Eranad taluk

Eranad Taluk
Taluk
Location in Malappuram district, Kerala, India
Coordinates: 11.152610°N 75.956678°E / 11.152610; 75.956678
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Headquarters	Manjeri
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-10

Eranad Taluk comes under Perinthalmanna revenue division in Malappuram district of Kerala, India.[1] Its headquarters is the city of Manjeri.[1] Eranad Taluk contains two municipalities - Manjeri and Malappuram.[1] Most of the administrative offices are located in the Civil Station at Malappuram and the Mini-Civil Station at Manjeri.[1]

History

Eranad Taluk in the erstwhile Malabar District

Eranad was the largest taluk in the erstwhile Malabar District in terms of area.[2] After the formation of Kerala state, it continued to be largest taluk in the state, until the formation of Nilambur Taluk in 1990s. At that time the taluk had 6 Revenue blocks in it: Malappuram, Manjeri, Kondotty, Wandoor, Vengara, and Tirurangadi.[2][3] On 1 November 1957, the Revenue blocks of Vengara, and Tirurangadi, were added to the newly formed Tirur Taluk.[3] In the 1990s a major portion of Wandoor Revenue Block was separated to form Nilambur Taluk.[4] In 2013, Kondotty Taluk was formed by taking some villages from Eranad Taluk.[5]

Now, Eranad Taluk has 23 villages.

Villages

Eranad (Manjeri) taluk contains the following villages.[1]

• Malappuram
• Panakkad
• Melmuri
• Payyanad
• Elankur
• Karakunnu
• Trikkalangode
• Kavanoor
• Areekode
• Vettilappara
• Urangattiri
• Kizhuparamba
• Pulpatta
• Narukara
• Perakamanna
• Pookkottur
• Vettikattiri
• Pandikkad
• Chembrasseri
• Anakkayam
• Panthalloor
• Edavanna
• Manjeri

Taluks of Malappuram

Ponnani

Tirur

Tirurangadi

Kondotty

Eranad

Perinthalmanna

Nilambur

See also

• Eranad
• List of villages in Malappuram district
• List of Gram Panchayats in Malappuram district
• List of desoms in Malappuram district (1981)
• Revenue Divisions of Kerala

References

1. "Villages, Taluks, and Revenues divisions that make up Malappuram district". Official website of Malappuram district.
2. 1951 census handbook - Malabar district (PDF). Chennai: Government of Madras. 1953. p. 1.
3. Devassy, M. K. (1965). District Census Handbook (2) - Kozhikode (1961) (PDF). Ernakulam: Government of Kerala.
4. Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. District Census Handbook, Malappuram (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala.
5. "12 new taluks to be formed in Kerala". The Hindu. 21 March 2013.