Kodencheri or Kodanchery is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Kozhikode district

Kozhikode district

Kozhikode District , formerly Calicut, is a district of Kerala state, situated on the southwest coast of India. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The district is 38.25% urbanised...

 in the state of 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...

.
Nearest Places are Thiruvambady, Thamarassery

Thamarassery

Thamarassery is a picturesque town in Kozhikode district of Kerala, India, 30 km east of Kozhikode City. It lies on the Calicut - Wayanad route...

, Thusharagiri Falls

Thusharagiri Falls

Thusharigiri Falls is a waterfall located in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala.Two streams originating from the Western Ghats meet here to form the Chalippuzha River. The river diverges into three waterfalls creating a snowy spray, which gives the name, 'Thusharagiri'. The word...

. It is under Thiruvambady Assembly Constituency.

Demographics

India census

Census

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, Kodencheri had a population of 18461 with 9233 males and 9228 females.
Technical HSS Thamarassery

Technical HSS Thamarassery

Technical HSS Thamarassery is also known as Technical Higher Secondary School Thamarassery or IHRD Thamarassery.It is situated on the Thamarassery-Balussery State Highway route called Korangad in Kozhikode district. It is 2 km far away from Thamarassery Town...

 is nearer to here.

Thiruvambady, Pullurampara and Engapuzha are nearby villages of kodanchery. St Josephs church and school is located in the heart of the city.

Culture and people

Though the population is diverse, Kodanchery is a hub of Christians mainly Roman Catholic Christians and Jacobite Christians.