Kozhikode
Kozhikode
Calicut | |
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Metropolis | |
From top: Kozhikode Beach, SM Street, IIM Kozhikode, Kozhikode International Airport, Chaliyam harbour, Kozhikode railwaystation board, Tali Shiva Mahakshetra temple, Hilite City | |
| Nickname(s): | |
Kozhikode Kozhikode (Kerala) Kozhikode Kozhikode (India) | |
| Coordinates: 11°15′31.7″N 75°46′49.4″E / 11.258806°N 75.780389°E[1] | |
| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal corporation |
| • Body | Kozhikode Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Beena Philip (CPI (M)) |
| • Collector | Snehil Kumar Singh IAS[5] |
| • Member of Parliament | M. K. Raghavan (Indian National Congress) |
| • City Police Commissioner | A Akbar IPS[6] |
| Area | |
• Metropolis | 118.58 km2 (45.78 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 518 km2 (200 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 34.47 m (113.09 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Metropolis | 609,224 |
| • Density | 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 4,387,000[8] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 673xxx |
| Telephone code | +91495xxxxxxx, +91496xxxxxxx |
| Vehicle registration | KL 11, KL 18, KL 56, KL 57, KL 76, KL 77, KL 85, KLD & KLZ (Historical) |
| GDDP(2024) | US$11Billion (INR 9,630,856 lakhs)[10] |
| Sex ratio | 1.093 ♀/♂[11] |
| Literacy rate | 96.8%[11] |
| International Airport | Calicut International Airport |
| Website | www |
Kozhikode (pronounced [koːɻikːoːɖɨ̆] ⓘ), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices,[1] Kozhikode is listed among the UNESCO's Cities of Literature.
It is the nineteenth largest urban agglomeration in the country and the second largest one in Kerala.[8] Calicut city is the second largest city proper in the state with a corporation limit population of 609,224 [12][13] Calicut is classified as a Tier-2 city by the Government of India.[14]
It is the largest city on the Malabar Coast and was the capital of the British-era Malabar district. It was the capital of an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris (Zamorins).[1] The port at Kozhikode acted as the gateway to the medieval South Indian coast for the Chinese, the Persians, the Arabs, and finally the Europeans.[15] According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics in 2009 on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode was ranked the second-best city in India to live in.[16] In 2023, Kozhikode was recognised by UNESCO as India's first City of Literature.[17]
- ^ a b c "Lectures 26-27". 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ M. G. S. Narayanan (2006). The City of Truth Revisited. University of Calicut. p. 350. ISBN 978-8177481044.
- ^ "Kozhikode to be 'city of sculptures'". The Hindu. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Kozhikode is the first City of Literature in India". The Hindu. 31 October 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Kozhikode District Website". Kozhikode Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "A Akbar to be new Kozhikode city police commissioner". April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "ആമുഖം | കോഴിക്കോട് മുനിസിപ്പല് കോര്പ്പറേഷന്". kozhikodecorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Calicut, India Metro Area Population 1950-2025". www.macrotrends.net.
- ^ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "ECONOMIC REVIEW 2024 GOVERNMENT OF KERALA State Planning Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India January 2025 Volume Two" (PDF). spb.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2012.
- ^ "KVK Narayangaon Education, Finance, Yojana, Sports". 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Tier I and Tier II Cities of India, Classification of Indian Cities". Mapsofindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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- ^ "Kerala's Kozhikode included in UNESCO Creative Cities Network". OnManorama.