Kanjikode

Kanjikode
Kanchikode
Town
National Highway 544 from FOB Kanjikode
National Highway 544 from FOB Kanjikode
Kanjikode is located in Kerala
Kanjikode
Kanjikode
Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°47′51″N 76°44′35″E / 10.7976°N 76.7430°E / 10.7976; 76.7430
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictPalakkad
Government
 • TypePudussery Panchayat
Elevation
84 m (276 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English[1]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
678621
Telephone code0491
Vehicle registrationKL-09
Parliament constituencyPalakkad
Assembly constituencyMalampuzha

Kanjikode or Kanchikode is an industrial town located 13 km (8.1 mi) east of Palakkad.[2] Kanjikode is the second largest industrial hub in Kerala after Kochi.[3] The town is part of Pudussery Panchayat. It is one of the growing suburbs of Palakkad city. First and the only Indian Institute of Technology in Kerala, Indian Institute of Technology,Palakkad was established in Kanjikode.[4]

  1. ^ "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Pin Code: Kanjikode, Palakkad, Kerala, India, Pincode.net.in". pincode.net.in. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Kerala: Kanjikode becoming a medical oxygen hub". The Times of India. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Kerala's first IIT in Palakkad to get a new campus, Nila campus inaugurated". The News Minute. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2022.