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{{Infobox settlement <br />
| name = Edappal<br />
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| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = Census Town<br />
| image_skyline = Edappal 2.jpg<br />
| image_alt =<br />
| image_caption = Edappal town <br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.7837|N|76.0076|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Malappuram District|Malappuram]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 22.2<br />
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| population_total = 32,550<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 679576<br />
| area_code = 0494<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| registration_plate = KL-54<br />
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English <br />
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'''Edappal''' is a town which lies near to the town of [[Ponnani]] in [[Ponnani taluk]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Edappal at the junction of Thrissur-Kuttippuram and Palakkad-Ponnani state highways, is located {{cvt|45|km}} from Malappuram. Edappal lies in two panchayaths (local body jursidcitions), Vattamkulam, and Edappal. Edappal shares borders with Thuyyam, Polpakkara, Ayilakkadu, Vattamkulam, and Annakampadu. [[Sukapuram]] (also known as ''Chowwara''), one of the earliest [[Brahmin]] settlements in Kerala, lies in Edappal.<ref>{{cite book|author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |title=A Survey of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788126415786}}</ref> The ''[[Azhvanchery Thamprakkal]]'' of [[Athavanad]] (originally [[Maranchery]]), had influence over the [[Nambudiri]]s of [[Sukapuram]] (''Chowwara''), while the ''Kalpakanchery Thamprakkal'' of [[Kalpakanchery]] influenced the rival [[Nambudiris]] of [[Kumbidi|Panniyoor]].<ref>{{cite book<br />
| author = K. V. Krishna Iyer <br />
| title = Zamorins of Calicut: From the earliest times to AD 1806<br />
| publisher = Norman Printing Bureau, Kozhikode <br />
| url = https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.3379<br />
| year = 1938}}</ref> Edappal forms a portion of the [[Malappuram metropolitan area]] as of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]].<ref name="Malappuram metropolitan area">{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/622777/urban |website=kerala.gov.in |title=Constituents of Malappuram metropolitan area |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230044541/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/622777/urban |url-status=dead }}</ref> Edappal lies in [[Thrissur-Ponnani Kole Wetlands|Ponnani Kole Wetlands]] and is surrounded by the Biyyam backwater lake of [[Ponnani]].<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
*[[Namboothiri (artist)|Artist Namboothiri]]<br />
*[[Sukumaran]] (Actor) <br />
*[[Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri]]<br />
*[[P.P. Ramachandran]]<br />
*[[Chekannur Maulavi]]<br />
*[[Edasseri Govindan Nair]]<br />
*[[Devdutt Padikkal]] (Cricketer)<br />
*[[P Surendran]](Writer)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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{{Malappuram district}}<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Malappuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Populated waterside places in India]]<br />
[[Category:Kuttippuram area]]</div>
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