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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Elathur
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| settlement_type = city/suburb/part of calicut corporation
| image_skyline = File:കോഴിക്കോട് ഏലത്തുരുള്ള ഭഗവതിക്ഷേത്രം. (1900-01).jpg
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| image_caption = Elathur Bhagavathy Temple in 1900
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]
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| population_total = 41326
| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 673303
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[[File:Elathur Railway Station.jpg|thumbnail|Elathur Railway Station]]
'''Elathur''' is a part of Calicut corporation in [[Kozhikode district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It is located about 12 km north of [[Kozhikode]] city on the [[National Highway 66]]. It is bounded by the [[Arabian Sea]] at the west and [[Korapuzha|Korapuzha River]] (Elathur River) at the north.<ref>{{cite book|title=Kerala with Lakshadweep: Outlook traveller getaways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJJuAAAAMAAJ&q=elathur|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook Publishing]]|year=2005|isbn = 9788189449018|edition=Illustrated|access-date=2009-08-16 }}</ref> The Elathur River is generally considered to be the boundary between the [[North Malabar]] and South Malabar in the erstwhile district of [[Malabar district|Malabar]].

At the 2001 census, Elathur panchayat has a population of 41,326<ref name="hindu_sep08">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/05/stories/2008090550860300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916141541/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/05/stories/2008090550860300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-16|title=City Corporation considering proposal to extend boundaries |date=2008-09-05|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> with a nearly equal proportion of Hindus and Muslims. The panchayat covers an area of 13.58 km<sup>2</sup>, but a major portion of the area has been taken up by [[National Highway 66 (India)|National Highway 66]], the State highway, rivers and the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="hindu_dec04">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/27/stories/2004122704840300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229101709/http://www.hindu.com/2004/12/27/stories/2004122704840300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-12-29|title=Protest against move to bifurcate Elathur panchayat |date=2004-12-27|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref>

Elathur is well connected by road and rail. The National Highway [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]] passes through the panchayat. The Elathur railway station is located on the east side of the National Highway.<ref name="hindu_sep07">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/09/stories/2007090953570300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920101938/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/09/stories/2007090953570300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-20|title=Elathur railway gate an obstacle to road users |date=2007-09-09|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> The Kozhikode Regional Office of [[Hindustan Petroleum]] is located close to the railway station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iunisoft.net/janesh/hpcl/index.html |title=HPCL Kozhikode |access-date=2009-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927085750/http://www.iunisoft.net/janesh/hpcl/index.html |archive-date=2009-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Arabian Sea]] lies to the west of Elathur. The Elathur beach stretches from Puthiyanirath to [[Korapuzha]]. Marine mussels are abundant in this part of the sea.

Elathur is situated on the northern side of [[Kozhikode]] city. City suburbs like [[Nadakkavu]] and [[West Hill, Kozhikode]] and [[Puthiyangadi]] lie on the road to Elathur. The local station of [[All India Radio|All India Radio (AIR)]] is situated at Kunduparamba on this route. At the [[Pavangad]] junction, the road diverges east to Atholy and the straight road to north goes to Elathur. The Vengaly road over-bridge has solved the traffic issues of the past and after the over-bridge, Elathur is only five kilometers.

==Conolly Canal==

The historic [[Conolly Canal]] named after [[Henry Valentine Conolly]], the collector of [[Malabar district|Malabar]] during the erstwhile [[British Raj|British regime]] runs through Elathur. It was constructed during his tenure, in 1848, and was used as a major waterway, shipping goods and ferrying passengers in the Kozhikode district till the late 1950s.<ref name="hindu_jan05">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/pp/2008/01/05/stories/2008010550730300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923092718/http://www.hindu.com/pp/2008/01/05/stories/2008010550730300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-09-23|title=Reviving the historic Canoly Canal |
date=2005-01-05|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-08-16}}</ref> The canal links [[Korapuzha]] to [[Kallayi River]]. The whole network together forms Elathur backwaters.

== Vallikkattu Kavu ==

Vallikkattu Kavu is a 27 acre [[sacred grove]] in a swamp at Olayinmal Chikkilode, Edakkara near Elathur.<ref>http://wikimapia.org/1661021/Vallikkattu-Kavu-Temple</ref> You can see monkeys, peacocks, wild boars, porcupines, wild hens, different kinds of butterflies and numerous species of orchids here. There is a species of herb here which has leaves in the shape of butterflies.
==Suburbs of Elathur==
* Chungam, Athanikkal and Puthiyangadi
* Pavangad, Puthoor and Vengali
*Puthiyangadi
* Puthiyanirathu and Ananthapuram
* Chettikkulam and Salathnagar
* Thiruvangoor and Kollamgramam
* Anakkulam, Moodadi and Nandigramam
* Korappuzha, Kattilpeedika and Vengalam
* Vettilpara, Pookkad and Chemancheri
==See also==
* [[Elathur railway station]]

==Image Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Elathur Railway Station.jpg|Railway Station
File:Elatur.Korappuzha.jpg|Korappuzha Bridge
File:Elathur 2.jpg|Elathur village
File:Elattur.Korappuzha.jpg|Korappuzha

</gallery>
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Elathur, Kozhikode}}

{{Kozhikode district}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Kozhikode]]
[[Category:Populated coastal places in India]]
[[Category:Kozhikode north]]

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