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Pulikkanny

Coordinates: 10°26′10″N 76°21′54″E / 10.43611°N 76.36500°E / 10.43611; 76.36500
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Pulikkanny
town
Pulikkanny Juma Masjid
Map
Coordinates: 10°26′10″N 76°21′54″E / 10.43611°N 76.36500°E / 10.43611; 76.36500
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictThrissur
Population
 • Total
2,000
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
680304
Telephone code+91480
Vehicle registrationKL-45
Nearest cityThrissur
Lok Sabha constituencyThrissur

Pulikkanny is a small village near Varantharappilli in Thrissur district of Kerala state, south India.

Location

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Thrissur is 25 km from Pulikkanny. Chimmony dam is 12 km from here. Kurumali River flows through this village.

Politics

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Pulikkanny ward in 2015 elected E.M. Ummer of the IUML party for Local Self Government.[1] In 2020 the ward began to be represented by K.H. Suhara also of the IUML party.[2]

Forest Research Institute

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A Field Research Station of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) has a bamboo research center just outside of Pulikkanny. Many types of bamboo are grown in this "bambusetum."[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Grama Panchayat, Varandarappilly Grama Panchayat, LSGI Election -2015". LSG Kerala.
  2. ^ "Grama Panchayat, Varandarappilly Grama Panchayat, LSGI Election -2020". LSG Kerala.
  3. ^ "Field Research Station". KFRI.