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| leader_name2                   = E. Krishnadas ([[BJP]])

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| leader_name3                   = [[V. K. Sreekandan]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])

| leader_title4 = Member of Legislative Assembly  

| leader_name4 = [[Shafi Parambil]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])

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'''Palakkad''',({{IPA-ml|pɐːlɐkːɐːɖɨ̆|lang|palakkad1.ogg}}), also known as '''Palghat''', is a city and [[municipality]] in the state of [[Kerala]] in [[India]]. It is spread over an area of {{convert|26.60|km2|sqmi}}. It is the administrative headquarters of the [[Palakkad District]]. The city is situated about {{convert|350|km|mi}} north of state capital [[Thiruvananthapuram]], {{convert|50|km|mi|}} southwest of [[Coimbatore]] in Tamil Nadu, {{convert|66|km|mi}} northeast of [[Thrissur]], and {{convert|127|km|mi}} southeast of [[Kozhikode]], on the meeting point of two [[National highways of India|National Highways]] namely, [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]-[[Kochi]] National Highway [[National Highway 544 (India)|NH 544]], and [[Kozhikode]]-[[Malappuram]]-Palakkad National Highway [[National Highway 966 (India)|NH 966]]. Palakkad is also known as the rice bowl of Kerala. The 18th-century [[Palakkad Fort]] has sturdy battlements, a moat, and a Hanuman temple on its grounds. North on the Kalpathy River, the 15th-century [[Viswanatha Swamy Temple, Palakkad|Viswanatha Swamy Temple]] is the main venue of the Ratholsavam chariot festival. Northeast, near [[Malampuzha Dam]], the town of Malampuzha has a rock garden created from recycled materials. The river [[Bharathappuzha]] flows through Palakkad.<ref name="pkd_2011">{{Cite book|title=DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PALAKKAD - 2011 (Part XII-B)|last=|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala|year=2011|location=Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3206_PART_B_PALAKKAD.pdf}}</ref> Palakkad is located on the northern bank of Bharathappuzha River.<ref name="pkd_2011"/>

Palakkad municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850)<ref name="Ref1">{{cite web |url=http://www.lawmin.nic.in/chronology.doc |title=Chronological List of Central Acts (Updated up to 17-10-2014) |website=Lawmin.nic.in |access-date=2016-08-07 |archive-date=7 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107091128/http://lawmin.nic.in/chronology.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="c1881">{{cite book |last1=Lewis McIver |first1=G. Stokes |title=Imperial Census of 1881 Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras |date=1883 |publisher=E.Keys at the Government Press |location=Madras |page=444 |edition=(Vol II) |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Imperial_Census_of_1881/b_YIAAAAQAAJ?hl=en |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="google.co.in">{{cite book |last1=Presidency |first1=Madras (India |title=Madras District Gazetteers, Statistical Appendix For Malabar District. |date=1915 |publisher=The Superintendent, Government Press |location=Madras |page=20 |edition=Vol.2 |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Madras_district_gazetteers_Malabar_distr/aUEwnQEACAAJ?hl=en |access-date=2 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="frowde">{{cite book |last=Frowde|first=Henry |title=Imperial Gazetteer of India |date=1908–1909 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |edition=New |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref> of the [[British Indian Empire]], making it the second oldest municipality in the state.

The commonly held belief is that the name Palakkad is a fusion of two [[Malayalam]] words: ''[[IAST|Pāla]]'', which is local name for [[blackboard tree]] (''Alstonia scholaris''), and ''[[IAST|Kātŭ]]'', which means [[forest]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Kerala Samskāram |author=A. Sreedhara Menon |author-link=A. Sreedhara Menon |publisher=[[DC Books]] |date=1978 |page=237 |isbn=9788126415854}}</ref>

[[File:Palakkad Fort.JPG|left|thumbnail|[[Palakkad Fort]] was captured and rebuilt grantly by [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] Sultan [[Hyder Ali]] in 1766 CE]]

