Eramala

Eramala is a village in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. The village is the site of a popular annual celebration called Orkkatteri Chantha.^[1]

Eramala
village
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Coordinates: 11.6788618°N 75.593091°E / 11.6788618; 75.593091
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2001)
• Total	32,151
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code	254
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-
Nearest city	Vatakara
Lok Sabha constituency	Vatakara
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vatakara
Climate	NORMAL[clarification needed] (Köppen)

Demographics

As of 2011, the total population of Eramala is 26,293 (12,372 being male and 13,921 being female).^[2] As of the 2001 India census, Eramala had a population of 32,151 with 15,069 males and 17,082 females.^[1]

Transportation

Eramala village connects to other parts of India through Vatakara city on the west and Kuttiady town on the east. National Highway No. 66 passes through Vatakara, and the northern stretch connects Mangalore, Goa, and Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to Cochin and Trivandrum. The eastern highway connects to Mananthavady, Mysore, and Bangalore via Kuttiady. The nearby airports are at Kannur and Kozhikode. The nearest railway station is at Vatakara.