Chalakudy Municipality

Chalakudy Municipality is a local self-government body in Thrissur district, Kerala, India. It administers the town of Chalakudy, which lies on the northern bank of the Chalakudy River. The town historically sat on the border between the former kingdoms of Kochi and Travancore, giving it historical significance. National Highway 47 and the Ernakulam–Shoranur railway line pass through the town. The municipality's official website is hosted at chalakudymunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in, part of Kerala's Local Self Government Department portal network. As a municipality, it is responsible for civic administration and local governance in its jurisdiction.

Chalakudy was historically a major marketing centre in the Mukundapuram taluk of the former Kochi kingdom. It was a small town situated outside the Nedumkotta fort on the northern border of Travancore. The name Chalakudy is said to derive from 'Shaladhvajam' (Shalakodi) as mentioned in the astrological text 'Jyothishasamhitha', or from 'Shalakudi', a place where people from inside and outside Kerala came to study Vedas and martial arts at the Moozhikulam Shala during the Second Chera dynasty, and stayed in accommodations called 'kudi' on the banks of the Chalakudy River. Over time, Shalakudi became Chalakudy. The town's location on the border of the old Kochi and Travancore kingdoms gave it historical importance. Today, Chalakudy Municipality administers the town, which is traversed by National Highway 47 and the Ernakulam–Shoranur railway line.

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