The region around [[Coimbatore]] was ruled by the [[Chera dynasty|Cheras]] during [[Sangam period]] between c. 1st and the 4th centuries CE and it served as the eastern entrance to the [[Palakkad Gap]], the principal trade route between the [[Malabar Coast]] and [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="Trade">{{cite news|last=Subramanian|first=T. S|title=Roman connection in Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007012800201800.htm&date=2007/01/28/&prd=th|access-date=28 October 2011|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 January 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919235748/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2007012800201800.htm&date=2007%2F01%2F28%2F&prd=th|archive-date=19 September 2013}}</ref> Palakkad city was ruled by the Palakkad Rajas (''Tarur Swaroopam'').<ref name="askh"/> ''Palakkad Raja'' had the right over the [[Tehsil|Taluk]]s of Palakkad, [[Alathur]], and [[Chittur-Thathamangalam|Chittur]].<ref name="askh">{{Cite book|title='Kerala Charitram|last=Shreedhara Menon|first=A|publisher=DC Books|year=2007|isbn=9788126415885|location=Kottayam|pages=200–201|url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/keralacharithram/11148/}}</ref> The original headquarters of ''Palakkad Raja''s were at [[Athavanad]], [[Tirur Taluk]], in present-day [[Malappuram district]].<ref name="askh"/> It is said that their lands at [[Athavanad]] area were given to the ''[[Azhvanchery Thamprakkal]]'' and the Palakkad-Chittur areas were bought from them instead.<ref name="askh"/> The territory of Palakkad Rajas had been under the [[Zamorin of Calicut]] for a long time.<ref name="askh"/>

  | author = K. V. Krishna Iyer  

  | publisher = Norman Printing Bureau, Kozhikode  

</ref> In 1766, Hyder Ali defeated the Zamorin of Kozhikode – an [[East India Company]] ally at the time – and absorbed Kozhikode into his state.<ref name="KrishnaIyer2"/> The Hyder Ali rebuilt Palakkad Fort in 1766.<ref name="Malabar"/> The smaller princely states in northern and north-central parts of Kerala ([[Malabar District]]) including [[Kolathunadu]], [[Kingdom of Kottayam|Kottayam]], [[Kadathanadu]], [[Zamorin of Calicut|Kozhikode]], [[Kingdom of Tanur|Tanur]], [[Kingdom of Valluvanad|Valluvanad]], and Palakkad were unified under Mysore and were made a part of the larger [[Kingdom of Mysore]].<ref name="Rai">{{cite book |author=Raghunath Rai |title=History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4-8Z0gqBkoC&pg=PA14 |access-date=18 November 2012 |publisher=FK Publications |isbn=978-81-87139-69-0 |pages=14–}}</ref> His son and successor, [[Tipu Sultan]], [[Mysorean invasion of Kerala#Invasions by Tipu Sultan|launched campaigns]] against the expanding [[British East India Company]], resulting in two of the four [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]].<ref name="MuseumDallapiccola2010">{{cite book |author1=British Museum |author2=Anna Libera Dallapiccola |title=South Indian Paintings: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIzWapiacQcC&pg=PA12 |access-date=18 November 2012 |date=22 June 2010 |publisher=Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd |isbn=978-0-7141-2424-7 |pages=12–}}</ref><ref name="ThorpeEdgar">{{cite book |author1=Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe |author2=Thorpe Edgar |title=The Pearson CSAT Manual 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WuBFs6yFRwcC&pg=RA1-PA99 |access-date=18 November 2012 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-81-317-5830-4 |page=99}}</ref>  

Tipu ultimately ceded the [[Malabar District]] and [[South Kanara]] to the company in the 1790s as a result of the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] and the subsequent [[Treaty of Seringapatam]]; both were annexed to the [[Bombay Presidency]] (which had also included other regions in the western coast of India) of [[British India]] in the years 1792 and 1799 respectively.<ref name="The Edinburgh Gazetteer: Or, Geographical Dictionary: Containing a Description of the Various Countries, Kingdoms, States, Cities, Towns, Mountains, &c. of the World; an Account of the Government, Customs, and Religion of the Inhabitants; the Boundaries and Natural Productions of Each Country, &c. &c. Forming a Complete Body of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical, and Commercial with Addenda, Containing the Present State of the New Governments in South America...">{{cite book |title=The Edinburgh Gazetteer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRIyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 |access-date=18 November 2012 |year=1827 |publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green |pages=63–}}</ref><ref name="Kumar1965">{{cite book |author=Dharma Kumar |title=Land and Caste in South India: Agricultural Labor in the Madras Presidency During the Nineteenth Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psw5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA87 |access-date=18 November 2012 |year=1965 |publisher=CUP Archive |pages=87– |id=GGKEY:T72DPF9AZDK}}</ref><ref name="Ittaman2003">{{cite book |author=K.P. Ittaman |title=History of Mughal Architecture Volume Ii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQ5lFywZAqYC&pg=PA30 |access-date=18 November 2012 |date=1 June 2003 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-034-1 |pages=30–}}</ref> Later in 1800, both of the [[Malabar District]] and [[South Canara]] were separated from Bombay presidency to merge them with the neighbouring [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="Malabar">A Survey of Kerala History, A. Shreedhara Menon</ref> Palakkad was under [[British Raj]] until 1947.  

