Malappuram district Facts for Kids

Malappuram district is a district in the state of Kerala, India. The headquarters at Malappuram.

The district was formed on 16 June 1969. Malappuram district is composed of portions of the former Palakkad and Kozhikode districts: Ernad taluk and portions of Tirur taluk in Kozhikode district, and portions of Perinthalmannna and Ponnani taluks in Palakkad district. In 1921 the present-day Malappuram district was part of the Moplah rebellions, followed by decades of stagnant economic, social and political development. In the early years of Communist rule in Kerala, Malappuram experienced land reform under the Land Reform Ordinance. During the 1970s Persian Gulf oil reserves were opened to commercial extraction, and thousands of unskilled workers migrated to the Gulf. They sent money home, supporting the rural economy, and by the late 20th century the region had First World health standards and near-universal literacy.

Malappuram district contains abundant wildlife and a number of small hills, forests, rivers and streams flowing to the west, backwaters and paddy, arecanut, cashew nut, pepper, ginger, pulses, coconut, banana, tapioca, and rubber plantations. Malappuram is one of two Muslim-majority districts in south India. The Hindu temples and Moplah mosques of the region are known for their colorful festivals, and it is the most populous district in Kerala. Religions practised in the district include Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism and tribal religions.

Demographics

In the 2011 census the district had a population of 4,112,920.

Malappuram is the 50th-most-populous of India's 640 districts, with a population density of 1,158 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,000/sq mi). Its population-growth rate from 2001 to 2011 was 13.39 percent. Malappuram has a sex ratio of 1096 women to 1000 men, and its literacy rate is 93.55 percent. Malayalam is the district's principal language. Minority Dravidian languages are Allar (350 speakers) and Aranadan, kept alive by the low education level of its 200 speakers.

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A typical hilly landscape in the district (Near Pulpatta)
A Chaliyar hillside at Edavanna
Tyndis (Tondis) on Peutinger Table (north of Templ Augusti and Lacus Muziris)
Kurumathur inscription (871 CE)
Alathiyoor Nambi Illam near Tirur
South India in early 11th century CE (around 1000 CE - Malappuram district had included two important seats of power - Erala Nadu (Eranad) and Valluva Nadu)
Kottakkunnu, Malappuram
Zamorin's empire in 1498
The second residence of Zamorin was at Thrikkavil Kovilakam in Ponnani
The path Vasco da Gama took to reach Kozhikode (black line) in 1498, which was also the discovery of a sea route from Europe to India, and eventually paved way for the European colonisation of Indian subcontinent. At that time, the Zamorin of Calicut was residing at Thrikkavil Kovilakam in Ponnani.
Ponnani harbour photographed in 2012. Ponnani harbour was the southernmost end of the Kingdom of Tanur
South India (1744) from a map by Emanuel Bowen, an English map engraver. Note that in the map, only Kingdom of Tanur is shown with a separate boundary within the Kingdom of Zamorin
The oldest Teak plantations of the world at Conolly's plot, Nilambur
Kodakkal Tile Factory was ran by the Commonwealth Trust at Kodakkal, Tirunavaya. The Tile Factory at Kodakkal, started in 1887, is the second tile-manufacturing industry in India. The first tile factory was at Feroke, which was then part of Eranad Taluk
Ponnani harbour in mid-1930's
The Graves of British soldiers who had laid down their lives in the 1921 Rebellion at Tirurangadi Taluk Office
Calicut International Airport at Karipur, Kondotty
Hilly area of Karuvarakundu
Puthuponnani Munambam beach
Chaliyar river basin at Areekode
Chekkunnu hills at Edavanna
The Lighthouse of Ponnani
Bharathappuzha at Triprangode
Kadalundi River at Malappuram
Monsoon clouds at Pandallur hills near Manjeri
Ottumpuram beach, Tanur
Malappuram, the administrative headquarters of the district
A court complex at Perinthalmanna
KGB is the largest regional rural banking network in India
Manjeri, a constituent of the Malappuram metropolitan area
KCAET at Thavanur established in 1963, the only agricultural engineering institute in the state
Agricultural Research Station, Anakkayam
A field at Edappal
Wandoor town in 2017
Muriyankanni bridge at Karinkallathani, Perinthalmanna
A boat service through River Chaliyar at Elamaram
The Kuttippuram bridge built in 1953
The oldest railway station in the state at Tirur. The first railway line in the state was laid from Tirur to Chaliyam in 1861
Railway at Mankeri Kunnu, Irimbiliyam near Kuttippuram
Angadipuram railway station serves the city of Malappuram
Aircraft parked at Calicut International Airport in Karipur
Out Patient Block of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala
Govt. Women and Children Hospital, Ponnani
MESCE Kuttippuram, the first self-financing engineering college in Kerala
Thunchan Smarakam at Tirur, in memory of Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan
Maha Kavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Smarakam at Kondotty
A countryside near Tirur
Kottakkal, the centre of renowned Arya Vaidya Sala
Tirunavaya, the seat of the medieval Mamankam festival
Pathiri, a pancake made of rice flour, is one of the common breakfast dishes in Malappuram
AIR Manjeri FM radio station
Malappuram District Sports Complex Stadium
The MDSC Stadium during 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup

Malappuram district facts for kids

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