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CALICUT
Various names of Calicut
Kozhikode (local name), Calicut(British Name), Khalikut(Arabic), Califo(Chineese)
Kozhikode = Koyil(Palace) kodu(fortified) same in Arabic Khalikut.

City
Formation of the city: Constructed the city in 1034 AD by Zamorins according to vastushastra (Prof V.K Krishna Iyer)
Established as Municipality : 1866 (Madras Town Improvement Act 1865).
Established as Municipal Corporation: 1962 (Kerala Municipal Corporation Act 1961) (11sq km, 2 lakh pop)

Geography
Location 11° 15' 0" North, 75° 46' 0" East
The maximum temperature 27.8º C to 32.2º C
Minimum temperature 21.9°C to 26.8° C
Hottest month April
Coolest month December

Land use pattern in Calicut City
Sl No: Category Area (%)
1 Residential 44.03 52.27
2 Commercial 1.22 1.45
3 Industrial 3.79 4.50
4 Transportation 14.28 16.95
5 Recreation 0.64 0.76
6 Water causes 1.87 2.21
7 Agriculture 11.17 13.26
8 Public purposes Land 7.24 8.60
Total 84.24 100

Demographics

Corporation
Mayor : Smt A.K.Premajam
Office : Beach Road

Number of wards :
Total Population : 432,097 (2011 census with corporation boundries as on 2009)
6.1 lakhs (Approx Estimate 2011 with corporation boundries of 2011(includes Elathur, cheruvannur) and OG of kadalundi, Kakkodi, Koduvally and Kunnamangalam)

Population Density : 5,226 /km2
Area in sq km : 82.68 km2 (2009), 100+km2 (2011 estimate)
UA population : 20 lakhs (Approx Estimate)
Second largest UA in kerala and 18th in India.

District
Calicut dist pop : 30,89,543
Calicut urban pop : 20,74,628

Literacy rate : 91.7%
Male :
Female :
Sex Ratio : .915 (male to female)
Religions : Hindu (%), Muslim (%), Christian(%),Minorities : Jain, Budhist, Jews
Languages Spoken/Used
: Malayalam, Hindi, English, Arabic, Urdu, Konkani, Tamil
Ethinicity : Mostly mix of Dravidian-Aryan-Semitic, Dravidians, Aryans, Ango-Indian, Arabs and semitic groups.


Municipalies : Quilandy, Vadakara

Road Transport
Registration Code: KL-11
Other registration codes: KL-18,KL-57(koyilandi),KL 57 (Koduvally).
National Highways: NH17 (Kochi-Mumbai), NH212(Calicut-Mysore-Kollegal), NH213(Calicut-Palghat) 77Kms
District Roads 556 kms
Village roads 639 Kms
Bus Stands in Calicut city:
1. Muffusil Bus stand Mavoor rd(also New Bus Stand): The 24X7 private bustand with Private stage carrier bus service to 11 out of 14 districts in kerala and to Mangalore,Kollur,Uduppi,Mysore and Devala(TN)
2. Palayam Bus Stand(Old Bus Stand): services buses towards Medical college, Kunamangalam, NIT
3. KSRTC Bus Stand: Services KSRTC(Kerala,Karnataka) ,TN,PD transport buses also to Kollur, Salem,Chenkottai,Madhurai and Pondichery, Bangalore, Mysore, Hassan, Ooty, Pollachi, Coimbatore routes
4. Palayam Private Buses operations: Sleeper/semi sleeper/Volvo bus service operated at night from Palayam towards Ernakulam, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Goa, Coimbatore, Chennai, Madurai.
Day operations : Coimbatore, Ernakulam.

KSRTC
Depot Code: KKD
Other KSRTC Bus Depots: Thamarassery,Thottilpalam. OC: Vatakara
KSRTC Regional Workshop : Nadakkav, Calicut.

