Kannur district is politically organized into a complex web of taluks, blocks, panchayaths and villages. In addition, there are also parliamentary divisions called Assembly constituencies and Lok Sabha constituencies.
History
Kannur district came into existence as an administrative unit on 1 January 1957, when the erstwhile Malabar District and Kasaragod taluk of Madras state were reconstituted into three revenue districts, viz; Kannur, Kozhikode and Palakkad. At the time of its formation, the district consisted of seven taluks, viz, Kasaragod, Hosdurg, Taliparamba, Kannur, Thalassery, North Wayanad and South Wayanad. Subsequently, the South Wayanad taluk was included in Kozhikode district with effect from 15 March 1957. Later, on first November 1980, Wayanad District was formed carving out South Wayanad and North Wayanad taluks. The two northernmost taluks of Kannur District, viz; Kasaragod and Hosdurg were separated on 24 May 1984 for the formation of Kasaragod District.A new Iritty taluk was formed in 2014 dividing Thalassery and Thaliparamba taluks and Payyanur Taluk was created by carving Taliparamba taluk and Kannur taluk in 2018. Thus Kannur District now has five taluks, viz., Kannur, Taliparamba, Payyanur, Thalassery and Iritty. Thalassery is also known as Tellicherry.
Kannur district is divided into five taluks, Thalassery, Kannur, Iritty, Taliparamba and Payyannur. Thalassery has 35 villages, Kannur has 28 villages, Iritty has 20 villages, Taliparamba has 28 and Payyanur has 22 villages.[2]
Kannur
The taluk office of Kannur is located at South Bazar or Caltex junction in Kannur. The headquarters is in an old British building near to the modern civil station.
Constituent villages
Kannur Taluk has 28 villages.
Anjarakandi, Azhikode North, Azhikode South and Chelora
Chembilode, Cherukkunnu and Chirakkal
Edakkad, Elayavoor, Iriveri and Kadambur
Kalliasseri, Kanhirod, Kannadiparamba, Kannapuram
Kannur-1, Kannur-2, Makrery and Mattool
Mavilayi, Munderi, Muzhappilangad and Narath
Pallikkunnu, Pappinisseri, Puzhathi, Valapattanam and Valiyannur
Kannur taluk is an administrative division of Kannur district of Kerala, India.
Taliparamba
The headquarters of Taliparamba Taluk is located in Taliparamba.