Koduvally Municipality

Koduvally Municipality is an urban local government in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala. It administers Koduvally, a municipal town situated along the Calicut–Wayanad highway, now designated National Highway 766. The town lies approximately 22 kilometres northeast of Kozhikode city and functions as a local commercial, transport, educational and public-service centre. Koduvally is also popularly associated with the description “city of gold,” reflecting its commercial identity and the prominence of gold-related trade in the town, although the municipality itself is a public administrative institution rather than a commercial brand. The municipality was created when Koduvally Grama Panchayat was converted into a third-grade municipality with effect from 1 November 2015. The municipal area is divided into 36 wards. Its settlements include Vavad, Nellamkandi, Koduvally West, Koduvally East, Koduvally Town, South Koduvally, Vennakkad, Thalapperumanna, Karuvanpoyil, Kareettiparamba, Manipuram and Kalaranthiri. The area includes the revenue villages of Vavad and Koduvally, together with part of Puthoor. Koduvally is bordered by Kizhakkoth to the west, Madavoor to the west, Omassery to the east, Kunnamangalam to the south and Thamarassery to the north. These connections place the municipality within a wider network of settlements linking the Kozhikode urban area with the eastern hill and Wayanad-bound corridor. Municipal responsibilities include local civic administration, public infrastructure, basic services, local development and coordination of public facilities within the 36 wards. The municipality contains or supports a range of civic and community facilities. Identified landmarks and institutions include a mini stadium, a police station, bank branches and ATM facilities, Koduvally Muslim Orphanage, KMO Arts and Science College, and the Phoenix Pain and Palliative Care Society. A mini civil station in the town centre was inaugurated in 2012, before municipal status, by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in the presence of Industries Minister P. K. Kunhalikutty. The area also has government, aided and private schools, a government industrial training institute, and KMO educational and vocational institutions. Shareefa Kannadippoyil is identified as the municipality’s first chairperson, while A. P. Majeed Master is identified as its first deputy chairperson. The municipality’s official identity is therefore institutional and civic: it represents the local government of Koduvally rather than a consumer-facing product or service brand. Its public-facing role is expressed through ward administration, municipal facilities, local development activity and the provision or coordination of services for residents.

Koduvally developed as a significant settlement in Kozhikode district along the road connecting Calicut with the Wayanad region. Its location on the Calicut–Wayanad route, now associated with National Highway 766, helped establish the town as a transport and commercial centre for nearby villages and rural communities. Koduvally is approximately 22 kilometres northeast of Kozhikode city and is connected to neighbouring local-government areas including Kizhakkoth, Madavoor, Omassery, Kunnamangalam and Thamarassery. Before it became a municipality, Koduvally was administered as Koduvally Grama Panchayat. The panchayat was converted into Koduvally Municipality with effect from 1 November 2015. The new municipality was classified as a third-grade municipality and organised into 36 wards. This change transferred the area into Kerala’s urban local-government framework while retaining a broad territorial base encompassing the central town and a number of surrounding settlements. The municipality includes Vavad, Nellamkandi, Koduvally West, Koduvally East, Koduvally Town, South Koduvally, Vennakkad, Thalapperumanna, Karuvanpoyil, Kareettiparamba, Manipuram and Kalaranthiri. Its revenue-village area comprises Vavad and Koduvally, as well as part of Puthoor. The first municipal leadership identified in available reference material consisted of Chairperson Shareefa Kannadippoyil and Deputy Chairperson A. P. Majeed Master. Subsequent officeholders and municipal secretaries are maintained through local-government records, but the available reference material does not provide a complete historical list. Koduvally’s civic landscape includes public administration, education, banking, policing, welfare and community facilities. A mini civil station was inaugurated in the town centre in 2012 by Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, with Industries Minister P. K. Kunhalikutty present. The municipality also contains a mini stadium, a police station, bank branches and ATM facilities, Koduvally Muslim Orphanage, KMO Arts and Science College and the Phoenix Pain and Palliative Care Society. These institutions contribute to the town’s role as a service centre for the municipal area and nearby communities. Education has remained an important part of the local institutional network. Government facilities include Government ITI Koduvally, Government Higher Secondary School Koduvally, Government Higher Secondary School Karuvanpoyil, and government lower- and upper-primary schools in Koduvally, Vavad, Thalapperumanna, Karuvanpoyil and Kalaranthiri. Aided and private institutions include schools in Manipuram, Parambathu Kavu and Palakkutty, together with KMO Arts and Science College, KMO Industrial Training Center, KMO Teachers Education School and KMO Higher Secondary School. Koduvally is popularly described as the “city of gold,” a label connected with the town’s commercial character and gold trade. That reputation is distinct from the municipality’s governmental function. The municipality’s continuing role is to administer the local urban area, coordinate civic infrastructure and support public services across its wards. The official municipal website is hosted within Kerala’s local self-government web system.

• 2015

  Municipal status established

  [1]Koduvally Municipalityen.wikipedia.org

  Koduvally Grama Panchayat was converted into Koduvally Municipality with effect from 1 November 2015.

• 2012

  Mini civil station inaugurated

  [1]Koduvally Municipalityen.wikipedia.org

  A mini civil station was opened in central Koduvally by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, with Industries Minister P. K. Kunhalikutty present.

A local-government institution serving as the civic and administrative authority for Koduvally and its surrounding settlements in Kozhikode district.

Product categories. Municipal administration · Local civic services · Urban infrastructure and public-facility management · Community development and local planning · Coordination of education, welfare and public institutions

1. 1Koduvally Municipalityen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Koduvally Municipality official websitekoduvallymunicipality.lsgkerala.gov.in