City Bus
Design: Green color buses with black/red font color and white background board.
City Bus Stands:
Elathur, Beypore
Longest City bus Route : Elathur to Beypore 25 kms. Route 1A.
Bus Timing range : 4.30 am to 10.30 pm

Rail Transport
First Railway statio: Beypore
First Rail route : Beypore-Tirur 1861, 12th March
Main Railway Station: Calicut/Kozhikode (Rail Code CLT)
Other stations in City : Feroke, Kallai, Vellayil, West Hill, Elathur
Other stations in District : Kadalundy ,Chemancheri, Koyilandy , Pantahalayani, Thikkodi, Payyoli, Iringa, Vadakara & Nadapuram road
Calicut Railway Station
Constructed in : 1858
Elevation: 4ft above sea level
Number of Platforms : 4
Longest Platform: Platform 1.
Number of entries : 2, One from the east and other from west.
Number of ticket counters 6.
Foot over bridges inside station : 2
Escalators & lift : under construction
Information centre: yes

Air Transport
Calicut International Airport/ Karipur International Airport
IATA : CCJ,
ICAO : VOCL
Location :11°08'17"N Longitude 075°57'01.5"E Land Area 377.73 Acres Elevation 332 Ft (101.22M)
Runways : 28,10
Landing Aid : PAPI, ILS CAT
Approach Lights : SALS,CAT-II
Navigation Aids : DVOR, DME, NDB
Cargo Terminal : International, Calicut Airport Cargo Complex Export Division and UB/import warehouse.

Airline Handles
M/S Air India
M/S Emirate
M/S Saudi Airlines
M/S Qatar Airways
M/S Air Arabia
M/S Oman Air
M/S Jetlite
M/S Etihad
M/S Air India Express
M/S Bahrain Air
M/S. RAK Air
Destinations: Middle East , kochi, Trivandrum, Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore, delhi, Mumbai etc

Helipads
1. West Hill-Vikram Maidan
2. Calicut University
3. Calicut Medical College

Water transport
City Coast line: Elathur to Kadalundi
District coast line Chombal to Kadalundi
Calicut ports and harbours (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1458121)

Intermediate Ports:
1. Calicut Port (sea port) Latitude: 11° 15' 7" N Longitude: 75° 46' 12" E
2, Beypore Port (Marina) (Code: INBEY) Latitude: 11°10′59″N 75°49′01″E
Minor Ports
1. Vadakara
All ports Calicut, Beypore and Vadakara are open for foreign and costal trade.
Fishing Harbour:
1. Puthiyapa
2.Chombal harbour
3.Koilandy harbour (u/c)
4.Vellayil harbour (proposed)
5.Puthiyangadi harbour
Canals:
1. Connolly Canal –Artificial Canal-11kms, Width 6-20meters, depth .5(summer) to 2meters

Economy and Industry

First Tile Factory in Puthjiyara 1874

Industrial Areas
1. Feroke Industrial Park
2. West Hill Industrial Area. Estd 1962, 52 Industries.
3. Wood Industrial Area Kallai 1000+ industrial units
4. Kinfra Techno Indusrial Park

Min-Industrial Estates
Peruvayal, Kunnamangalam, Kunnummal, Naduvannur, Chathamangalam, Payyoil, Balusseri, Unnikulam, Kadalundi and Perambra

IT Parks

First IT park estbd by Calicut Corporation at chakarthkolam in late 90's. Non Operational now.

1. ULCCS Cyberpark
2. Kerala Govt Cyber Park
3. Neospace (Kinfra)

Major Brands of Calicut Origin
1.Happy
2.Sun umbrellas
3.VKC
4.Kerala sandal soap
5.Parisons
6.Fischer
7.Peekey steels, PK foods
8.Marquis
9.Cubix
10. KTC
11. KRS
12. Mathrubhumi
13. Koyenco Group
14. Baby Group
15. PVS
16. Cochin Bakery
17. Al Hind Group
18. KMCT Group

Major Industries
1. Steel plants
2. Power Industry- Diesel and Hydro
3. Timber Industry
4. Tile Industry
5. Plastics

Education and Sports Infra

Sports
District HQ : Manachira Square, Near SM Street

Stadiums :
1. Coporation Stadium - EMS Stadium, 1977
2. VK Krishna Menon Indoor stadium
3. Medical college cricket stadium(u/c)
4. Medical College football stadium(u/c)
5. Green field indoor stadium, chevayoor (Proposed)

