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Chalakudy
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Town
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| Chalakudy | |
Chalakudy South Junction
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  Chalakudy Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Chalakudy Chalakudy (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates: 10°18′N 76°20′E / 10.30°N 76.33°E / 10.30; 76.33 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Taluk |
| • Body | Chalakkudy Municipality |
| • MLA | T J Saneesh Kumar Joseph |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.23 km2 (9.74 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Population
(2011)[1]
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| • Total | 49,525 |
| • Density | 2,000/km2 (5,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN |
680307
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| Telephone code | 0480 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-64, KL-8, KL-45 |
Chalakudy is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy RiverinThrissur district of the Kerala state in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly Falls and Vazhachal Falls. Chalakudy lies on National Highway 544 and located about 47 km (23 mi) north of the city of Kochi, and 30 km (19 mi) south of Thrissur.
History says during the second Chera dynasty, people outside Kerala visited Chalakudy to learn vedas and Kalaripayattu from Chukkikulam Shala. These people lived in the banks of Chalakudy River and this accommodation is called Kudi. The combination of these two words Shalakudi is later modified into Chalakudy.[2]
Chalakudy Municipality came into existence in the year 1970. The municipality covering an area of 25.23 km2 is divided into 36 electoral wards. Chalakudy is a Grade-II municipality.[3] Chalakudy is an assembly constituency & Lok Sabha constituency.[4] Benny Behanan (INC) is the current MP of the Parliamentary constituency and T J Saneesh Kumar Joseph (INC) is the current M.L.A. of Legislative Assembly Constituency.[5][6]
The main rail transport system in Chalakudy is operated by the Southern Railway zoneofIndian Railways, and comes under Trivandrum railway division.[7][8]
The nearest airport is Cochin International AirportinNedumbassery which is 19 km from Chalakudy. All the major domestic and international flights are available here. Direct flights are available to New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune, Goa, Mangaluru, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, London, Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, Malé, Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Salalah, Jeddah and Riyadh.
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