Kannur City

Kannur City

Kannur town, formerly known as Cannanore, is a town and the administrative headquarters of Kannur District. Kannur City is a part of the Kannur town. This area was the actual downtown in the olden times but is now mostly a residential area. Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur district is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north, Kozhikode district to the south and Wayanad District to the southeast. To the east the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with the state of Karnataka . The Arabian Sea lies to the west. Kannur District is known as the land of looms and lores, because of the loom industries and festivals held in temples. The district is a major centre of Theyyam, a ritual dance of northern Kerala. Small shrines known as kavus associated with the Theyyam dot the district.

Distance from Kannur

Ernakulum          :- 263 km

Malappuram       :- 140 km

Chennai            :-  650 km

Delhi                : - 2448 km

How to reach

By Road :- Kannur is on National Highway 66 between Kozhikode and Mangalore. The highway is scheduled to be expanded to four lanes soon. A bypass for Kannur city is also proposed under the NH windening project. Kannur is connected to Kodagu , Mysore, and Banglore  in Karnataka through the Thalassery – Coorg - Mysore interstate highway.

By Rail :-  Kannur Railway Station is one of the major railway stations of the southern railway, under the jurisdication of the Palakkad division. All trains including the Thiruvanathapuram  Rajdhani Express and Kochuveli Garib Rath  atop at Kannur. Six daily trains around 15 weekly or bi weekly trains connect Kannur to the capital . Kannur is a major terminal stations of the southern railway

By Air :- Two airport one at Mangalore, Karnataka, in the north about 173 km away and one at Calicut International Airport in the south about 125 km away from Kannur town provide air services to the city. A new international airport is under construction at Moorkhanparamba near Mattanur in Kannur district.

Education in Kannur.

Kannur University

Basel German Mission English School

Government Brennen College.

Government College of Engineering , Kannur

Pariyaram Medical College

National Institute of Fashion Technology

Real estate in Kannur

Kannur, which has always maintained a small-town character, is not a place one would associate with booming real estate business. But the moment you reach the border areas of Kannur town, high-rise buildings come upon you from all corners.nterestingly, everyone offers luxuries and claims to be the best. When contacted, three builders who are developing properties in Payyambalam, offered flats and apartments in the range of Rs 3,200 to Rs 4,250 per square feet. But in many cases you will have to pay around Rs 2 lakh extra for a car parking space. Also, the rate that the builder offers does not include the registration fee, which is around 10% of the price of the apartment. Considered as the most preferred destination of investment in property market, Kannur is certainly a place to own Residential Property as well as Commercial Property. The market of property in Kannur is positively prospering at a faster pace with increased opportunities available for investment in Kannur Property. Real Estate in Kannur comprising both Residential Real Estate and Commercial Real Estate is ready to welcome investors.

  Rapid development of infrastructural facilities at Kannur has heightened the rates of properties in the city. It has also elevated Buy, Sell, and Rent of residential and commercial properties. Buying and Rental of all kinds of properties in Kannur are on rise with the booming real estate. Moreover, increasing number of residential and commercial complexes, multiplexes, malls, etc. have a very positive effect on the market of real estate in Kannur.