Koodali is the centre of Koodali Panchayath

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

 and of the village of Koodali. It is in Kannur

Kannur district

Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur District is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north and...

 in the Indian 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....

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Educational institutions

• Koodali Higher Secondary School
  Koodali Higher Secondary School
  Koodali Higher Secondary School is situated in Koodali, Kannur district, Kerala, India, about 15 km south of Kannur town. More than 3000 students study in the school, from standard 5 through to standard 12.The school was first established in 1946...
  
   (established 1946), won the state award for the best school in Kerala in 1982
• Koodali UP School
• Fazl-E-Omar Public School
• Vivekananda Vidyalayam
• Progressive College

Religion

The main festival in Koodali is Thazathe Veettil (part of Koodali Thazhathe Tharavaad) Uthsavam (Teyyam, as it is called). There are many kavues and temples in Koodali, such as Sree Puthiya Madham, Muchilottu Bhagavathi Kshethram, Cherukottaram, Koodali Kavu, Thattiyodu Sree Mahavishnu Kshethram, Chonnamma Kottam, Koodali Ganapathy Kshethram, and Poovathur Ambalam. Muslims attend the Koodali Juma Masjid. Hinduism

Hinduism

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 and Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 are the most practiced religions in Koodali, with Christianity

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 also practiced by some residents.

Koodali was also the home of a Koodali Amma, a religious leader whose ashram is still intact.

Feudal connections

Koodali Thazath Veedu is an old feudal

Feudalism

Feudalism was a set of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries, which, broadly defined, was a system for ordering society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour.Although derived from the...

 family and the source of feudal stories in the region.

A historical overview of the family from the pre-British days is available in "Koodali Grantavari," edited by K.K.N. Kurup and published by the Department of History, University of Calicut.

Among the members of the family are KT Kunhikammaran Nambiar, a member of the Madras Legislative Council and KT Kunhiraman Nambiar, volunteer of Indian National Congress and participant in Salt Satyagraha

Salt Satyagraha

The Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagrahah began with the Dandi March on March 12, 1930, and was an important part of the Indian independence movement. It was a campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly in colonial India, and triggered the wider...

 in Malabar, and later president of Kerala's Pradesh Congress Committee

Pradesh Congress Committee

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, and member of the undivided Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

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After Kerala's land reforms were enacted in 1970, the Koodali Thazath Veedu family, now absentee landlords, lost most of their land holdings; the former tenants. The younger generation are professionals and now live around the world.

Sports & Arts

Koodali's residents participate in cricket, football and other sports. Local sports clubs include:

• Tigers Arts & Sports Club
• Peoples' Club
• Galaxy Sports Club
• Mathrubhumi Study Circle

Politics

• District: Kannur
  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...
  
  
• Assembly: Mattanur

• Panchayath (see Panchayati Raj
  Panchayati Raj
  The panchayat raj is a South Asian political system mainly in India, Pakistan, and Nepal. "Panchayat" literally means assembly of five wise and respected elders chosen and accepted by the local community. Traditionally, these assemblies settled disputes between individuals and villages...
  
  ): Koodali
• Village: Koodali

Access

Koodali is near Kannur

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...

 airport (pilot project), located some 15 kilometres (9 mi) away on Mattannur road. Koodali is fifteen kilometers from the Kannur bus stand and railway station.