The municipality of Palakkad was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850)<ref name="Ref1"/><ref name="c1881" /><ref name="google.co.in"/><ref name="frowde"/> of the [[British Indian Empire]], along with the municipalities of [[Kozhikode]], [[Kannur]], [[Thalassery]], and [[Fort Kochi]], making them the first modern municipalities in the modern state of Kerala.

At the time of [[1951 Census of India]], Palakkad was the second-largest city in the erstwhile [[Malabar District]] after [[Kozhikode]].<ref name="census1951">{{Cite book|title=1951 census handbook - Malabar district|publisher=Government of Madras|year=1953|location=Chennai|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6425/1/20493_1951_MAL.pdf}}</ref> At that time only two towns in Malabar was treated as cities: [[Kozhikode]] and Palakkad.<ref name="census1951"/> Following the formation of the state of Kerala in 1956, the erstwhile [[Tehsil|Taluk]] of Palakkad in [[Malabar District]] was divided into three: Palakkad, [[Alathur]], and [[Chittur-Thathamangalam|Chittur]], and Palakkad district was formed by taking parts of erstwhile [[Malabar District]].<ref name="Malabar"/>

Palakkad is the gateway to Kerala due to the presence of the Palakkad Gap in the [[Western Ghats]]. Malayalam is the official language in Palakkad. The district has many small and medium rivers, which are tributaries of the [[Bharathapuzha River]]. Of the numerous dams in Palakkad district, the largest [[Malampuzha Dam|Malampuzha dam]] is {{convert|12|km|mi}} from Palakkad city.<ref>[http://www.diehardindian.com/infra/dams.htm Fact sheet on Indian dams at Diehardindian.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213125037/http://www.diehardindian.com/infra/dams.htm |date=2006-12-13 }}</ref>

Palakkad has a tropical wet and dry climate. Temperatures remain moderate throughout the year, with the exception being March and April, the hottest months. A very high amount of precipitation is received in Palakkad, mainly due to the South-West monsoon. July is the wettest month, and the total annual rainfall is around {{convert|83|in|cm}}.

| Jun rain mm = 410.6

| Jul rain mm = 453.2

| Aug rain mm = 290.3

|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

|year humidity = 61

|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>

The nearest international airport is [[Coimbatore International Airport]], which is about {{convert|62|km|mi|0}} from Palakkad. However, [[Cochin International Airport]] and [[Calicut International Airport]] serve the city as well.

| caption1  = Olavakkode Railway Station

| image2    = Ksrtc stand palakkad.jpg

| image1    = Stadium bypass road 1.jpg

| caption1  = It col niranjan road, Palakkad

The [[Palakkad railway division]] is one of the six administrative divisions of the [[Southern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]], headquartered at Palakkad. It is the smallest railway division in Southern Railway. It was formed by dissolving the [[Podanur]] division. Managing 588 route kilometers of track in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and [[Mahé, Puducherry|Mahé]] (in the Union Territory of Puducherry), it is one of the oldest railway divisions in India. The major stations under this railway division are {{stnlnk|Palakkad Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Shoranur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Ottapalam}}, [[Tirur railway station|Tirur]], {{stnlnk|Kozhikode}}, {{stnlnk|Thalassery}}, {{stnlnk|Kannur}}, {{stnlnk|Kasaragod}}, {{stnlnk|Mangalore Central}}, [[Mangalore Junction railway station|Mangalore Junction]] and {{stnlnk|Pollachi Junction}}.

The terminal facility of Palakkad division is situated in Shoranur Junction & Mangalore Central of Karnataka state. It is the only division headquarters in India with no originating train to its state capital.

Palakkad is the HQ of the Palakkad Railway Division of Southern Railway Zone. The city is served by two railway stations – [[Palakkad Junction]] is a [[broad gauge]] railway junction (located at [[Olavakkode]], about 4&nbsp;km from Municipal bus stand) and [[Palakkad Town railway station|Palakkad Town]] railway station located in the heart of the Palakkad city. The cities of [[Coimbatore]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Erode]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kollam]], [[Mangalore]], [[Kozhikode]] and [[Ernakulam]] are connected by the [[broad gauge]] line. Train services to [[Pollachi]], [[Dindigul]] and [[Madurai]] are through the [[broad gauge]] line through Palakkad Town station.<ref name="Train services resume on Pollachi – Palakkad section">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/train-services-resume-on-pollachi-palakkad-section/article7885689.ece | title=Train services resume on Pollachi – Palakkad section | date=17 November 2015 | agency=The Hindu | access-date=25 November 2015 | location=Coimbatore}}</ref> Shoranur Junction Railway Station also has rail connections to [[Mangalore]] and the [[Konkan Railway]], enabling travel towards [[Goa]] and [[Bombay]]. The trains coming from other parts of India are diverted to the north and south Kerala from [[Shoranur Junction]] in Palakkad District. From here, there is train service to [[Kozhikode|Calicut]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Trivandrum]], [[Shoranur]] and [[Nilambur]].

