| Thiruvambady തിരുവമ്പാടി |
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| Country | India |
| State | Kerala |
| District(s) | Kozhikode |
| Member of Parliament | M I Shanavas |
| MLA (Thiruvambady) | C Moyinkutty |
| Panchayath President | Eliamma Georej |
| Parliamentary constituency | Wayanad |
| Assembly constituency | Thiruvambady |
| Population • Density |
114,200 (2011[update]) • 5,364 /km2 (13,893 /sq mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1000:1040 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 88% |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area | 21.29 square kilometres (8.22 sq mi) |
Thiruvambady (Malayalam: തിരുവമ്പാടി) is a hilly town and one of the suburb in the Calicut city of Kerala. Thiruvambadi is an Assembly constituency and a Panchayath. Thiruvampady Grama Panchayat was established on 1962 January 1 and Thiruvambady Assembly constituency was established on 1977. It is also pronounced as Thiruvampady. Thiruvampadi is located on the banks of Iruvanjippuzha which is a tributary of Chaliyar situated 35 km far from Kozhikode city. Tiruvambadi was established on 1805 (British Rule). People migrated to here from 1938. This is a beautiful place filled with mountains and waterfalls. Famous waterfalls like Thusharagiri Falls and Arippara Waterfalls, Urumi Hydro Electric Dam Set, Koyippara Waterfalls are near to this place. Vellarimala trucking is also an important tourism project. Most people are engaged in agriculture and business activities. Students from here is populorous in sports and arts.
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The early Thiruvambady village was a forest area in Kozhikode taluk from Neeleshwaram to Wayanad ghat. After death of Pazhassi Raja against British Army in 1805 this area was belongs to East India Company. In this time the land of Zamorin in Kozhikode was also belongs to East India Company. East India Companie's Malabar area then after belongs to Madras Presidency and was ruled by British. British divide this whole land to small providences, disticts and taluks for the ease of ruling. Like that Thiruvambady area came under Kozhikode Taluk. At that time the domain of land in people living area in Thiruvambady was given to Kottayam King Kalppakassery Karnoru and forest area's domain of land was given to Manniledathu Nair Tharavadu. From this squire (Janmikal) the tenants (Kudiyanmar) got agriculture permission in Thiruvambady. People of Thiruvambady cast their first votes to the Malabar district Board and voting rights were only for those who pay tax. The first man who started business in Thiruvambady was late Kuttiassan belonged to Cheruvadi. The second phase of the history of Thiruvambady begun in the year 1944,due to the immigration of people from Travancore area. Second world war and its aftermath severe poverty led them to immigrates them new pastures. Though there was a school named “Nandanassery school“ opportunity only to study up to 4th standard was there. Teachers from distant places stayed in the houses of the landlord and taught. Their salary was a small amount of money and food . A little bit of help was there from the Madras Government there. The immigration of people from Travancore gave new life to Thiruvambady. The immigration of Christians to Thiruvambady started in the year 1942 and Sacred Heart Church was established in the year 1944. Sacred Heart Upper Primary School was started in the year 1947. In the year 1951 Sree Narayana Mission begun Lower Primary School. Another L.P. School was started in Pullurampara in 1955. It is to be noted that there begun a publc library in the middle of 1950’s. Thus people of Thiruvambady remember in great respect the contributions rendered by the Christian Missioneries and Sree Narayana Mission forwards progress and development of Thiruvambady.
Thiruvambady Gramapanchayath has an area of 20739.44 acres including 9000 acres of forest . There were people living in the area since the beginning of 19th century . As per the record of revenue settlement, then population of Thiruvambady was 531(Hindus-482,Muslims-49). It is said to that Tippu Sultan used to travel through Thiruvambady during the fight of his army. Remnants of the destroyed temples are indication of this. Pazhassi Raja used to live in hiding in Thenpara in Anakkampoyil. Thiruvampady village includes Marakkattupuram and Cherupra area. Cherupra-Marakkattupuram areas are surveyed and the rest the land is unsurveyed. Thiruvambady was known as Nayarukolly. There were two stories about this name. One is that during the Mappila Rebellion,one Appukkuttan Nair was that dead by the army . Another is that this Appukkuttan Nair was kiiled by a wild elephant. Hence this place is known as Nayarukolly. Now this name is ceased to exit. It is believed that the name ‘Thiruvambady’ is associated with the Sree Krishna Temple. Though therewere discriminations prevailed between various casts of the Hindu community, no such drifts were with Muslims. Both Hindus and Muslims lived in harmony and there is a lot of co-operation between them. As there were a few Muslims, they had to go to Omassery, Mukkam & Kodiyathur for there Religious get together. The first Mosque in Thiruvanbady arose in the year 1922, under the leadership of late Koyappathody Muhammed kutty. People like Kalpakassery Kutty krishnan Nair,K Kunnikkutty,Rarikkutty, Imbichithiyyan,Arampurath Koru,Palakkadan Koyamu,Imbichi Ahemmed,Thalathil Ummar were actived involved in the national liberation increment. On 15th August, 1947, Arampurath Koru hoisted national flag in Thiruvambady.
The main cash crops are: rubber, paddy, coconut, arecanut, ginger, turmeric, kacholam and pepper. This dreamy land is also called as Malayoram. So Tiruvampadi is one of the major head quarter of Malayora area. It is one of the major centre in West-Southern part of Kozhikode district. A new Hill Highway(SH59) is coming through this place. It will passes through Vilangad - Kodencheri - Thiruvambady - Koodaranji - Kakkadampoyil - Veliyamthode - Chaliyar - Nilambur route, which is starting from Kasargod and ends in Trivandrum.
