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District of Kerala state, India
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Kozhikode District or Calicut District is in Malabar, in Kerala, India. The population is 2.8 million and the density is 2,025 people per km2.
Calicut Airport is in Kondotty Karipur, 29 km. Trains are available from all Indian cities. Buses are available from major Indian cities.g. KSRTC, TNRTC, WBRTC).
Read in the guideAutorickshaws are the popular option here because they charge only ₹15 per km. All taxis are also available. Buses charge ₹7 for three km.
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Kozhikode (കോഴിക്കോട് Kōḻikōḍŭ), formerly Calicut, is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Kerala (Keralam) after Kochi.
Beypore or Beypur is a small beach town and port in the state of Kerala, India. It is in Kozhikode District.
Farook College or Iru-mooli-parambu is a small township near Feroke in Kozhikode District, India. A number of educational institutions are situated here including Farook College.
Feroke is a small town near Kozhikode in Malabar region, Kerala, India.
Kappad, or Kappakadavu locally, is famous as the beach near Calicut, India, where the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on May 20, 1498. A small stone monument there commemorates the landing with the inscription, "Vasco da Gama landed here, Kappakadavu, in the year 1498." It is one of the most important tourist places in Kerala, with a wide and beautiful beach.
Koyilandy or Quilandy/Quilandi is a town in Kozhikode District, in the Malabar region of Kerala, India. The population is 72,000 (2011).
Kunnamangalam is a big town in Kozhikode District, in Malabar region, Kerala state, India.
Ramanattukara is a town in Kozhikode District, in Kerala. Ramanattukara is a busy junction where the roads coming Palakkad and Trivandrum meet and join together towards Kozhikode.
Thamarassery is in Kozhikode District, in the Malabar region of Kerala, India.
Thiruvambady is in Kerala.
Vatakara, Badagara or Vadagara is a town in the Kozhikode District of the Malabar region, in the state of Kerala, India.
Beypore or Beypur is a small beach town and port in the state of Kerala, India. It is in Kozhikode District.
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