Palakkad has a medium-grade network of roads. The [[National Highway 544 (India)|National Highway 544]] from [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] to [[Ernakulam]] via Coimbatore, Palakkad and Thrissur – [[Kozhikode]] [[National Highway 966 (India)|National Highway 966]] via [[Malappuram]] merges with NH 544 in the city.<ref>[http://www.nhai.org/doc/23june12/nh_nh%20wise.pdf "National Highways and their lengths"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906234553/http://www.nhai.org/Doc/23june12/NH_NH%20wise.pdf |date=6 September 2012 }}. National Highways Authority of India. Retrieved 4 September 2015.</ref> The other important roads are the Palakkad – Ponnani road which connects [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]] and [[Mumbai]]-[[Kanyakumari]] coastal [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]], [[State Highway 52 (Kerala)|State Highway 52]] begins near the Chandra nagar junction, which is 2.6 km from the city centre, which connects to [[Pollachi]], and [[State Highway 27 (Kerala)|State Highway 27]] begins at the center of the city which connects to Meenakshipuram (Kerala-Tamil Nadu State Border).

Palakkad City has four Bus Stations includes [[Palakkad KSRTC bus station]] and three Private Bus stands named [[Stadium Bus Stand Palakkad|Stadium Bus Stand]], Municipal Bus stand, and Town Bus Stand.

As per Census 2011, population of Palakkad in 2011 is 130,955; of which male and female are 63,833 and 67,122 respectively.<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS</ref>

==Civic Administration==

Palakkad is a municipality with elected councilors from 52 Wards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://117.239.77.93/trend/trend2020/views/index.php|title = Local Body Elections 2020 - TREND by State Election Commission Kerala}}</ref>

The municipality of Palakkad was formed on 1 November 1866 according to the Madras Act 10 of 1865. (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns act 1850).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Imperial_Census_of_1881/b_YIAAAAQAAJ?hl=en|title=Imperial Census of 1881: Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras|year=1883|publisher=Government Press}}</ref> The city is administrated by [[municipality]] and headed by Municipal Chairperson. The current Chairperson of Palakkad Municipality is K.Priya Ajayan and E. Krishnadas is the Deputy Chairman.

| caption1  = Stadium bypass, developing brand street

| image1    = Fortune Mall Kanjikode.jpg

| caption1  = Upcoming Shopping Mall in Kanjikode

| caption2  = Joby's Mall, first mall in Palakkad  

The presence of [[Palakkad Gap]] and proximity to [[Coimbatore]] make Palakkad economically important. Palakkad city is one of the largest industrial hubs in Kerala. [[Kanjikode]] area of Palakkad city is the second industrial hub of Kerala after [[Kochi]]. Kanjikode is one of the largest industrial areas in Kerala and companies like [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited]] (ITI), Instrumentation Limited, Fluid Control Research Institute, [[Saint-Gobain|Saint-Gobain India Private Limited]] ''(formerly SEPR Refractories India Private Limited)'', Patspin India Ltd, Pepsi, PPS steel (Kerala) Pvt Ltd, United breweries, Empee Distilleries, Marico, [[Bharat Earth Movers Limited]] (BEML), Rubfila International Ltd, Arya Vaidya Pharmacy have production facilities.  

The commercialization of Palakkad City is Picking up and growing at steady pace in recent years, Nowadays Palakkad City and the suburbs are witnessing rapid amount of commercial and public development activities. The developments are mainly concentrated on the bypass roads, Both Stadium and Calicut bypass roads passing through city are getting major commercial projects. Major national and international branded Retail chains, food Chains, Restaurants, Hotels, Shopping complexes, Textiles, branded jewellers, Vehicle Showrooms, are functioning in and around city. There are many housing colonies consist of Villas and apartments are also present in Palakkad City and suburbs.

