for administrative purposes.
Consequently, the state Government ordered the formation
of three districts with certain changes in the boundaries
of some of the taluks. The Kozhikode district thus came
into existence on 1st January 1957, originally consisting
of five taluks, viz., Vadakara, Koyilandy, Kozhikode, Ernad
and Tirur. With the formation of Malappuram district on
1st June 1969 and Wayanad district on 1st November 1980,Kozhikode
district now consists of one revenue division, three taluks,
twelve blocks, 76 panchayats, 117 villages 2 Municipalities
and 1corporation.
The revenue division is Kozhikode and the three taluks are
Vadakara, Koyilandy and Kozhikode. The largest taluk is
Kozhikode and the smallest Vadakara. Kozhikode is one among
the twelve taluks in the state having an area of more than
1000sq.kms. The areas of Koyilandy and Vadakara taluks are
756.90 sq.kms and 549.80 sq.kms respectively.
Kunnummal, Balussery, Tuneri, Perambra, Kunnamangalam, Thodannur,
Koduvally, Meladi, Vadakara, Panthalayani, Chelannur and
Kozhikode are the twelve blocks.
Of the 76 panchayats in the district, 21 panchayats are
grouped in the special grade. There are 32 first grade panchayats
and the remaining 23 are second grade ones.
The total area of the district comes to 2344 sq.kms., which
accounts for six per cent of the total area of the state.
Of the total area of the district, 2004 sq.kms are rural
and 340 sq.kms. urban.
|
Administation |
Revenue
Division |
1 |
Kozhikode |
Taluks |
3
|
Kozhikode,
Koyilandi, Vadakara |
| Blocks |
12 |
Kunnumal,Koyilandi,Balussery,Perambra,
Kunnamangalam, Thodannur, Koduvally, Meladi, Vadakara,
Panthalayani, Chelannur and Kozhikode |
| Panchayats |
77 |
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to see the list of panchayats |
| Villages |
117 |
Click to see the list of villages |
| Municipalities |
2 |
Koyilandy,
Vadakara |
| Corporation |
1 |
Kozhikode |
