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Kozhikode District

Kozhikode District or Calicut District is in , in Kerala, India. The population is 2.8 million and the density is 2,025 people per km2.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kozhikode and Beypore Beach.

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, also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of in India. The city is also known as the City of Spices. It is the nineteenth largest urban agglomeration in the country and the second largest one in Kerala.

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Beypore or Beypur is a small beach town and port in the state of , . It is in Kozhikode District.

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, Badagara or Vadagara is a town in the Kozhikode District of the region, in the state of , .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Koyilandy and Feroke.

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or Quilandy/Quilandi is a town in Kozhikode District, in the region of , . The population is 72,000.

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is a Municipality in Kozhikode district, , and part of the Kozhikode metropolitan area. It is 11 km from Kozhikode city and is developing as a suburb, included in the city's urban masterplan.

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is a town in Kozhikode District, in . is a busy junction where the roads coming Palakkad and Trivandrum meet and join together towards .

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, formerly known as Thazhmalachery, is one of the taluks and a major hill town in the Kozhikode district of , , 30 km north-east of and 29 km east of . The town lies on National highway 766.

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is a growing census town located about 14 km east of city on National highway 766. Nearby places are , , Chathamangalam, and Kattangal.

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, or Kappakadavu locally, is famous as the beach near Calicut, India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on May 20, 1498. A small stone monument there commemorates the landing with the inscription, "Vasco da Gama landed here, Kappakadavu, in the year 1498." It is one of the most important tourist places in Kerala, with a wide and beautiful beach.

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Farook College or Iru-mooli-parambu is a small township near in Kozhikode District, . A number of educational institutions are situated here including Farook College.

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is a major town in district in , India which lies near foothills of Wayanad. Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly Constituency of , situated 35 kilometres from west of .

Kozhikode District

Latitude of center
11.5° or 11° 30′ north
Longitude of center
76° east
Population
3,090,000
Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)
Abbreviation
“KOZ”
Geo­Names ID
1265874
Wiki­data ID
Q1142979
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kozhikode District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوجيكود”
  • Arabic: “منطقة كوجيكود”
  • Arabic: “منطقة كوريكود”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Kozhikode”
  • Asturian: “Kozhikode (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Kozhikode”
  • Basque: “Kozhikode barrutia”
  • Bengali: “কালিকট জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोझीकोड जिला”
  • Bulgarian: “Кожикод”
  • Catalan: “districte de Kozhikode”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Kozhikode”
  • Cebuano: “Kozhikode”
  • Chinese: “Kozhikode”
  • Chinese: “科澤科德縣”
  • Dutch: “Kozhikode”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوزيكود”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مديريه كوزيكود”
  • French: “District de Calicut”
  • French: “Kozhikode”
  • German: “Kozhikode”
  • Gujarati: “કોઝીક્કોડ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “कोझीकोड जिला”
  • Hindi: “कोड़िकोड जिला”
  • Hindi: “कोषि़क्कोड जिला”
  • Hindi: “कोष़िक्कोड जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kozhikode”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kozhikode”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kozhikode”
  • Japanese: “カリカット地区”
  • Japanese: “コーリコード県”
  • Kannada: “ಕಲ್ಲಿಕೋಟೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Malayalam: “കോഴിക്കോട് ജില്ല”
  • Malayalam: “കോഴിക്കോട്”
  • Marathi: “कोझिकोडे जिल्हा”
  • Marathi: “कोळिकोड जिल्हा”
  • Marathi: “कोळिकोडे जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kozhikode”
  • Newari: “कोलिक्कोट जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kozhikode”
  • Norwegian: “Kozhikode”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Kozhikode”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਲੀਕਟ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਝੀਕੋਡ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “بخش کوژیکود”
  • Russian: “Каликут”
  • Russian: “Кожикоде”
  • Sanskrit: “कलिकट्-मण्डलम्”
  • Sanskrit: “कोळिकोडेमण्डलम्”
  • Sanskrit: “कोळिकोड्-मण्डलम्”
  • Sanskrit: “कोऴिक्कोट्-मण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱡᱷᱤᱠᱚᱰ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Kozhikode”
  • Spanish: “Kozhikode”
  • Swedish: “Calicutdistriktet”
  • Swedish: “Kozhikode”
  • Tamil: “கோழிக்கோடு மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “కోజికోడ్ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “కోళికోడు జిల్లా”
  • Turkish: “Kozhikode ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “کوژیکوڈ ضلع”
  • Urdu: “کوژیکوڑ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Kozhikode”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کوزھیکوڑ”
  • “कोझीकोड जिला”

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