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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kodakara<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = town<br />
| image_skyline = Kodakara junction.JPG<br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = Kodakara Town<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10.3719|N|76.3056|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Thrissur district|Thrissur]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = Kodakkara Grama Panchayath, Mattathur Grama Panchayath <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
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| area_total_km2 = <br />
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| population_total = 27948<br />
| population_as_of = <br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 680684<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 0480<br />
| registration_plate = KL-64<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Kodakara''' is a town in the [[Thrissur district]] of [[Kerala]] state in [[South India]]. It is located next to the national highway ([[National Highway 544 (India)|NH 544]]), {{Convert|20|km|miles|abbr=on}} south of [[Thrissur]] town and about {{Convert|10|km|miles|abbr=on}} north of [[Chalakudy]]. Administratively, Kodakara is part of [[Kodakara Panchayat]] and [[Chalakudy Taluk]]. Kodakara Panchayat is part of Chalakudy assembly constituency and [[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf <br />
|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies <br />
|access-date=2008-10-19 <br />
|work=Kerala <br />
|publisher=Election Commission of India <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf <br />
|archive-date=2009-03-04 <br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Kodakara Hawala Scandal==<br />
After a few weeks of [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] result day, allegations came against the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] leadership of Kerala for carrying illegal [[Indian black money|black money]] ([[Hawala]]), which was related to 2021 election.<ref name="kodakara">{{Cite news|title=Kodakara hawala heist case: Complainant files claim report in court seeking release of seized cash|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kodakara-hawala-heist-case-complainant-files-claim-report-in-court-seeking-release-of-seized-cash-1.5735303|last=|date=9 June 2021|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> The money was seized at Kodakara.<ref name="kodakara"/> The [[Kerala Police]] handed over the case to [[Enforcement Directorate]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala police handed over Kodakara hawala heist case details to ED: Pinarayi|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-police-handed-over-kodakara-hawala-heist-case-details-ed-pinarayi-150237|last=|date=7 June 2021|work=The News Minute}}</ref> The money was looted at Kodakara on 3 April 2021, just 3 days before the election.<ref name="ks">{{Cite news|title=Kodakara black money case: Police to quiz BJP chief K Surendran's son|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/06/06/kodakara-black-money-case-surendran-driver-secretary-questioned.html|date=6 June 2021|work=Onmanorama}}</ref> The police revealed that the actual amount was Rs 3.5 [[Crore]] and it was brought for the BJP's election campaign.<ref name="ks"/> BJP state president [[K. Surendran (politician)|K. Surendran]] was the chief accused in the case.<ref name="ks"/> The [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] alleged that it was due to the mutual understanding between LDF and BJP that the [[Kerala Police]] didn't investigate it first.<ref>{{Cite news|title=UDF takes anti-BJP stance, moves adjournment motion on Kodakara black money case|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/udf-takes-anti-bjp-stance-moves-adjournment-motion-on-kodakara-black-money-case-1.5732362|last=Paravath|first=Biju|date=8 June 2021|work=Mathrubhumi}}</ref><br />
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