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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
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[[File:Kannur South 6, Kerala, India.jpg|thumbnail|The Road to Thalassery]]
[[File:Government L.P. School Chovva(1).jpg|thumb|Chovva School]]

[[File:Forest in Edachovva, Kerala, India.jpg|thumbnail|Edachovva, Kannur]]

'''Kannur South''' or '''Chovva''' or '''Thottada''' is a residential suburb in [[Kannur District]] of [[Kerala]], India,<ref>[http://nregalndc.nic.in/netnrega/state_html/joint_ac_more_mem1.aspx?lflag=local&fin_year=2012-2013&val=post&condition=23&state_name=KERALA&state_code=16&district_name=KANNUR&block_name=Edakkad&panchayat_code=1602001003&panchayat_name=Edakkad&Digest=yXPaxpaBJ0NfhLET48WT9A NREGA report] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130413000248/http://nregalndc.nic.in/netnrega/state_html/joint_ac_more_mem1.aspx?lflag=local&fin_year=2012-2013&val=post&condition=23&state_name=KERALA&state_code=16&district_name=KANNUR&block_name=Edakkad&panchayat_code=1602001003&panchayat_name=Edakkad&Digest=yXPaxpaBJ0NfhLET48WT9A |date=2013-04-13 }}</ref> which mainly consists of two areas - '''Thazhe Chovva''' and '''Mele Chovva'''. The [[NH 66|National Highway 66]] runs through both Thazhechovva and Melechovva.
The name '''Chovva''' is believed to be derived from the Malayalam word "Chovvu" meaning propriety. Mele and Thazhe are Upper and Lower respectively, indicating that Mele Chovva is relatively at higher altitude compared with Thazhe chovva (a few meters)

Chovva comes under Kannur [[Municipal Corporations of Kerala|Municipal Corporations]]. Other residential suburbs are in Kannur Municipal Corporation [[Talap]], [[Thana, Kannur|Thana]], [[Kakkad, Kannur|Kakkad]], [[Chalad]], [[Kannur City]], [[Mundayad]], [[Thottada]], [[Chelora]] etc.

==Thazhe Chovva==
Thazhe Chovva is a small town on [[National Highway 66]] between [[Kannur]] and [[Thalassery]]. It is approx 4 km from [[Kannur]] towards south. The nearest Railway station is [[Kannur South railway station]] which is about a kilometer from the Thazhe chovva market. Chala-Nadal bypass road which links Thazhe Chovva with Nadal and [[Chala]] opened in 2001. This bypass is relatively a straight road saves time by avoiding Chovva railway crossing and the Nadal railway crossing on National Highway 66.

The famous ''The Cannanore Co-operative spinning mills'' which employees hundreds people for decades is situated in this town. ''Chovva Juma Masjid'' on NH 66 and ''Sree Muthappan Temple'' at Charapuram (about a kilometre from Thazhe Chovva on the Thillanur Road) are the two main places of worship in Chovva. The ''Kottungal Kavvu'' on S.N college road is another place of worship which has yearly festivals with the traditional Muthappan [[Theyyam]]. ''Muthu Mariyamman Kovil'' & ''Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Kovil'' are other two famous devi kshetram (Temple) for [[navaratri]] festivities situated near railway gate on S.N.college road. ''Masjid Da'awa'' (Thanke Kunnu Road) and ''Hamza Palli'' (Elayavoor Road) are other two mosques in here. Thazhe Chovva is also a home of small community settlements from Andhra Pradesh (Erumakkudi) and Tamil Nadu (Labbatheru).

There is a small river with a bridge that flows through the town locally known as ''Chovva Thodu'' or ''Kaanaam River'' and merges to [[Arabian sea]] . The only fish market available in Chovva situated near chovva thodu. The major roads branches from this town are City Road (leads to City through Thayyil), Kappad Road (leads to Anjarakandi through Kappad), Elayavoor Road and Thanke Kunnu Road (leads to Attadappa)

One of the oldest reading room and library in Kannur situated in Thazhe Chovva Tezhukkil Peedika. Chovva Govt. LP School and Gowri Vilasam UP School are institutions provide primary education to local students. [http://www.sncollegekannur.com/ SN College] is hardly 1 km from Thazhe Chovva main bus stop.

== Location ==
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| title = '''Areas Of Kannur South'''
|Northwest = Kannur Town
|North = Chelora
|Northeast = Chakkarakkal
|West = Thottada Beach
|Centre = Chala Bypass Junction
|East = Kuthuparamba
|Southwest = Nadal
|South = Thalassery
|Southeast = Mavilayi
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== References ==
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==See also==
* [[Kannur]]
{{Kannur district}}

[[Category:Suburbs of Kannur]]

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