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- LGD code
- 627259
- Pincode
- 670674
- Post office
- Kelakam
- Population
- 15,789
- Households
- 3,838
- Literacy rate
- 84.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1030 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6,538
- Distance to district centre
- 33 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 397 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 229 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mahé · 35 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Grace Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kanichar compares
By population, Kanichar ranks #10 of 17 villages in Iritty mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.2%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Kanichar
- 84.2%
- Iritty mandal
- 83.8%
- Kannur district
- 84.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,030
−16 vs mandal average
- Kanichar
- 1,030
- Iritty mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Kanichar
- 4.1
- Iritty mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kanichar at a glance
Kanichar is a village of 15,789 people in 3,838 households (Census 2011) in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, the 10th-largest of 17 villages in Iritty taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,030 women per 1,000 men. It lies 33 km from the Kannur district centre, 3 km from Kelakam, the nearest town, 35 km from Mahé railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670674, served by Kelakam post office; the LGD village code is 627259. The nearest hospital or health centre is Grace Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Peravoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Sunny Joseph. The population is estimated at 18,615 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kanichar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 3
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Koothuparamba
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 48
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kelakam,Kanichar
- Total area (ha)
- 5,196
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.89
- Forest area (ha)
- 41
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Kanichar
- LGD code
- 627259
- Pincode
- 670674
- Post office
- Kelakam
- Population (Census 2011)
- 15,789
- Population (projected 2026)
- 18,615
- Households
- 3,838
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1030
- Literacy rate
- 84.2%
- Coordinates
- 11.90596°N, 75.78587°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kannur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Peravoor
- Member of Parliament
- K. Sudhakaran
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Sunny Joseph
- Block / Mandal
- Iritty
- Nearest bank
- Federal Bank ATM (3.1 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kanichar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram397 kmcapital
- Bengaluru229 km
- Chennai504 km
- Hyderabad675 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMahé35 km
- Bus stopkanichar bus stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGrace Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankKerala Gramin Bank Kelakam Branch3 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- Collegedepaul college edathotty8 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Kelakam3 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- kanichar bus stopunder 1 km
- Health centre
- Primary health centre, Kanichar3.4 km
- Bank / ATM
- Federal Bank ATM3.1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kanichar
6 Temples, 2 Churchs mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Kanichar
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Government Upper Primary School,ChettamparambaSchool2.9 km ↗
- 🏫Govt. Lower Primary School KolkkaadSchool3.0 km ↗
- 🏫Model Residential school AralamSchool3.1 km ↗
- 🎓Govt. Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school3.2 km ↗
- 🎓Santhome Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school3.4 km ↗
- 🏫ഗവൺമെൻ്റ് ഹയർ സെക്കൻഡറി സ്കൂൾ മണത്തണSchool3.4 km ↗
- 🏫Saint Sebastian's Upper Primary SchoolSchool3.7 km ↗
- 🏫P LPS VelloonnySchool4.2 km ↗
- 🏫GHSS AralamSchool4.3 km ↗
- 🏫Providence Lower Primary School VelloonnySchool4.4 km ↗
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View all 19 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)