The major needs of people in Tiruvambady are:
The Kilometer chart through road from Thiruvambady is given below.
| Calicut - 35 km | Thamarassery - 15 km |
| Manjeri - 36 km | Mukkam - 6 km |
| Malappuram - 48 km | Koduvally - 12 km |
| Palakkad - 122 km | Omassery - 5 km |
| Thrissur - 133 km | Anakkampoyil - 13 km |
| Ernakulam - 202 km | Koodaranji - 5 km |
| Thiruvanathapuram - 414 km | Kodencheri - 10 km |
| Kannur - 113 km | Pulloorampara - 8 km |
| Kalpetta - 44 km | Koombara - 10 km |
| Nilambur - 43 km | Punnackal - 5 km |
| Koyilandy - 43 km | Thusharagiri Falls - 18 km |
The main and long route bus timings from Thiruvmbadi is given below :
| S.No | Origin | Destination | Type | Time at Thiruvambady | Way of Passing |
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| 1 | Anakkampoyil | Calicut Railway Station | KSRTC Ordinary | 4.20 am | Omassery - Mukkam - NIT - Kunnamangalam - Medical College |
| 2 | Anakkampoyil | Kattappana | KSRTC SF | 5.20 am | Mukkam - Kozhikode - Thrissur - Angamaly - Muvattupuzha - Pala - Erattupetta - Kanjirappalli |
| 3 | Koombara | Moolamattom | KSRTC FP | 6.20 am | Manjeri - Perinthalmanna - Shornur - Thrissur - Angamaly - Thodupuzha |
| 4 | Thottumukkam | Kasargod | KSRTC TT | 7.00 am | Thamarassery - Koyilandy - Vatakara - Thalassery - Kannur - Kanhangad |
| 5 | Pulloorampara | Parassinikkadavu | Private Bus LS | 7.10 am | Thamarassery - Perambra - Kuttiyadi - Nadapuram - Thalassery - Mahe - Kannur |
| 6 | Muthappanpuzha | Sultan Battery | KSRTC LS | 7.15 am | Koduvally - Thamarassery - Kalpetta |
| 7 | Muthappanpuzha | Thodupuzha | KSRTC FP | 7.30 am | Mukkam - Manjeri - Kunnamkulam - Perinthalmanna - Thrissur - Angamaly |
| 8 | Thiruvambady | Ernakulam | KSRTC SF | 8.00 am (Till Sabarimala season ending not be running) | Mukkam - Kozhikode - Thrissur - Aluva |
| 9 | Chembukadavu | Erattupetta | KSRTC SF | 8.30 am (Till Sabarimala season ending not be running) | Areekode - Manjeri - Malappuram - Kottakkal - Kunnamkulam - Thrissur - Angamaly - Thodupuzha - Pala |
| 10 | Thiruvambady | Kalpetta | KSRTC FP | 9.30 am (Only on Monday) | Thamarassery - Chundale |
| 11 | Thiruvambady | Balal | KSRTC TT | 2.30 pm | Thamarassery - Perambra - Kuttiyadi - Nadapuram - Thalassery - Kannur - Payyannur - Cherupuzha - Chittarikkal - Vellarikundu |
| 12 | Thiruvambady | Pamba | KSRTC SF | 6.00 pm (Sabarimala Season Only) | Mukkam - Kozhikode - Thrissur - Muvattupuzha - Kottayam - Kanjirappally - Erumely |
| 13 | Thiruvambady | Manjeri | Private Bus LS | 8.10 am, 12.30 pm, 4.35 pm | Omassery - Mukkam - Areekode |
| 14 | Thiruvambady | Nilambur | Private Bus LS | 8.20 am, 1.25 pm, 6.15 pm | Thottumukkam - Areekode - Edavanna |
| 15 | Thiruvambady | Calicut | Private Buses | In between 10 minutes(6.00am - 8.15pm) | Omassery - NIT / Koduvally - Kunnamangalam - Medical College |
(Night Bus Services from Calicut to Thiruvambady : 8.15pm (Muthappanpuzha), 9.30pm (Kodencheri), 9.45pm (Kasargod - Thiruvambady TT), 10.15pm(Moolamattom - Koombara FP), 10.45 pm(Ernakulam - Thiruvambady SF), 11.40pm(Thodupuzha - Muthappanpuzha FP), 01.45am(Pamba - Thiruvambady SF), 5.00am (Anakkampoyil), 5.30am, 6.15am...)
Tiruvambady is the home of premier educational institutions in the district. They pay a great role in Sports and Arts. Main educational institutions are:
| KSRTC Operating Centre Thiruvambady(0495 2254500) | Telephone Exchange | Panchayat Office |
| Post Office | Village Office | Treasury |
| Police Station | Fire Station(Mukkam) | KSEB Sub Division |
| Co-Operative Bank | SBT | KSFE |
| South Indian Bank | South Malabar Gramin Bank | CMC Convent |
| Marketing Society | Cocunut Complex | Milk Society |
| Bethaniya Renewal Centre Pulloorampara | Bharat Gas Agency | Ancil Bhavan |
Thiruvambady assembly constituency is part of Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency). Thiruvambady is also an assembly constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly having 7 Panchayats. The current MP is M. I. Shanavas and current MLA of Thiruvambady is C.Moyinkutty. Thiruvambady is a Panchayat having 14 wards of 83.96 sq/km. Thiruvambady is under Koduvally Block Panchayat and Kozhikode Taluk.
There are 7 panchayaths under Thiruvambady Legislative Assembly. They are: