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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kodiyathur
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| settlement_type = village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 673602
| area_code = +91 495
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| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL]]-57
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
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''' Kodiyathur ''' is a [[gram panchayat]] in [[Kozhikode district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].

Kodiyathur is surrounded by two rivers, [[Chaliyar]] and [[Iruvanjippuzha|Iruvazhinji]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref> It is under [[Thiruvambady]] legislative constituency. The name Kodiyathur comes from "Kodi" Kuthiya "Uru". The Freedom fighter [[Mohammed Abdur Rahiman|Muhammed Abdur Rahiman]] died near Kodiyathur. And social worker [[B. P. Moideen|Bp. Moideen]] is also from here. The west of Kodiyathur panchayath is [[Chathamangalam]] panchayath, east is Karssery panchayath, and north is [[Mukkam]] municipality.

Kodiyathur panchayath has higher literacy rate compared to Kerala. In 2011, literacy rate of Kodiyathur village was 94.82% compared to 94.00% of Kerala. In Kodiyathur Male literacy stands at 96.28% while female literacy rate was 93.43%.

To reach Kodiyathur from Calicut:

Calicut-Chevayur-Medical college-Kuttikattur-Mavoor-Kodiyathur

==Demographics==
The Kodiyathur village has population of 29816 of which 14725 are males while 15091 are females as per Population Census 2011.
[[File:Gmup-school.jpg|thumbnail|GMUPS Kodiyathur]]

==Educational institutions==
1.PTM HSS Kodiyathur

2. Govt. HSS Cheruvadi

3. St. Thomas HSS Thottumukkam

4.Wadi Rahma Senior Secondary School

5.Lead Square, Wadi Rahma

6. Govt. UP School Thottumukkam

7. SKA UP School South Kodiyathur

8. Govt. LP School Kazhuthuttippuraya

9. Govt. LP School Pannicode

10.Govt. LP School Chullikkaparamba

11.Govt Mappila Upper Primary School kodiyathur

==Transportation==
Kodiyathur is well connected Road network and Bus route with near by towns like [[Kunnamangalam|Kunnamangalam, Mukkam, Mavoor, Thiruvambady, Thamarassery, Omassery, Areekode, Edavannapara.]] Village connects to other part of India through [[Calicut]] city on the west and [[Thamarassery|Kunnamangalam]] town on the North west. National highway No.66 passes through [[Kozhikode]] and the northern stretch connects to [[Mangalore]], [[Goa]] and [[Mumbai]]. The southern stretch connects to [[Cochin]] and [[Trivandrum]]. The National Highway No.212 going through [[Koduvally]] connects to [[Kalpetta]], [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]]. The nearest airport is [[Calicut International Airport]] which is 27 km away. The nearest railway station is [[Kozhikode railway station|Kozhikode Railway Station]].

==Moral Policing==
In 2011, a 26-year-old youth was killed by a mob in Kodiyathur for allegedly having an affair with a married woman.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last1=Staff Reporter|title=Special team to probe death of youth|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/special-team-to-probe-death-of-youth/article2628727.ece|accessdate=2 November 2014|publisher=The Hindu|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> All of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in October 2014.<ref name=indexp>{{cite news|last1=Philip|first1=Shaju|title=Kerala: 9 convicted in moral police murder case|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/crime/kerala-9-convicted-in-moral-police-murder-case/|accessdate=2 November 2014|agency=The Indian Express|date=8 October 2014}}</ref>

==Major Towns==

# Kodiyathur

2. [[Cheruvadi]]

3. [[Pannikode]]

4. [[Eranjimavu]]

5. [[Thottumukkam]]

6. Thottumukkam Pallithazhe

7. Gothambaroad

8. West Kodiyathur

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==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Kozhikode district}}
[[Category:Villages in Kozhikode district]]
[[Category:Thamarassery area]]
[[Category:Gram panchayats in Kozhikode district]]

4.https://wadirahma.school/
{{Kozhikode-geo-stub}}

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