Cheruvannur
Cheruvannur one of the 78 grama panchayats of Kozhikode district, lies between North Latitude 11° 32′ 37.11" and 11° 36′ 4.67", East Longitude 75° 40′ 26.32" and 75° 43′ 55.22". It has a total area of 21.61 square kilometers. The adjoining grama panchayats are Thiruvallur and Velom in the north, Perambra in the east, Nochad, Meppayur, and Thurayur in the south, Maniyur and Thiruvallur in the west.
The Kuttiyadi river, erstwhile known as Kotta river is flowing from north to south, through the eastern side, detaches the grama panchayat from Vatakara taluk. The physiography is not planar. The ridges of smaller and medium hills and low lying valleys make the area an undulating terrain. Grama panchayat can be divided into three, according to the physiography – viz, hilly area, slopes and valleys. The highest area in grama panchayat is Purakkamala noted with a height of 115 metres above sea level. Cheruvannur Grama panchayat includes some of the lowest lying places of the region, and parts of these areas are often flooded during monsoon.
Source - Wikipedia [May 2021]
Cheruvannur panchayath connects to other parts of India through Koyilandy town. The nearest airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Koyiandy. The national highway no.66 passes through Koyilandy and the northern stretch connects to Goa and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. The eastern National Highway No.54 going through Kuttiady connects to Mananthavady, Mysore and Bangalore.
Grama panchayat is divided into 15 ward constituencies for developmental and administrative purposes. The representative members are elected from each ward for a quinquennium to the grama panchayat administrative committee. In the period of 1990-1995 the number of wards were 9, in 1995-2000 it was 10, in 2000-2005 period it increased as 12, for the period of 2005-2010 the number of ward constituencies was 14,and now for the period of 2010-2014 the number of ward constituencies are 15. The increase in number of wards is based on the criteria set up by the State Election Commission, which finds the basics of increase in population, increase in the number of households etc.
The total population of Cheruvannur grama panchayat is 22150 and number of households are 4663 (Census 2001). It has a good connectivity of 27.477 kilometers of paved and 59.670 kilometers of unpaved roads. A total number of 65 ponds 12.629 kilometers of irrigation canal is present now.In health sector, people of Cheruvannur Grama Panchayat have accessibility to the three systems of medicine by the presence of 1 Govt. Primary health centre, three Family Welfare centres, 1 Govt. Ayurveda Hospital and a Govt. Homeopathy dispensary. A total number of 20 Anganwadi centres serve the child welfare part very well.
