Malappuram is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 58.20 km2 (22.47 sq mi). The first municipality in the district formed in 1969, Malappuram serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. Divided into 40 electoral wards, the city has a population density of 1,742 per square kilometre (4,510 per square mile).
According to the 2011 census, Malappuram metropolitan area is the fourth urban agglomeration in Kerala and the 25th largest in India with a total population of 1.7 million. It is the fastest growing city in the world with a 44.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on the urban area growth during January 2020. Malappuram is situated 54 km southeast of Calicut and 90 km northwest of Palakkad. It is the first Indian municipal body to provide free Wi-Fi connectivity to its entire residents. Malappuram is also the first Indian municipal body to achieve the International Organization for Standardization certificate.It is also the first complaint-free municipality in the state.
The word Malappuram means "terraced place atop the hills" or simply "hilltop", derived from the general geographical characteristics of the city.
Source - Wikipedia [Feb, 2021]
Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Malappuram Assembly Constituency
Year | Member | Party | ||
1957 | K. Hassan Gani | IUML | ||
1960 | K. Hassan Gani | IUML | ||
1967 | M. P. M. Ahamed Kurikkal | IUML | ||
1970 | U. A. Beeran | IUML | ||
1977 | C. H. Mohammed Koya | IUML | ||
1980 | U. A. Beeran | IUML | ||
1982 | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | ||
1987 | P. K. Kunhalikutty | IUML | ||
1991 | Younus Kunhu | IUML | ||
1996 | M. K. Muneer | IUML | ||
2001 | M. K. Muneer | IUML | ||
2006 | M. Ummer | IUML | ||
2011 | P. Ubaidulla | IUML | ||
2016 | P. Ubaidulla | IUML | ||
2021 | P. Ubaidulla | IUML |
Local self governed segments in Malappuram Assembly Constituency
Sl.No. | Name | Status | Taluk |
1 | Malappuram | Municipality | Eranad |
2 | Pulpatta | Grama panchayat | Eranad |
3 | Pookkottur | Grama panchayat | Eranad |
4 | Anakkayam | Grama panchayat | Eranad |
5 | Morayur | Grama panchayat | Kondotty |
6 | Kodur | Grama panchayat | Perinthalmanna |
Malappuram was a military headquarters from ancient times through the ancient history of the city is hardly seen recorded. However, there are some pre-historic relics, particularly Rock-cut caves found in some parts of the city like Oorakam, Melmuri, Ponmala, Vengara etc. manifesting the inhabitancy. Locality named like Valiyangadi, Kootilangadi, Pallipuram etc. points to the Jain - Buddhist history of Malappuram.
During the Sangam period, Eranadan Malappuram was under the Chera Empire. Places like Pattar Kadav, Panakkad, etc. are possibly evolved out of Pattars and Panars having lived there. But no further details are available about the life and culture of the people either during the Sangam age or in the post-Sangam age.
Archaeological relics found in Malappuram also include the remnants of palaces of the eastern branch of the Zamorin reign. Malappuram was the military headquarters of the Zamorin in the Eranad region. The Zamorins held sway over Malappuram and their chieftain Para Nambi, ruled the area in early days with headquarters at Downhill (Kottappadi), Malappuram. Details of the rulers of erstwhile Malappuram, who were the ancestors of later Zamorins, figure in the Jewish copper plates of Bhaskara Ravi Varman (1000 AD) and in the Kottayam copper plates of Veera Raghava Chakravarthy (1225 AD). The later history of the city is interwoven with the history of Zamorin's rule.
During the colonial era, Malappuram was the headquarters of European and British troops and it later became the headquarters of the Malabar Special Police (M.S.P) formerly known as Malappuram Special Force formed in 1885. The British established the Haigh Barracks on top of the hill of Malappuram, at the bank of the Kadalundi river to station their forces, where once Tipu had a fort. Main Barracks has now been turned into the seat of the district administration as Civil Station, Malappuram. Malappuram was the headquarters of one of the five revenue divisions of erstwhile Malabar district, the others being at Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Fort Cochin. Apart from the District Board at Calicut, Malappuram Taluk Board were one of the local boards constituted to manage the affairs in Malabar District along with Thalassery, Palakkad and Mananthavady (Wayanad) with jurisdiction corresponding to the divisional charges of the same names. Inscription of the Malappuram Taluk Board can still be seen on the wall of one of the remaining wells constructed in 1916, over 100 years ago at Valiyangadi in the city. Offices of the Divisional Revenue Magistrate and Assistant Superintendent of Police of Malabar district were located at Malappuram.
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