| Kalpakancheri | |
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| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Malappuram |
| Nearest city | kozhkkode |
| Parliamentary constituency | ponnani |
| Assembly constituency | tirur |
| Civic agency | panchayath |
| Population • Density |
31,263 (2001[update]) • 1,924 /km2 (4,983 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area | 16.25 square kilometres (6.27 sq mi) |
Kalpakancheri is a Gram panchayat and tiny village in Malappuram district in the state of Kerala, South India. The name was chosen as it was the land of coconut trees.
The Panchayath has many schools and had a weekly market on Wednesday. The weekly market was held in present day Melangadi, on between Puthanathani and Kadungathukundu.
The bigger towns like Tirur, Kottakkal and Valanchery are about just 8 or 9 kilometers away. This was a part of the Vettattnad kingdom in medieval times. Lord of Azhvanchery and Lord of Kalpakancheri were used present at the coronation of a new Zamorin of Calicut.
Some 20,000 people attended a Khilafat Movement meeting held in Kalpakancheri just before the Mappila rebellion. During the 1921 Mappila rebellion, a Muslim gang under the leadership of Odayappurath Chekkutty from Kalpakancheri guarded Kizhake kovilakam and Arya Vaidya Sala of Kottakkal.
As of 2001[update] India census, Kalpakancheri had a population of 31263 with 14801 males and 16462 females.[1]