Swimming :
Major Grounds : Devigiri College ground, Physical education college ground, Vikram Maidan, Calicut university ground, Polytechnic Mini stadium ground
College : Physical Education College, East Hill

Educational Institutes (UG and Above)

Univeristies
1. University of Calicut

Engineering and Management
1. NIT- Calicut
2. IIM-Kozhikode
3. Govt Engineering College Kozhikode
4. KMCT College of Engineering
5. AWH College of Engineering
6. Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology (CUIET)
7. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (formerly DOEACC Calicut)
8. Govt Polytechnic West Hill
9. SNES Institute of Management Studies and Research

Medical
1. Govt Medical college.
2. Govt Dental College
3. Govt Homeo College
4. MIMS(Nursing)
5. Malabar Medical College Hospital
6. KMCT Medical college

Arts and Science
1. Malabar Christian College
2. Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College
3. St. Joseph's College, Devagiri
4. Farook College
5. Government Arts and Science College
6. Providence Women's College
7. Kerala School of Mathematics
8. Government Law College
9. JDT Islam College

Major Hospitals

1. Calicut Medical College Hospital
2. Dental College Hospital
3. Baby Memorial Hospital
4. Malabar institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)
5. Fatima Hospital
6. Appollo Craddle*
7. Beach Hospital (Govt District Hospital)
8. Govt. Ayurveda Distric Hospital
9. Homeo Medical College Hospital
10. Rajendra nursing home
11. Chest Hospital
12. Nirmala Hospital
13. National Hospital
14. PVS Hospital
15. Co-operative Hospital, Eranjippalam
16. IQRAA ,Malaparamba
17. Govt Women and Child Hospital (Kottaparambu Hospital)
18. Malabar Medical College Hospital
19. KMCT Medical College

Hotels and Restaurants

Restaurants (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1408790)
Hotels and Resorts (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1405978)

Places of Interest

1. Manachira square
2. Calicut Beach/Port
3. Beypore Beach/Marina/Port
4. Sarovaram Bio Park
5. Kappad Beach

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I am done with reserving page 1. Would like others to contribute info which I will compile and update in main page.
These are the planned things in the section
1. History short and brief
2. places of importance
3. Institutions.
4. Maps of calicut corporation area, UA, etc.
and much more.

Good initiative. :applause:

Rail Transport
First Railway statio: Beypore
First Rail route : Beypore-Tirur 1861, 12th March
Main Railway Station: Calicut/Kozhikode (Rail Code CLT)
Other stations in City : Feroke, Kallai, Vellayil, West Hill, Elathur
Other stations in District : Chemancheri, Pantahalayani, Thikkodi, Payyoli, Iringa, Vadakara & Nadapuram road

Calicut Railway Station
Constructed in : ??
Elevation: 4ft above sea level
Number of Platforms : 4
Longest Platform: Platform 1.
Number of entries : 2, One from the east and other from west.
Number of ticket counters 6.
Foot over bridges inside station : 2
Escalators & lift : under construction
Information centre: yes

Constructed in 1858.

Road Transport
Registration Code: KL-11
Other registration codes: KL-18,
National Highways: NH17, NH212,NH203 77Kms
District Roads 556 kms
Village roads 639 Kms
Bus Stands in Calicut city:
Muffusil Bus stand Mavoor rd(also New Bus Stand): Private bus services Buses towards kannur, trissur, balussery, waynad, Ernakulam, Pala.
Palayam Bus Stand(Old Bus Stand): services buses towards Medical college, Kunamangalam, NIT
KSRTC Bus Stand: Services KSRTC buses, towards other districts, Bangalore, Mysore, Hassan, Ooty, Pollachi, Coimbatore routes.
Palayam Private Buses operations: Sleeper/semi sleeper/Volvo bus service operated at night from Palayam towards Ernakulam, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Goa

City Bus
Design: Green color buses with black/red font color and white background board.
City Bus Stands:
Elathur, Beypore
Longest City bus Route : Elathur to Beypore 25 kms. Route 1A.
Bus Timing range : 4.30 am to 10.30 pm

Other reg codes: KL.56 koyilandi,KL 57 Koduvally.
The 24X7 private bustand with Private stage carrier bus service to 11 out of 14 districts in kerala and to Mangalore,Kollur,Uduppi,Mysore and Devala(TN)
KSRTC,TN,KA,PD transport buses also to Kollur, Salem,Chenkottai,Madhurai and Pondichery.

