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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Koodali
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| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11.9223|N|75.4798|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluks of Kerala|Taluk]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Thalassery]]
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = Koodali Grama Panchayat
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| area_total_km2 = 16.85
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| population_total = 15,236
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670592
| registration_plate = KL- 13/58
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]
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'''Koodali''' is a [[census town]] in [[Thalassery]] taluk of [[Kannur district]] in Kerala state, India. Koodali is located {{cvt|15.5|km}} east of [[Kannur|Kannur city]] on Kannur-Mattanur road.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/kerala/| title = Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref><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|access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref>

== Educational institutions ==
* [[Koodali Higher Secondary School]] (established 1946), won the state award for the best school in Kerala in 1982{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}
* Koodali UP School
* Munderi Govt. Higher Secondary school
* Fazl-E-Omar Public School
* Gems Millenium Private School
* Vivekananda Vidyalayam
* Progressive College
* Nalanda College
* Kavumthazha LP school
* Thattiyod LP School

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Koodali had a population of 15,236 which constitute 7,074 males and 8,162 females. Koodali [[census town]] have an area of {{cvt|16.85|km2}} with 3,447 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1154 higher than the state average of 1084. In Koodali, 10.2% of the population was under 6 years of age. Koodali had an average literacy of 95.8% higher than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 97.6% and female literacy was 94.3%.

Koodali Grama Panchayat had total population of 30,239 among which 15,003 people lives in rural areas and 15,236 in urban areas. Males constitute 47.1% of the population and Females were 52.9%. In Koodali Panchayat, 11.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Koodali Panchayat had an average literacy of 95%. Koodali Panchayat have administration over Koodali census town and [[Pattannur]] village.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kannur |publisher=Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=204,205,326,327 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

== Religion ==
As of 2011 India [[census]], Koodali [[census town]] had total population of 15,236 among which 12,208 (80.13%) are Hindus, 2,980 (19.56%) are Muslims, 0.2% Christians and 0.11% others.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web |title=Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS |work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General}}</ref>

The main festival in Koodali is Thazathe Veettil (part of Koodali Thazhathe Tharavaad) Uthsavam (Teyyam, as it is called). There are many temples in Koodali, such as Sree Puthiya Madham, Muchilottu Bhagavathi Kshethram, Cherukottaram, Koodali Kavu, Thattiyodu Sree Mahavishnu Kshethram, Chonnamma Kottam, Koodali Ganapathy Kshethram, and Poovathur Ambalam. Muslims attend the Koodali Juma Masjid. [[Hinduism]] and [[Islam]] are the most practiced religions in Koodali, with [[Christianity]] also practiced by some residents.

Koodali was also the home of a Koodali Amma, a religious leader whose ashram is still intact.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

==Administration==
Koodali census town is part of Koodali [[Grama Panchayat]] in [[Iritty]] [[Block Panchayat]]. Koodali is politically part of [[Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)]] under Kannur Loksabha constituency.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
|accessdate = 2008-10-18
|work = Kerala
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|archivedate = 2009-03-04
}}</ref>

== Feudal connections ==
Koodali Thazath Veedu is an old [[Feudalism|feudal]] family and the source of feudal stories in the region.

A historical overview of the family from the pre-British days is available in "Koodali Grantavari," edited by K.K.N. Kurup and published by the Department of History, University of Calicut.

Among the members of the family are KT Kunhikammaran Nambiar, a member of the Madras Legislative Council and KT Kunhiraman Nambiar, volunteer of Indian National Congress and participant in [[Salt Satyagraha]] in Malabar, and later president of Kerala's [[Pradesh Congress Committee]], and member of the undivided [[Communist Party of India]].

== Sports & Arts ==
Koodali's residents participate in cricket, football, swimming and other sports. Local sports clubs include:
* Tigers Club, Thattiyode
* Tigers Arts & Sports Club
* Peoples' Arts & Sports Club
* Galaxy Sports Club
* Mathrubhumi Study Circle
* KFC Koodali
* FC Thalamunda
* Coaching Centre Koodali
* Flowers Arts and sports club koodali

== Politics ==
*District: [[Kannur]]
*Assembly: Mattanur
*[[Panchayath]] (see [[Panchayati Raj]]): Koodali
*Village: Koodali

== Access ==
Koodali is near [[Kannur]] airport (pilot project), located some {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} away on [[Mattannur]] road. Koodali is sixteen kilometers from the Kannur bus stand and railway station. Koodali can be reached from Kannur bus stand either by [[Irikkur]] or by [[Iritty]] bus. Anjarakkandy Medical Institute can be accessed from Koodali by travelling a distance of nearly 8 km through Chakkarakkal.
The national highway passes through [[Kannur]] town. [[Goa]] and [[Mumbai]] can be accessed on the northern side and [[Cochin]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of [[Iritty]] connects to [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]]. But buses to these cities are available only from [[Kannur]], 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are [[Kannapuram]] and [[Kannur]] on [[Mangalore]]-[[Palakkad]] line.
Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur]], [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]]. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

==References==
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{{Kannur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Villages near Kannur airport]]

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