Anappanthy
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Anappanthy is a town on the banks of Kundoor Puzha in Ayyankunnu Village, Kannur
, Kerala
, India
.
Anappanthy is well connected with roads and communication facilities including broadband Internet and mobile phone service providers. Health and educational institutions are within a few kilometers away . Angadikadavu
, Karikkottakary
and Vallithode
are the neighboring towns.
The severe food shortage and political turbulence during the 1920s and 1930s forced the people of central Kerala to search for agricultural land and political security. Malabar - then part of the state of Madras under the British rule - offered them relative political security as well as vast area of forest land to cultivate. However, cholera, fever, and starvation were endemic.
Today's Anappanthy Service Cooperative Bank was the first financial institution for the entire Aralam/Ayyankunnu villages. The bank was started in 1940s as a 'Society' with a few members. Today it has grown in to a full-fledged bank with many branches in the area. In 1956 the first elementary school was started here with a single teacher and approximately 30 students. Today the school is known as Government L P School.
The major agricultural products are rubber, pepper, cashew and coconut. The name Anappanthy comes from the elephants in that area. There were people who could mate the elephants and train them to work, especially to clear the forest.
Kannur
Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
, Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
Anappanthy is well connected with roads and communication facilities including broadband Internet and mobile phone service providers. Health and educational institutions are within a few kilometers away . Angadikadavu
Angadikadavu
Angadikadavu is a town in Kannur district, Kerala, India. It is near to Karnataka border. Don Bosco college is situated in this region and it is the one of the famous college in kannur. Angadikadavu town is the capital of Ayyankunnu grama panchayathu....
, Karikkottakary
Karikkottakary
Karikkottakary is small town located almost 12 km from Iritty of Kannur district, Kerala, India. The modern history of this town starts with the arrival of migrants from Kottayam district of Kerala during 1948 soon after the independence of India...
and Vallithode
Vallithode
Vallithote is a small hilly bazaar in Thalassery taluk enruote Iritty and Kootupuzha along Thalassery kodagu road. It is located 7 kilometres from Iritty and 5 kilometres from the Kerala-Karnataka border, in the district of Kannur, Kerala. The word "Valli" means vine and "thode" means rivulet,...
are the neighboring towns.
The severe food shortage and political turbulence during the 1920s and 1930s forced the people of central Kerala to search for agricultural land and political security. Malabar - then part of the state of Madras under the British rule - offered them relative political security as well as vast area of forest land to cultivate. However, cholera, fever, and starvation were endemic.
Today's Anappanthy Service Cooperative Bank was the first financial institution for the entire Aralam/Ayyankunnu villages. The bank was started in 1940s as a 'Society' with a few members. Today it has grown in to a full-fledged bank with many branches in the area. In 1956 the first elementary school was started here with a single teacher and approximately 30 students. Today the school is known as Government L P School.
The major agricultural products are rubber, pepper, cashew and coconut. The name Anappanthy comes from the elephants in that area. There were people who could mate the elephants and train them to work, especially to clear the forest.