== Governance ==

On 3 July 1866, the Governor of Madras declared Palakkad as a city.<ref name="ആമുഖം {{!}} Palakkad Municipality"/> On 11 September 1912, the system of electing the city father by the councillors began.<ref name="ആമുഖം {{!}} Palakkad Municipality">{{Cite web|date=2019-12-30|title=ആമുഖം {{!}} Palakkad Municipality|url=http://www.palakkadmunicipality.in/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230212855/http://www.palakkadmunicipality.in/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-30|access-date=2020-09-15}}</ref> City Council expanded to 28 wards in 1938, 32 wards in 1973 and 36 wards in 1978.<ref name="ആമുഖം {{!}} Palakkad Municipality"/>

The metropolitan area of Palakkad includes [[Hemambikanagar]], [[Marutharode]], Palakkad Municipality, [[Pirayiri]], [[Pudussery West]], [[Pudussery Central]] and [[Puthuppariyaram, Palakkad|Puthupariyaram]].<ref name=Census2>[http://www.census2011.co.in/census/metropolitan/427-palakkad.html "Palakkad Urban Region"]. Census2011.co.in. Retrieved 4 September 2015.</ref> Its urban / metropolitan population is 293,566 of which 143,650 are males and 149,916 are females. There is demand to upgrade Palakkad Municipality into a Municipal Corporation by adding the Outgrowth areas and nearby Urban Local bodies to the Palakkad Corporation.

* [[Akathethara]]  

* [[Malampuzha]] (excluding rural and forest areas)<ref>https://i.postimg.cc/MHwqnmBg/19-2-19p1.jpg</ref>

==Palakkad Taluk==

{{Palakkad Labelled Map}}

| image3    = IIT PKD.jpg

| caption3  = I[[Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad|IIT Palakkad]],temporary campus

| caption4  =[[Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School]], Palakkad

[[Government Victoria College, Palakkad]] was established in the year 1866, making it one of the oldest institution of higher learning in Palakkad.

 

 

 

 

 

==Prominent People from Palakkad==

*[[K. P. Kesava Menon|K P Kesava Menon]]

*[[V. P. Menon|V P Menon]]  

* [[Shankar Mahadevan]] (Playback Singer and Composer)

* [[M. G. Ramachandran]]  

Major Malayalam Newspapers include ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'',''[[Mathrubhumi]]'', ''[[Deshabhimani]]'', ''[[Suprabhaatham Daily]]'', [[The Hindu]] have printing centers in city and there are also few evening newspapers published from the city. Local news channels like [[Asianet Cable Vision|(ACV)]] are also functioning in city . Palakkad Press Club is located on Robinson road, Sultanpet. A private FM Station operating in Palakkad at Ahalia Campus. There is a long term demand for setting up a government FM Station in Palakkad. At the present total number of 8 [[movie theater|cinema halls]] are operational in Palakkad which screens [[Malayalam]], [[English language|English]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]] movies, there are few other [[multiplex (movie theater)|multiplex]] screens are under construction and expect to open near future in and around city.

==Sports in Palakkad==

Palakkad has a rich history of producing some world class athletes in the state, Palakkad, Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium in the center of city was once used for Major sports meets and football matches in state, now the stadium is not in condition for conducting games due to the lack of maintenance, There is a proposal for the renovation of the stadium with international facilities by the Municipality ,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/sports-news/palakkad-municipal-stadium-turns-into-dump-yard-covered-with-weeds-1.3209529|title = Palakkad municipal stadium turns into dump yard covered with weeds}}</ref> The city has [[Fort Maidan]]<ref>https://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58364.html</ref> also known as Kota Maidanam, is a multi-use stadium in the center of the Palakkad, India. It is currently used mostly for [[cricket]] matches. Fort Maidan holds a maximum capacity of 10,000 people at a time. Up till 2002 the ground was considered for local cricket only.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1962.html|title = The Home of CricketArchive}}</ref> In 2003, [[Ranji Trophy]] was introduced in Fort Maidan. The city has an indoor stadium<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.palakkadtourism.org/palakkad-indoor-stadium.php|title = Palakkad Indoor Stadium}}</ref> located near to [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad]] with a total area of 1 Lakh Sq.ft with commercial establishments are still unfinished & incomplete. There is a Synthetic Track with Eight lines operational in the ground of newly constructed [[Government Medical College, Palakkad]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/synthetic-track-for-palakkad/article7623914.ece|title=Synthetic track for Palakkad|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 September 2015}}</ref>

*[[Palakkad District]]

*[[Education in Palakkad district]]

*[[Malampuzha Dam]]

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* http://www.palakkad.gov.in – Official Website of Palakkad District Administration

* http://www.palakkadtourism.org – Palakkad District Tourism-Information