History of Grama Panchayat
Kakkodi Grama Panchayat is a village panchayat that includes Kakkodi Revenue Village under Chelannur Block of Kozhikode Taluk in Kozhikode District. The area of the panchayat is 18.59 sq km. In Kozhikode taluk, Kakkodi gram panchayat, immediately north of Kozhikode Corporation, was formed by amalgamating the earlier revenue villages of Makkada and Padinhattummuri. It is an area comprising the lands of Makada, Badirur, Morikara, Moorikara, Mootoli, Kiralur, West and West Murri. On January 17, 1964, the first elected Panchayat Governing Body came into power. U. Damodaran Nair was the president. The landscape of the panchayat is full of hills, valleys and fields. The Poonur River, which borders the northern part of Kakodi Gram Panchayat, was very important for transportation in the past.Timber was taken from the eastern hilly areas to Muriyat, which is famous for its timber trade, in carts. The sight of the tree trunks moving continuously day and night is fascinating.Kakodi is an agricultural region blessed by the presence of the Poonur River, which originates from the Sanuks of the Western Ghats and meanders through the hilly rural areas, along the southwestern borders of the region, and the calm flowing Akalapuzha River in the north. The region is blessed with rolling hills, green valleys and natural waterfalls.
Kakkodi grampanchayat area is an agriculturally important panchayat. Poonurpuzha, which borders the southern part of the panchayat, was very important for transportation in the past. Logs used to be transported from the eastern hilly region to Muriat, which is famous for its timber trade.The tree trunks keep moving day and night. They were moving towards Muriyat via Connolly Canal, crossing Mangalapuzha through Poonurpuzha. Poonurpuzha played a major role in determining the profit margins of agricultural crops in the coastal areas of Poonurpuzha in Kakodi Gram Panchayat. The alluvial soil deposited when the Poonurpuzha water overflows during the year has made the area fertile.
With the rise of British rule, landlord-tenant relationships based on the lease system became legal. With that, Janmivitva was confirmed. At that time, Janmimars used to lease land to tenants for 12 years. During that period, there was no legal obstacle to evict the tenant and assign it to someone else if he worked on the land and made it fruitful.60% of the production had to be leased to the natives. The remaining 40% was determined by the tenant's production costs and living needs. During the months of Mithunam-Karkidakam, when the Torah rains fall, most of the farmers and farm-labour families will starve. It was a miserable time, with famine and epidemics causing death. In June, July and August 1943, cholera also struck the Kakkodi region where more than 30,000 people had fled Malabar.In the flood of 1941, a large part of the Kakodi area was submerged. In today's Kakodi Bazar, water rose six feet above the road and many cattle and people died. Many Kooras were swept away by the mountain flood. In 1961, the flood was brought under control after the construction of a bund along the river bank behind Kakkodi Bazar.After the construction of the bund, Marakattazham, Thacharupuzha, Peravathkadav, Vellaramthode and Kont became cultivable and habitable. Now, due to changes in climate and environment, Poonurpuzha does not overflow.
Geographically, the area belongs to Idanad region. The region is blessed with hills, green valleys and cherchals. The total area of the panchayat is 1859 hectares. 1859 ha comprising of high plains, slopes, valleys and plains.
Athazhakunnu, Valaratkunnu, Medakunkunn, Dharmankunnu, Kanikotkukunn, Chalikkara Kunn, Meppanath Kunn, Vadakkakara Kunn, Kamalakunn, Makada Kunn, Chirattatumala, Talapathil Kunn, Anopara, Kurukan Kunn, Nedumalakunn, Perinchilamala, Muppatakunn, Kakattukunn, Parayarukunnu, Kayyunnimala, Taniankunnu, Natiruthimala, Peradikunu,Poorangotukun, Valakkat hill, Aratupoil hill, Chaliarakunn etc. are high areas of the panchayat. It consists of six lands namely Makada, Morikara, Murikara, Kiralur, Padinhattummuri
Kakkodi Panchayat is a combination of West and Muri Makada. These parts included the lands of East Muri, West Muri, Kiralur, Mutoli, Moorikara, Morikara, Makada and Badirur. Out of this, the lands of Muri, Kiralur, Mutoli and Murikara were in the east and Muri in the west and the lands of Morikara, Makada and Badirur were in the Makada part.
The soils of Kakkodi can be classified into three main categories. In the highlands it is mowing soil. On the slopes, there is a small amount of red clay and loamy soil, in the valleys there is loamy soil, and on the river banks and in the plains there is sandy loam soil. Soils are generally acidic. They respond positively to favorable conditions. Erosion is abundant in the highlands.