Arangadi

Arangadi is a village in the kanhangad municipality of the Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Arangadi is also known as Sithasook. It is 3 km from Kanhangad. Arangadi is a predominantly Muslim area of Kanhangad.People call also iron fort of muslim league

Arangadi
village
Arangadi Location in Kerala, India Arangadi Arangadi (India)
Coordinates: 12°10′0″N 75°12′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671315
Telephone code	467
Vehicle registration	KL-60
Nearest city	kanhangad
Lok Sabha constituency	kasaragod

Economy

The economy depends on the inflow of money from locals employed as migrant workers in the Persian Gulf countries such as UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Arangadi is a stronghold for IUML (Indian union Muslim league)

Education

kareemul islamiya alp school and Noorul hudha madrasa and a pri primary school are situated in this area

Religions

Muslims and hindus are the religions in this area One the oldest masjid of kanhangad is Arangadi parambath juma masjid and famous kuthirakkali bagavathi temple nilangara are the main religions places in this area.

Climate

The southwest monsoon starts towards the end of May, or the beginning of June, heralded by thunderstorms, and lasts till September. October brings in the northeast monsoon. Dry weather sets in by the end of December. January and February are the coolest months of the year. March, April and May are very hot.

Rivers

The Arayi River originates from the Madikai Panchayat, and passes south through Arangadi and drains to the Nileshwar River.

Transportation

Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.