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Thamarassery | |
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Town Taluk | |
 Clockwise from the top: Kottayil Temple, Chunkam junction, Thamarassery skyline, PWD rest house, Payyamballi Chandu memorial, Weekly market | |
| Nickname: Tsy | |
  Thamarassery Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Thamarassery Thamarassery (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:11°24′50″N75°55′22″E / 11.41389°N 75.92278°E /11.41389; 75.92278 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.17 km2 (10.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 35,706 |
| • Density | 1,314/km2 (3,404/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 673573 |
| Nearest city | Kozhikode |
Thamarassery, formerly known as Thazhmalachery,[2] is one of the taluks and a major hill town in theKozhikode district ofKerala,India, 30 km north-east ofKozhikode city and 29 km east ofKoyilandy. The town lies onNational highway 766.
The old name of the town; Tazhmalachery comes from Mala(hill) and Thazhvaram(valley) and Cheri(village)Thamarassery comes from theMalayam wordsthaamara "lotus" andcheri "village".
Thamarassery belonged to theKingdom of Kottayam before India became independent. Kottayam kings who died fighting the British were given part of the land of Thamarassery in the days before freedom. The tomb ofPayyampally Chandu, who was a warrior under theKottayam Raja, is located at the Thamarassery Kotayil Sree Bhagavathi Temple.
In 1936 the Thamarassery panchayat was formed, although a public health center had already been operating for some time prior. Attakoya Thangal was the first panchayat president. JT Abdurahiman Master is the president of the Thamarassery Panchayath (since 2020 December 30).
Thamarassery panchayat is divided into 19 wards. Thamarassery panchayat falls under Koduvally state assembly constituency and Kozhikode loksabha constituency. The current MP is MK Raghavan of Congress and MLA is MK Muneer of Muslim League. Thamarassery constitutes ataluk within theKozhikode district.
Thamarassery is an agricultural area, and a large portion of its population are farmers. Coconut and rubber are the major products. Kerala's first rubber estate, now in the hands of AV Thomas and Co., is located in Thamarassery.
Thamarassery is well connected to its surrounding areas via roads (includingNH766), which reachesKozhikode,Kalpetta,Koyilandy, andMukkam. Bus service is also available regularly. TheKerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has a bus stand and depot at Thamarassery. All private buses operate from the new bus stand at Karadi nearby the KSRTC depot. The nearest airport,Calicut International Airport is 45 km away, while theKozhikode Railway Station is 30km away.
TheKSRTC bus service provides good connections toKasargod,Kannur,Palakkad,Thrissur,Kottayam andThiruvananthapuram. Several interstate bus services pass through Thamarassery, providing connections toBengaluru,Mysuru,Ooty,Devala,Gundalpet and other major cities.
The position of the Thamarassery Taluk inKozhikode district is given below:
There are 20 villages in ThamarasseryTaluk :
