Anjarakkandy

Anjarakandy
village
Theyyam at Anjarakkandy
Coordinates: 11°52′56″N 75°30′35″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670612
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-13(old), KL-58

Anjarakandy is a gram panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala, India. Anjrakandy river is flowing through Anjarakandy.

History

The village includes Anjarakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India Company in 1767. The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and the associated processing plant are still operational. Visitors are permitted to view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. The local king, Pazhassi Raja and the British East India Company waged war for control of the estate.

Lord Brown of east India Company started a system of keeping a record of land transactions done by him to open Anjarakandy Cinnamon estate triggered opening up of a new Department of Land Registration in British Government in Asia region, This Land Registrar's office is located at Anjarakandy in a 252-year-old building built in 1767 [3][4]

Anjarakandy is home to the Kannur medical college which is a super-speciality hospital. and Anjarakandy Higher secondary school - One of the best government-aided high school in the state of Kerala.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Anjarakandy had a population of 21,882. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Ancharakandy has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 49% of the males and 51% of females literate. 10% of the population is under six years of age.

History

The village includes Ancharakandy Cinnamon Estate, established by the East India Company in 1767. The estate, reputed to be Asia's largest, and associated processing plant are still operational and visitors can view the process of preparing cinnamon spice and extraction of oil. In 1803, the local king, Pazhassi Raja and the British Army waged war for control of the estate.

Asia's first Land Registrar's office is located in a 252-year-old building built in 1767 by Lord Brown. The Kannur medical college, established in 2006, is equipped with a 500-bed super-speciality hospital. and Kannur dental college and super speciality hospital, Malabar institute of technology were established in 2010.

Educational Institutions

• Malabar Institute of Technology
• The Kannur medical college is also a super-speciality hospital.
• Anjarakandy Higher Secondary School is located in Anjarakandy Village.
• Mamba Central LP School is also situated in Mamba village. It has classes from Standard 1 to 5. Established in 1881 by Sri Kunhikkannan Ezhuthachan. This school received the "Best LP school in Kannur District" award.

Kannur Dental College, College of Nursing -Kannur Medical College, Institute of Paramedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy -Kannur Medical College,

Anjarakandy, being easily accessible from nearby places such as Thalassery, Iritty, Koothuparamba and Kannur, is a central location for providing professional education. The prominent professional education institution in Anjrakandy is the Anjarakandy Integrated Campus.

Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur city. Mangalore, Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The major roads passing through Anjarakandi town are Thazhe Chovva-Mattannur road which connects Kannur city and Mattannur town and Kannur International Airport, and Thalassery-Irikkur road which connects to cities of Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur International Airport at Mattannur, 9km from Anjarakkandy town, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.