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Narikkuni
Narikkuni
Town
	Nair Service Society office at Narikkuni
	Narikkuni Location in Kerala, India Narikkuni Narikkuni (India)
	Coordinates: 11°21′57″N 75°51′49″E / 11.3658°N 75.8636°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Government
• Type	Grama Panchayat
• Panchayat President	Jouhar Poomangalam(UDF)
• Member of Legislative Assembly	M. K. Muneer (IUML,UDF United Democratic Front)
• Member of Parliament	M. K. Raghavan (United Democratic Front)
Area
• Total	17.85 km2 (6.89 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	24,290
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam,
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673585
Telephone code	0495
Vehicle registration	KL 76 Nanmanda RTO
Nearest city	Kozhikode

Narikkuni ([n̪ʌɾɪkkʊnɪ]) is a town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India. According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Narikkuni town is 627402. Narikkuni town is located in Kozhikode Tehsil of Kozhikode district in Kerala, India. It is situated 20 km away from Kozhikode.

The total geographical area of the village is 1785 hectares. Narikkuni has a total population of 24,290 and about 5,785 houses. Kozhikode is nearest town to Narikkuni which is approximately 20 km away.^[1]

Location and connectivity

Narikkuni is located at a distance of about 20 km from Kozhikode, the district headquarters, and is well connected by road to the nearby towns. There are five main roads that span out from the Narikkuni town centre. Kozhikode is accessible by two routes, via the Narikkuni-Padanilam road^[2] (which spans 5.1 km and joins NH 766 at Padanilam) and the Kumaraswami Raja road.^[3] Narikkuni-Koduvally road is a 6.6 km stretch of road that connects Narikkuni to NH 766 at Koduvally.^[4] Poonoor is about 10 km away and can be reached by the Narikkuni-Poonoor road. The fifth road, the 8.3 km long Narikkuni-Nanminda road,.^[2] The town has a bus stand-cum-shopping complex and acts as the origin to the bus services to all the main surrounding places.

Administration

Narikkuni village is administrated by Sarpanch (Panchayat President, or in other words, Head of the Village) who is the elected representative of the village. The panchayat Elections in 2020, saw the United Democratic Front winning 10 out of the 15 seats to secure a majority. Left Democratic Front emerged victorious in the remaining five seats. The Panchayat is currently headed by C.K. Saleem of UDF.

Grama Panchayat Representatives
Sl No.	Ward	Representative	Affiliation
1	Kundayi	Jawahar Poomangalam	UDF
2	Pannikkottoor	Jaseela Majeed	UDF
3	Moorkhan Kundu	Chandran K.K	LDF
4	Karukulangara	Lathika.K.K	LDF
5	Vattapparappoyil	Mini .V.P	LDF
6	Narikkuni	LaiLa C.P	UDF
7	Parannur	Zubaida Koodathankandy	UDF
8	Palolithazham	Salma Kumbalath	UDF
9	Kalkkudumbu	C.K.Saleem (President)	UDF
10	Chengottu Poyil	Sunil Kumar	UDF
11	Nellyerithazham	Mini Pullankandy (Vice President)	UDF
12	Odupara	Abdul Majeed T.P	LDF
13	Kavum Poyil	Moidy Neroth	UDf
14	Kalathil Para	T.Raju	LDF
15	Kodoli	Shareena K.K	UDF

Important landmarks

Government Higher Secondary School, Narikkuni
Kuttamboor Higher Secondary school
Narikkuni AUP School
Community Health Centre, Narikkuni
Naikkuni Bus Stand
State Bank of India, Narikkuni
Kerala Gramin Bank, Narikkuni
Narikkuni KDC Bank
Nakhashi School of Music (Centre for both the South Indian and North Indian forms of Classical and semi classical music)
Narikkuni Service Sahakarana Bank
Narikkuni Fish Market and Slaughter House Complex
Madavoor CM Makham
Thavanoor Sri Vishnu Temple, Punnassery
Sri Gurudeva Temple, Punnassery
Kadambur Temple, Karakkunnath
Thali Maha Temple, Nanmanda
Ayyarvattom Maha Sudarshana Temple, Eravannur (The only sudarshana temple in Kerala)
Parannur Mahadeva Temple, Parannur
Parannur Juma Mashid
Vadekkandi thazham Juma Masjid
Baranipara masjid
Parassery mukku masjid
Puthiyakavu sree bhaghavathi temple, Palangad