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Vanimal or Vanimel is a village located in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, India. Bhoomivathukkal is the current business center of Vanimal village and Vayalpeedika is the heritage city which served as the main commercial hub from the 1970s to the 1990s. The panchayath is also known as Vanimal and the actual Vanimal Desam is in Vayalpeedika adjacent to Verkadavu Desam which lays on both sides of Vayalpeedika city. The famous Vanimal Juma masjid is situated in Vayalpeedika.
Vanimal
Baanyel | |
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town | |
  Vanimal Location in Kerala, India  Vanimal Vanimal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 11°43′11.07″N 75°41′56.25″E / 11.7197417°N 75.6989583°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kozhikode |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 23,368 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 673515/673506 |
| Telephone code | 0496 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-18 |
| Nearest city | Kozhikode |
| Literacy | 92% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vatakara |
Crescent Higher Secondary School Vanimal, located in Bhoomivathukkal, is the biggest educational institution in the village (and also one of the village’s oldest schools), consisting of more than 1,800 students and 75 staffs. More than 80% of the total teachers in this school are from the village. It highlights the importance of educational awareness of the people of the village.
There are many famous personalities in various fields from Vanimal. As of 2023, the village is socially and educationally well-developed.
Demographics edit
As of the 2001 India census, Vanimal had a population of 23,368 with 11,458 males and 11,910 females.[1]
Politics edit
Vanimal is a part of Nadapuram assembly constituency, which is part of Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
References edit
- ^ "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.