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Manikkadave
Manikkadavu | |
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Village | |
  Manikkadave Manikkadavu, Kannur, India  Manikkadave Manikkadave (India) | |
| Coordinates: 12°05′39″N 75°39′08″E / 12.0941°N 75.6523°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 670705 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL- 78 |
| Nearest city | Iritty |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
| Climate | humid (Köppen) |
| Website | manikkadavu |
Manikkadave or Manikkadavu is a village in Kannur district, Kerala, India. It is situated among the foothills of Western Ghats, and bordering the Kodagu range of Karnataka evergreen forests. As its crown there lies ‘Kurisu Mala’ (mount/hill of the cross) forest in the west beyond which it is Paadan Kavala and other tourism points of Kanjirakolly. Manikkadavu is located 15 km north of the town Iritty, and is 56 km north-east of the district capital Kannur. It is between the towns/villages of Ulikkal, Payyavoor, and Kanjirakolli. The village is situated about 538 km north of state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
Human habitation in Manikkadavu traces back thousands of years. The Hindus, Muslims and Christians there live in amity. The settlers from Travancore form about 90% of the population and have spent their lives to make this land ever so productive and have in these years - since 1948 when their migration began - struggled with nature and produce spices, rubber, cashew nut, vegetable etc.