Vadakkencherry, Palakkad

Not to be confused with Wadakkancherry or Vadakkancherry.

Vadakkencherry (IPA: [ʋɐɖɐkːɐɲdʒeːɾi]) is a town and gram panchayat^[2] in the Palakkad district, state of Kerala, India.^[3] It is located about 35 km from Palakkad along National Highway 544. Vadakkencherry-Mannuthy section of NH-544 is the first six lane National Highway in the state.

Vadakkencherry
Town
Vadakkencherry Town
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Coordinates: 10°35′25.9″N 76°29′00.2″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Vadakkencherry Grama Panchayath
Area
• Total	37.88 km2 (14.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	35,969
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	678683
Telephone code	91 4922
Vehicle registration	KL-9, KL-49
Nearest city	Thrissur (33 km (21 mi) away) Palakkad (34 km (21 mi) away)
Parliament constituency	Alathur
State Legislative Assembly constituency	Tarur

Etymology

The compound of vaṭakkan "northen" and cēri "slum".

Education

• College of Applied Science, Vadakkencherry
• St. Mary’s Polytechnic College, Vadakkenchery^[4]
• Cherupushpam GHSS Vadakkencherry^[5]
• Government Community College, Vadakkenchery^[6]
• The Shobha Academy^[7]
• Motherteresa School Vadakkencherry
• St Francis School, Elavampadam, Vadakkencherry

Transportation

Vadakkencherry has good connectivity across all major cities. It is located along National Highway 544. Public transportation is mainly through private and KSRTC bus services. A KSRTC operating centre is being operated from Vadakkencherry.^[8] There is also a private bus stand usually called as Indira Priyadarshini Bus Stand to operate private bus service.^[9] Nearest major railway stations are Palakkad Junction railway station and Thrissur railway station. Nearest airport is Cochin International Airport.