Kozhikode (District)
| Kozhikode District കോഴിക്കോട് ജില്ല |
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| State | Kerala |
| Administrative headquarters : | Kozhikode |
| Area : | 2,344 km² |
| Residents : | 3,089,543 (2011) |
| Population density : | 1,318 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | kozhikode.gov.in |
The district of Kozhikode ( Malayalam : കോഴിക്കോട് ജില്ല , formerly Calicut ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala . The administrative seat is the eponymous Kozhikode , the third largest city of Kerala.
geography
The Kozhikode District is located on the Malabar Coast in northern Kerala. It borders the Arabian Sea in the west and the Malappuram districts in the south, Wayanad in the northeast and the Kannur district in the northwest . The district area has an area of 2,344 square kilometers and stretches from the sea coast to the Western Ghats .
The Kozhikode district is divided into the three taluks Vadakara, Quilandy and Kozhikode.
history
The city of Kozhikode (Calicut) was the capital of its own kingdom from the 14th century, whose rulers were known as Zamorine . The city developed into the most important port on the northern Malabar coast and was visited by Arab spice traders. In 1498 the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama was the first European to land in Kappad, not far from Kozhikode. The Portuguese built a fortress in Kozhikode and fought several wars against the Zamorines and the Arabs allied with them during the 16th century.
In 1766, Hyder Ali , the ruler of Mysore, took the city of Kozhikode. With this, Kozhikode was drawn into the Mysore Wars between Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan and the British . 1792, at the end of the Third Mysore War , the area finally came under British rule and became part of the district Malabar in the Madras Presidency incorporated.
After Indian independence, the state of Kerala was formed in 1956 as part of the States Reorganization Act according to the language borders of Malayalam from the Malabar district and the Travancore-Cochin Federation . At the beginning of 1957, the Kozhikode district emerged from the central parts of the former Malabar district. In 1969, the new Malappuram district was formed from parts of the Kozhikode and Palakkad districts , and in 1980 the Wayanad district was created from parts of Kozhikode and Kannur .
population
According to the 2001 census, Kozhikode district has 3,089,543 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 7.3 percent and thus slightly faster than the average in Kerala (4.9 percent). The district is very densely populated and heavily urbanized: With 1,318 inhabitants per square kilometer, the population density is still well above the already high average of Kerala (859 inhabitants per square kilometer). 67.2 percent of the district's population live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus one of the highest in Kerala and is significantly higher than the mean for the state (47.7 percent). At 95.2 percent, the literacy rate is slightly above the already high average in Kerala (93.9 percent).
According to the 2001 census, Hindus make up the majority of the inhabitants of the Kozhikode district with 58.0 percent. There is also a large Muslim population of 37.5 percent. Christians are only a small minority at 4.4 percent.
Cities
| city | Population (2001) |
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| Beypore | 66,883 |
| Cheruvannur | 57.111 |
| Feroke | 29,504 |
| Karuvanthuruthy | 20,767 |
| Kozhikode | 436,527 |
| Mavoor | 27,843 |
| Olavanna | 30,927 |
| Palayad | 16,462 |
| Pantheeramkavu | 24,495 |
| Quilandy | 68,970 |
| Ramanattukara | 30,436 |
| Vadakara | 75,740 |
| Villiappally | 31,763 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals India, Kerala State and Districts. (PDF; 37 kB)
- ↑ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals: India, Kerala State and Districts (PDF; 37 kB) and Rural and Urban Distribution (India, Kerala, Districts) (PDF; 428 kB).
- ^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet: District Kozhikode (04), Kerala (32). (PDF; 55 kB)
- ^ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order). ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
