Edoor

Edoor
town
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Coordinates: 11°59′55″N 75°43′30″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Type	Grama panchayat
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670704
Telephone code	0490
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-78
Nearest city	Iritty
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur
Climate	mildclimate (Köppen)

Edoor is a small town about 6.5 kilometers from Iritty in Kannur district in Kerala, India. Edoor is named by the people from Travancore. Before their migration these lands were forest.

Economy

Edoor town is a small marketplace for the farmer communities of the surrounding regions.

The Akshaya Centre is a local community center that provides access to government documents and assistance to farmers.[1]

Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Kannur and Mangalore and Calicut. This place is well-connected to any part of Kannur and other parts of Kerala by road.

Long-distance bus service is available through Red Bus.[2]

Tourism

Tourist attractions include the Vembuzha River, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church,[3]Assemblies of God in India(Pentecostal Church) in Veerpad, Mundayamparambu Temple and the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary.

Kolikadavu, Angadikadavu and Aralam are the nearest towns.

References

1. "WELCOME TO AKSHAYA CENTRE OF EDOOR". Government of Kerala. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
2. "Edoor (Kerala) Ernakulam". www.redbus.in. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
3. "EDOOR,ST.MARY, EDOOR". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thalassery. Retrieved 2 February 2025.