Taliparamba

Taliparamba or Thaliparamba is a city and a municipality of 72,500 people in the Kannur district, state of Kerala, spread over an area of 43.05 km2.HistoryTaliparamba originated as the Perinchalloor Brahman settlement. Of the 2,000 Brahman families who settled here, only 45 remain today.GeographyTaliparamba is located at. It has an average elevation of 56 metres (183 feet). The surrounding area (including the villages of Pattuvam, Pariyaram, Kuttiyeri, Karimbam, Koonam) features lush green fields and low rolling hills. The rivers of Kuppam and Valapattanam surround the town from all sides and the Arabian sea is only 14 kilometres to the west.AdministrationTaliparamba is the second largest Taluk in Kerala. Taliparamba is a municipality, with an area of 43.08 km2. It is divided into 44 wards. The headquarters of Taliparamba Taluk are located in Taliparamba. There are 47 villages in the Taluk. They are spread from the coast to the hills.Taliparamba Taluk has 44 villages Alakode, Alappadamba, Andhur, Chelery and Chengalayi Chuzhali, Eramam, Eruveshi, Irikkur, Kankol and Karivellur Kayaralam, Kolacheri, Kooveri, Korom, Kurumathur, Kuttiyattoor Kuttiyeri, Kuttor, Malappattam, Maniyoor, Mayyil and Morazha Naduvil, Nidiyanga, Panniyoor, Pariyaram, Pattuvam and Payyannur Payyavoor, Peringome, Perinthatta, Peralam, Pulingome and Ramanthali Sreekandapuram, Thaliparambu, Thimiri, Thirumeni and Udayagiri Vayakkara, Velladu, Vellora and Vellur