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Located between the foothills of Western Ghats, bordering the Coorg area of Karnataka evergreen forests, Kanjirakolly is a very beautiful village in Kannur district can aptly be called "GODS'OWN HIGHLAND. Kanjirakolly In a broader sense, especially for the arrival of settlers from Central Travancore was an extension of Manikadave and shares a common history. If the crown of Manikadave, there is "Kurisu Mala" (mount / hill of the cross) forest in the west beyond which it is Paadan Kavala and other tourist points of Kanjirakolly. It is a place of exotic beauty of contaminated ranges of the Western Ghats with friendly people.
The history of human habitation in this region traces back thousands of years. Hindus, Muslims and Christians live in friendship and have joined forces to improve themselves. The settlers from Travancore form about 70% of the population and have spent their lives in this country to once-productive and in those years - since 1948 with their migration began - struggled with nature and produce spices, rubber, cashew nuts, vegetable etc.
Endowed with abundant beauty of nature, Manikadave-foot-Kanjirakolly station is 60km from the district headquarters of Kannur. Manikadave distance from neighboring towns in km: Iritty16, Ulickal (village panchayat head) -8, Taliparamba (taluk headquarters) - 45. From Kannur we can reach through Manikadave Iritty-Ulikal Vattiamthode-or-Iritty Ulickal-Nuchiad - Manikadave and Taliparamba Payyavur- through-Nuchiad Manippara.
