30 Facts About Malappuram district

The Malappuram district is divided into seven Taluks: Eranad, Kondotty, Nilambur, Perinthalmanna, Ponnani, Tirur, and Tirurangadi.

The Malappuram district has witnessed significant emigration, especially to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf during the Gulf Boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, and its economy depends significantly on remittances from a large Malayali expatriate community.

The Malappuram district has four major rivers, namely Bharathappuzha, Chaliyar, Kadalundippuzha, and Tirur Puzha, out of which the former three are included in the five longest rivers in Kerala.

The Malappuram district contains 2 revenue divisions, 7 taluks, 12 municipalities, 15 blocks, 94 Grama Panchayats, and 16 Kerala Legislative Assembly constituencies in it.

The midland area of Malappuram district is characterised by several undulating hills such as Arimbra hills, Amminikkadan hills, Oorakam Hill, Cheriyam hills, Pandalur hills, and Chekkunnu hills, all of which lie away from the Western Ghats.

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Under the Zamorin, the regions included in the Malappuram district emerged as major centres of foreign maritime trade in medieval Kerala.

Malappuram district was the headquarters of Para Nambi, who was a local chieftain of the Zamorin.

The Malappuram district witnessed several battles between Kozhikode naval chiefs, known as the Kunhali Marakkars, and the Portuguese for the monopoly in spice trade.

The other four revenue divisions in the Malabar Malappuram district were Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Fort Cochin.

The district of Malappuram was formed with four subdistricts, four towns, fourteen developmental blocks, and 95 Gram panchayats at the time.

The Malappuram district is located at 75°E - 77°E longitude and 10°N - 12°N latitude on the geographical map.

Similar to other parts of Kerala, Malappuram district has a coastal area bounded by Arabian Sea on the west, a midland at the centre, and a hilly area, bounded by Western Ghats on the east.

Major rivers flowing through the Malappuram district are Chaliyar, Kadalundi River, Bharathappuzha, and Tirur River.

Important types of fish found in the coastal and inland areas of the Malappuram district include Prawn, Oil Sardine, Silver belly, Shark, Catfish, Mackerel, Skate, Chemba, Soll fish, Seer fish, and Ribbonfish.

Malappuram district is assisted by five deputy collectors with responsibility for general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms, and elections.

Malappuram district has the highest number of assembly constituencies in state.

Besides the Civil Station at Malappuram to coordinate the district-level administration, there are Mini-Civil Stations at Manjeri, Nilambur, Perinthalmanna, Tirurangadi, Tanur, Tirur, Kuttippuram, and Ponnani to coordinate the Taluk-level administrative activities.

Rural district is divided into 94 Gram Panchayats which are included in 15 blocks namely Areekode, Kalikavu, Kondotty, Kuttippuram, Malappuram, Mankada, Nilambur, Perinthalmanna, Perumpadappu, Ponnani, Tanur, Tirur, Tirurangadi, Vengara, and Wandoor.

The State Highways in the district are SH 23, SH 28, SH 34, SH 39, SH 53, Hill Highway, SH 60, SH 62, SH 65, SH 69, SH 70, SH 71, SH 72, and SH 73.

The railway in the Malappuram district comes under the Palakkad Railway Division, which is one of the six divisions under the Southern Railway.

Malappuram district city is served by the railway stations at Angadipuram, Tirur, and Parappanangadi.

Malappuram district is served by Calicut International Airport located at Karipur, about 25 kilometre away from Malappuram district City.

Malappuram district is placed 25th in the list of most populous urban agglomerations in India.

The Malappuram district is home to a subcentre of Kerala Agricultural University at Thavanur, and a subcentre of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Tirunavaya.

INKEL Greens at Malappuram district provides an educational zone with the industrial zone.

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Areas that come under the Malappuram district have been multi-ethnic and multi-religious since the early medieval period.

Religions practised in Malappuram district include Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, and other minor religions.

Malappuram district is considered as one of the Mahakavis of Mappila songs.

Malappuram district was the main centre of Mappila Paattu literature in the state.

The district has produced some notable film producers, lyricists, cinematographers, and directors including Aryadan Shoukath, Deepu Pradeep, Hari Nair, Iqbal Kuttippuram, Mankada Ravi Varma, Muhammad Musthafa, Muhsin Parari, Rajeev Nair, Salam Bappu, Shanavas K Bavakutty, Shanavas Naranippuzha, T A Razzaq, T A Shahid, Vinay Govind, and Zakariya Mohammed.