Kozhikode district

Also known as Kozhikkode District, Calicut district

district of Kerala, India

Key facts

Country: India
State: Kerala
Headquarters: Kozhikode
Subdivisions: Revenue Divisions: 2 Kozhikode Vatakara Taluks: 4 Kozhikkode Vatakara Koyilandy Thamarassery
Collector: Snehil Kumar Singh
District panchayat president: Sheeja Sasi CPI (M)
Members of parliament: M. K. Raghavan Shafi Parambil Priyanka Gandhi
Total: 2,344 km (905 sq mi)
Rank: 9th
Highest elevation vavul mala: 2,339 m (7,674 ft)
Density: 1,386/km (3,590/sq mi)
Official: Malayalam , English
Time zone: UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Postal code: 673---
Iso 3166 code: IN-KL
Vehicle registration: KL-11 Calicut City , KL-18 Vatakara , KL-56 Koyilandy , KL-57 Koduvally , KL-76 Nanmanda , KL-77 Perambra , KL-85 Ramanattukara ( Feroke )
Hdi 2005: 0.781 ( High )
Official tree official flower official a: Theyyakam Athirani Indian Pangolin Meniponman Malabar rose Eenthu Otter Pathala Poontharakan

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3086293
Area: 2344
Elevation: 127
Official website: kozhikode.nic.in/en
Image: Feroke Tile factory.jpg
Households: 697710

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Commons category: Kozhikode district
male population: 1470942
female population: 1615351
urban population: 2072572
short name: KOZ
rural population: 1013721
literate population: 2615443
illiterate population: 470850
inception: 1957-01-01

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Kozhikode district ( pronounced [koːɻikːoːɖɨ̆] ), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, along its southwestern Malabar Coast. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters.

The Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making Kozhikode metropolitan area the second-largest in Kerala and the 19th largest in India. Kozhikode is classified as a Tier 2 city by the Government of India. NIT Calicut, NIEIT and IIM Kozhikode are institutions of national importance located in the district.