Kakkodi
Grama Panchayat

Kakkodi Grama Panchayat is a Grama Panchayat in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, comprising Kakkodi Revenue Village in Chelannoor Block of Kozhikode Taluk. The area of the Panchayat is 18.59 sq km. Kakkodi Grama Panchayat, located just north of Kozhikode Corporation in Kozhikode Taluk, was formed by merging the earlier revenue villages of Makkada and Padinjarrumuri.This area includes the lands of Makkada, Badirur, Morikara, Moorikara, Mootoli, Kiralur, Padinjarrumuri and Kizhakkumuri. The first elected Panchayat Administrative Committee came to power on 17 January 1964. U. Damodaran Nair was the President. The Panchayat has a landscape full of hills, valleys and fields. The Poonur River, which flows along the northern part of Kakkodi Grama Panchayat, was very important for transportation in the past. Timber was transported from the eastern hilly areas to Mooriyat, which is famous for its timber trade, in rafts. The sight of the timber rafts moving continuously day and night is fascinating. Kakkodi is an agricultural region blessed with the presence of the Poonnoor River, which originates from the Western Ghats and meanders through the hilly rural areas, and the calmly flowing Akalapuzha River in the north. Chelannoor and Kuruvattoor panchayats are located in the north-eastern parts respectively. The city of Kozhikode, the seat of the historic Zamorin kings, is adjacent to this region. Geographically, this region belongs to the Edanad region. It is blessed with rolling hills, lush green valleys and natural streams.