Vadakkencherry
Town
Vadakkencherry Town
Vadakkencherry Town
Vadakkencherry is located in Kerala
Vadakkencherry
Vadakkencherry
Location in Kerala
Vadakkencherry is located in India
Vadakkencherry
Vadakkencherry
Location in India
Coordinates: 10°35′25.9″N 76°29′00.2″E / 10.590528°N 76.483389°E / 10.590528; 76.483389
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictPalakkad
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyVadakkencherry Grama Panchayath
Area
 • Total37.88 km2 (14.63 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total35,969
 • Density950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
678683
Telephone code91 4922
Vehicle registrationKL-9, KL-49
Nearest cityThrissur (33 km (21 mi) away)
Palakkad (34 km (21 mi) away)
Parliament constituencyAlathur
State Legislative Assembly constituencyTarur

Vadakkencherry is a town and gram panchayat[2] in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India.[3] It is located about 35 km from Palakkad along National Highway 544. Vadakkencherry-Mannuthy section of NH-544 is the first six lane National Highway in the state.

The family of 2024 American presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy had an ancestral home in a traditional agraharam in the town of Vadakkencherry.[4][5]

Etymology

The etymology of this town seems to be related to the word for the direction North, in Malayalam, which is "Vadakku".

Education

  • College of Applied Science, Vadakkencherry
  • St. Mary’s Polytechnic College, Vadakkenchery[6]
  • Cherupushpam GHSS Vadakkencherry[7]
  • Government Community College, Vadakkenchery[8]
  • The Shobha Academy[9]
  • Motherteresa School Vadakkencherry
  • St Francis School, Elavampadam, Vadakkencherry


Transportation

Vadakkenchery has good connectivity across all major cities.It is located along National Highway 544. Public transportation is mainly through private and KSRTC bus services.A KSRTC operating centre is being operated from Vadakkenchery.[10] There is also a private bus stand usually called as Indira Priyadarshini Bus Stand to operate private bus service.[11] Nearest major railway stations are Palakkad Junction railway station and Thrissur railway station. Nearest airport is Cochin International Airport.

References

  1. ↑ "പാലക്കാട്‌ ജില്ലയിലെ ഗ്രാമ പഞ്ചായത്തുകളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങൾ".
  2. ↑ "VADAKKANCHERI-VILLAGE PANCHAYAT". Panchayat Portals. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pin Code: VADAKKANCHERRY MBR, PALAKKAD, KERALA, India, Pincode.net.in". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Govinda Prabhakaran (23 February 2023). "As a Yale student, Vivek Ramaswamy was intrigued by a Palakkad court in Kerala". Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "37-year-old Malayali to become Republican candidate for the US presidential election". Kerala Kaumudi. 24 February 2023. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "ST.MARY'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE". www.stmaryspolytechnic.in. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "About Us". Cherupushpam GHSS Vadakkencherry. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Government Community College, Vadakkanchery". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Sanandakumar, S. "CSR project: Sobha Group's PNC Menon developing Kerala's Palakkad region & educating children". The Economic Times.
  10. ↑ "KSRTC Depots". 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  11. ↑ basheer, Shafeeq (5 December 2020), English: Priyadarshini Bus stand, Vadakkencherry, retrieved 26 August 2022
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