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Thiruvambady is a major hill town and a suburb in southeastern Kozhikode district in Kerala, India. Thiruvambady is a Panchayat headquarters, and a legislative assembly constituency, situated 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the district headquarters of Kozhikode.[1]

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Thiruvambady
Town
Thiruvambady Location in Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Coordinates: 11°21′39″N 76°00′32″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Taluk	Thamarassery
Block Panchayat	Koduvally
Government
• MP	Rahul Gandhi
• MLA	Linto Joseph – Thiruvambady
• Panchayath President	Mercy Pulikkattu – Thiruvambady Panchayath
Population  (2011)
• Total	28,820
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	673603
Telephone code	0495 225....
Vehicle registration	KL 57
Sex ratio	1000:1040 ♂/♀
Literacy	96%

Geography

Thiruvambady is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Kozhikode city and is on the banks of the Iruvanjippuzha River, which is a major tributary of the Chaliyar River. The town is surrounded by mountains, valleys, and waterfalls, such as Thusharagiri Falls and Aripara Falls.

Administration

Thiruvambady Gramapanchayath was established on 1 January 1962 and consists of 17 wards covering an area of 83.96 square kilometres (32.42 sq mi), which includes 9,000 acres (3,600 ha) of forest. Thiruvambady is under Koduvally Block Panchayat and Thamarassery Taluk.

Thiruvambady is part of the Wayanad parliamentary constituency. The current MP is Rahul Gandhi.

In 1977, the Thiruvambady assembly constituency of the Kerala Legislative Assembly was established, consisting of 7 Panchayats. The current MLA is Linto Joseph.

Transportation

Road

Thiruvambady is well connected by road to nearby places. It can be reached by the following routes:

• Thiruvananthapuram - Kochi - Guruvayoor/Thrissur - Pattambi - Perinthalmanna - Manjeri - Areekode - Mukkam - Thiruvambady
• Kozhikode - Kunnamangalam - REC (NIT) - Mukkam (Agastiamuzhi) - Thiruvambady
• Kannur - Koyilandy - Thamarassery - Omassery - Thiruvambady
• Wayanad - Kalpetta - Adivaram - Kaithapoyil - Kodenchery - Thiruvambady
• Nilambur - Akambadam - Kakkadampoyil - Koombara - Koodaranhi - Thiruvambady
• Koduvally - Omassery - Thiruvambady - Pulloorampara - Anakkampoyil

Buses

A KSRTC bus operating centre is in town, as well as a private bus stand. There are buses to nearby places such as Kozhikode, Mukkam, Omassery, Thamarassery, Koduvally, Pulloorampara, Anakkampoyil, Poovaranthode, Koodaranji, and Kodenchery; and KSRTC operates many inter-district routes.

KSRTC buses operates many inter district services from here.

Rail

The nearest railway station is Kozhikode Railway Station, 35 kilometres (22 mi) distant.

Air

The nearest airport is Calicut International Airport, 43 kilometres (27 mi) distant.[2]

Thiruvambady International Airport is a new airport proposal for Calicut city.[3] Restrictions on larger aircraft landing at the existing airport for safety considerations has been reported as one rationale for building a new airport.[4]

Distance chart

The Kilometer chart from Thiruvambady is given below:

Kozhikode - 35 km	Thamarassery - 15 km
Manjeri - 36 km	Mukkam - 6 km
Kunnamangalam - 20 km	Koduvally - 12 km
Perinthalmanna - 60 km	Areekode - 20 km
Palakkad - 122 km	Omassery - 5 km
Thrissur - 133 km	Anakkampoyil - 13 km
Ernakulam - 202 km	Koodaranji - 5 km
Thiruvananthapuram - 414 km	Kodencheri - 10 km
Kannur - 113 km	Pulloorampara - 8 km
Kalpetta - 53 km	Kakkadampoyil - 19 km
Nilambur - 50 km	Punnackal - 5 km
Koyilandy - 43 km	Thusharagiri Falls - 18 km

Notable people from Thiruvambady

• Mathai Chacko – Former MLA and communist leader
• Jacob Thoomkuzhy – Former metropolitan archbishop

Gallery

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  Bus Stand
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  Town

References

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