Chakkittapara

Chakkittapara ചക്കിട്ടപാറ
town
Chakkittapara Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Population (2006)
• Total	63,795
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	673 526
Telephone code	+91 496
Vehicle registration	KL-11, KL-56
Website	www.kozhikode.nic.in

Chakkittapara is a panchayat as well as a town in the Kozhikode district of Kerala state, India. Chakkittapara borders Wayanad district to the east. Administratively, Chakkittapara comes under the Perambra block panchayat and Koyilandy Taluk, containing 15 wards and destinations like Kulathuvayal, Peruvannamuzhi, Chempanoda, Poozhithode, Muthukadu, Koovapoyil, Narinada, Chempra, and Pannikkottoor.

Geography

Kuttiady Dam, part of Kuttiady Irrigation Project, is located at Peruvannamuzhi which is near to Chakkittapara town. Its vast reservoir gives a panoramic view of lakes around both Chakkitapara Panchayath . Annankuttanchal is a growing tourist destination, which is included in the tourist map of the Malabar region. Major attractions include the dam site, garden, water reservoir, crocodile farm, snake farm, spice gardens, and wildlife sanctuary. Boats may be rented for water safaris on the kilometers-long reservoir.

Educational institutions

• Calicut University B.Ed. College, Chakkittapara
• St. Antony's UP School, Chakkittapara
• St. Antony,s English Medium Nursery School, Chakkittapara.
• St. Anns Public School, Chakkittapara.
• St. George's Higher Secondary School (HSS), Kulathuvayal
• St. Joseph's High School (HS), Chempanoda
• Msgr.Raymond's English Medium high school,chempanoda
• Fathima Matha Upper Primary (UP) School, Peruvannamuzhi
• St. Mary's Lower Primary (LP) School, Narinada.
• St. George,s LP school, Kulathuvayal.

Places of worship

Catholic churches

• St. Antony's Church, Chakkittapara, www.stantonyschurch.in
• St. George's Forane Church Kulathuvayal
• St. Fathima matha Church, Peruvannamuzhi
• St. Joseph Church, Chempanoda.
• St. Mary's Church, Poozhithode
• Kristhu Raja Church, Muthukadu
• St.Alphonsa Church, Narinada

Christian churches

• IPC Hebron Pentecostal Church,
• CSI Church, Ponnmalapara, Chakkittapara.
• Seventhday (Sabath) Church, Ponnmalapara, Chakkittapara.

Hindu temples

• Peruveel Sree Krishna Kshethram, Chakkittapara
• Subrahmanya Kshethram, Thanniyode.
• Omcareswaram Kshethram, Pillaperuvanna.

Mosques

Chakkittapara Masjid

Government offices

• CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE CAMP at Peruvennamuzhi (work in progress)
• Grama Panchayathu Office
• KSEB Assistant Engineer's(A.E.) Office
• Krishi Bhavan
• Krishi Vigyan Bhavan, Peruvannamuzhi
• Milk Society
• BSNL Telephone Exchange
• KSEB 30 Mega Watt Sub-station
• village offices (Thanniode(Perambra), Peruvannamuzhi(Chakkittapara), Chempanoda)
• District Krishi Farm, Koovapoyil
• Indian Institute of Spices Research (Experimental Farm), Peruvannamuzhi
• post offices (Kayanna, Chakkittapara, Peruvannamuzhi, Chempanoda)
• Santhosh Library, Chakkittapara.
• South Malabar Gramin Bank, Chakkittapara.
• Service Co-op Bank, Chakkittapara.
• Police Station Peruvannamuzhi.

Other government projects

• JBIC Drinking Water Project (Ponmala Hills)
• 110 kV Electricity substation (Parathara Mukku Road)

Hospitals

• Public Health Center, Peruvannamuzhi
• Ayurvedic Asupathri, Chempanoda
• Homeopathic Hospital, Muthukadu

Commercial places

There are many grocery stores and convinent stores in Chakkittapara angadi(small town)also few fish and meat stores in and around angadi.