Mattanur

Mattanur, also known as Mattannur, is a prominent urban center situated in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. It encompasses a metropolis, a municipality, and an aerotropolis. It lies about 27 km east of Kannur and Thalassery, which are large cities in the district.

Mattanur is strategically placed between Kannur, Thalassery, and Iritty, forming the junction in which the Thalassery–Coorg Highway (usually known as the TC Road) intersects with the Kannur–Mattanur Road. This location serves as an important hub, facilitating the passage of inter-state buses visiting from Bangalore and Mysore to Thalassery and Kannur, correctly connecting Kodagu and Kannur. Notably, Kannur Airport is conveniently located just 5 km (3.1 mi) faraway from Mattanur. Geographically, Mattanur is situated on the midland of the Kannur District, precisely at coordinates 11°55′N seventy four°35′E, overlaying a place of approximately 4.8 km. Panchayats bordering Mattanur are Irikkur, Padiyoor, Thillankeri, Malur, Mangattidam, Vengad, Koodali Keezhallur and Iritty Municipality.

History

Historically, this place came under the rule of the Kottayam royal family referred to as the Puralisans. King Pazhassi Raja fought against the English who had leased Kottayam to the King of Kurumbranad. It was a war in which people of all castes, religions, farmers, investors and artisans joined Pazhassi to fight against the British. After the heroic death of Pazhassi in 1805, the British took over the administration and demolished Pazhassi fortress. There are many myths about the starting place of the area. Some say that Mattannur came from Mottanur, which means the town of Mottakunnu (Knoll). Another sect believes that Mattanur is an evolution of this vicinity, which changed into Pattinikad inside the old survey statistics. Mattanur Panchayat was created by  joining Pazhassi, Kolari and Porora villages. The first election was held in 1963 and K. T Madhavan Nambiar changed into the first president. In 1978, the governing frame became dissolved. The governing frame came into fruition in 1979 with Mukundan as the president of the Panchayat. In 1990, Mattanur became a municipality.



Law and Order

In 1871, under British rule, the municipality fell below the authority of the Mattannur police station, which itself was supervised through the Kannur City Police. The police station’s jurisdiction consists of six villages: Koodali, Pattannur, Kolari, Keezhallur, Pazhassi, and Chavassery. The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Mattannur oversees the Magisterial jurisdiction of the Mattanur station.

Law and Order

The important article facilities across the Mattannur Assembly constituency, which bureaucracy a component of the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Historically, Mattannur Assembly has been a stronghold for the Communist Party. The present Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Mattanur is K. K. Shailaja from CPI-M, who emerged positive within the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election with an excellent margin of 96,129 votes, securing an extensive 61.96% vote percentage – the highest in Kerala.



Tourist Attractions

 The Pazhassi Raja Smrithi Mandiram, located in Pazhassi, Mattannur, serves as a museum dedicated to Pazhassi Raja at his ancestral vicinity. The museum’s layout is modeled after Koothambalam and is built above a pond, previously a part of Pazhassi Raja’s palace complex. The Pazhassi Palace, also called Pazhassi Kovilakam or Kottayam Padinjare Kovilakam, was built in 1903 by way of the Pazhassi royal family, showcasing the conventional Kerala Architecture. Pazhassi Dam, a famous tourist vacation spot, gives traffic the danger to experience its lovely gardens and boating centers. Located simply 8 km (five.0 mi) faraway from Mattanur city, Palukachippara is a close-by hill station located approximately 2,347 toes above sea level, forming part of the Western Ghats. The vicinity, controlled by way of the country forest department, falls under the Palukachippara ecotourism assignment.

Geography

The area displays the everyday midland traits of Kerala, providing rolling terrain predominantly utilized for agriculture. The municipal metropolis spans a geographical vicinity between the Irikkur River (a phase of the Valapattanam River) to the north and the Anjarakandy River to the south. Situated at the bottom of the western slopes of the Western Ghats, the town ascends on its japanese aspect, at the same time as its western boundary consists of gently sloping land leading in the direction of the Lakshadweep Sea. The Mattanur municipal town is traversed by the Thalassery–Coorg Road (SH30).

Climate

The region has a tropical humid climate with hot summer time and plentiful rainfall. It rains in the course of the year except for the duration of the months from January to April. The common rainfall is 3438 mm. The rainfall for the duration of July may be very heavy and the place gets sixty eight% of the annual rainfall throughout this season. The vicinity has a humid weather with an oppressive hot season from March to the give up of May. This is observed through the south-west monsoon, which keeps until the give up of September. October and November witness the publish-monsoon (North-East monsoon) or chickening out monsoon season. During the months of April and May, the daily temperature is 35 °C. The temperature is low in December and January, and the minimum temperature is set at 20 °C. On sure days, the night time temperature may work right down to 16 °C, although this is extraordinarily rare.

KINFRA Industrial Park

The KINFRA Industrial Park, situated near Mattanur in Velliyampara, is earmarked through the Kerala Government for destiny developmental tasks. There are plans to establish a Rubber glove manufacturing unit at this KINFRA park, with the aim of creating Mattanur, a critical hub for KINFRA’s operations in northern Kerala. The Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation is concerned in this notion. 

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, Mattannur Municipality had a populace of 47,078, with 48.1% males (22,658) and 51.Nine% women (24,420). It covers an area of 54.32 km2 and is home to nine,788 families. The sex ratio in Mattanur became 1,078, less than the state average of 1,084. About 11.Five% of the population is below 6 years of age. The typical literacy rate in Mattanur is ninety four.Eight%, better than the kingdom average of ninety four%, with male literacy at ninety seven.6% and girl literacy at ninety two.2%. During the 2001-2011 length, Mattanur’s population had a decadal growth charge of 6.23%, ranking 2nd inside the district after Taliparamba. Mattanur has the lowest sex ratio (1,078 females in keeping with 1,000 adult males) and the best team of workers participation ratio (36.Seventy five%) of most of the municipal towns within the Kannur district.

Religion

According to the 2011 census data, the population of Mattannur Municipality became forty seven,078. Among this population, Hindus accounted for sixty three.2% (29,739 people), Muslims made up 35.9% (16,913 people), Christians represented zero.6% (283 people), and the ultimate zero.Three% belonged to different religious affiliations.

Educational Institutions

  1. Govt HSS, Chavassery
  2. Govt. Polytechnic College, Mattanur
  3. Govt HSS, Mattanur
  4. Pazhassi Raja NSS College, Mattannur 
  5. St Thomas College of Engineering and Technology
  6. Rajeev Memorial College of Teacher Education, Mattanur

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