KSRTC Depots. Kozhikode,Thamarassery,Thottilpalam. OC: Vatakara

Night and day service from Palayam to Coimbatore and Ernakulam. Night service to Chennai and Madhurai too

Good initiative. :applause:

Thank uuuu

Add litracy rate too, i guess its somewhere around 91.7%

Brands from Calicut.

Products:-
Happy
Sun umbrellas
VKC
Kerala sandal soap
Parisons
Fischer
Peekey steels, PK foods
Marquis
Cubix
etc

Services and Institutions:-
KTC
KRS
Mathrubhumi

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PVS
Cochin Bakery

^^
PVS
Cochin Bakery

For an outsider it will be always interesting that cochin bakery is calicut based!

For an outsider it will be always interesting that cochin bakery is calicut based!

Yes, how about Salkara/Paragon?

nice thread PPJ, :cheers:

Yes, how about Salkara/Paragon?

Wouldnt it be better to put that in hotels and restaurants thread.
I have give a section for hotels and linked to those threads.

nice thread PPJ, :cheers:

Thanks simpliCITY

Need everybodys support.
Keep the information flowing in :)..

Nice thread PPJ, i think every city must want a thread like this.:cheers::)

Can someone share how many corporation wards does calicut corporation has right now?

Rail Transport
First Railway statio: Beypore
First Rail route : Beypore-Tirur 1861, 12th March
Main Railway Station: Calicut/Kozhikode (Rail Code CLT)
Other stations in City : Feroke, Kallai, Vellayil, West Hill, Elathur
Other stations in District : Chemancheri, Pantahalayani, Thikkodi, Payyoli, Iringa, Vadakara & Nadapuram road
[B]

Missed Kadalundy and Koyilandy stations

Major Hospitals

1. Calicut Medical College Hospital
2. Dental College Hospital
3. Baby Memorial Hospital
4. Malabar institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS)
5. Fatima Hospital
6. Appollo Craddle*
7. Beach Hospital (Govt District Hospital)
8. Govt. Ayurveda Distric Hospital
9. Homeo Medical College Hospital
10. Rajendra nursing home
11. Chest Hospital
12. Nirmala Hospital


Eye Hospitals : Dr Agarwal, Ahalia, Eye hospital

One more Medical College at Atholi - Malabar Medical College Hospital
Eye Hospital - Comtrust, Puthiyara
Other multi-speciality Hospitals :-
1. National Hospital
2. PVS Hospital
3. Co-operative Hospital, Eranjippalam
4. IQRAA ,Malaparamba
5. Kottaparambu Hospital (dont know exact name)

One more Medical College at Atholi - Malabar Medical College Hospital
Eye Hospital - Comtrust, Puthiyara
Other multi-speciality Hospitals :-
1. National Hospital
2. PVS Hospital
3. Co-operative Hospital, Eranjippalam
4. IQRAA ,Malaparamba
5. Kottaparambu Hospital (dont know exact name)

Also

- KMCT medical college (they have a multispeciality hospital nearr there campus apart from national hospital i think).

Road Transport
National Highways: NH17, NH212,NH203 77Kms



Nice thread. :applause:

And It is NH 213 and not 203.. Palakkad-Kozhikode

Educational Institutes (UG and Above)

Univeristies
1. University of Calicut

Engineering and Management
1. NIT- Calicut
2. IIM-Kozhikode
3. Govt Engineering College Kozhikode
4. KMCT College of Engineering
5. AWH College of Engineering
6. Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology (CUIET)
7. DOEACC Calicut
8. Govt Polytechnic West Hill


DOEACC Society is now
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology
w.e.f. 10-Oct-2011



LINK :
http://www.doeacc.edu.in/index.jsp

^^ Pleas add this also
SNES Institute of Management Studies and Research (snesimsar.com)

Done. Also updates few other infos too..

Education and Sports Infra

Sports


Stadiums :

4. Medical College football stadium(u/c)


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