Cheruvadi | |
Other Name: | Chullikaparamb |
Settlement Type: | Village, |
Pushpin Map: | India Kerala |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 11.2833°N 76°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kozhikode |
Subdivision Type3: | Taluka |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam |
Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
Blank Info Sec1: | tropical monsoon climate |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Temperature summer avg. |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 35 °C (95 °F) |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Temperature winter avg. |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 20 °C (68 °F) |
Blank Name Sec2: | Parliamentary constituency |
Blank Info Sec2: | Wayanad |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Assembly constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Thiruvambadi |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Literacy |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 95% |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 673661 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 0495 |
Registration Plate: | KL-57 |
Cheruvadi is a village in the Kozhikode district of Kerala. It is located 24 kilometres east of Kozhikode.
Cheruvadi has a humid and hot climate extending from March to May. The rain starts from June, lasting up to October. The North East Monsoon extends from the second half of October through November. The average annual rainfall is 3313 mm. The best weather is at the end of the year, in December and January, when the sky is clear and the air is crispy. The highest temperature recorded was 37.4 °C in March 2017. The lowest was 14 °C recorded on 26 December 1922.[1]
Cheruvadi is well connected Road network and Bus route with near by towns Mukkam, Mavoor, Edavannapara Thamarassery, Omassery, Kunnamangalam, Areekode, and Calicut.
There is no direct railway line that connects Cheruvadi with other cities. The nearest railway station is Kozhikode Railway Station which is about 26 kilometres from Cheruvadi. People who wish to visit Cheruvadi can reach Calicut by train and then proceed by road through Mavoor and Medical College.
Calicut International Airport, situated to the 27 km southwest of Cheruvadi, is the primary airport serving the northern Kerala. People from this region mainly depend on this international airport for their domestic as well as international travel. Calicut airport ranks as the 12th busiest airport in India in terms of overall passenger traffic. People from Cheruvadi region could reach this airport via Cheruvadi -Pazamparamba-Edavannappara route and it takes less than 40 minutes.