Chelakkara

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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chelakkara

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝑫𝑶𝑵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘪𝘴 Raju Bhai

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| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Chelakkara Town.jpg

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| pushpin_map = India Kerala

| pushpin_label_position = right

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India

| coordinates = {{coord|10.70|N|76.35|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Thrissur

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| governing_body = Chelakkara Grama Panchayath

| unit_pref = Metric

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| elevation_m = 66

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

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| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = 04884

| registration_plate = KL-48

| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest cities

| blank1_info_sec1 = Thrissur, Wadakanchery, Ottapalam, Shornur

| blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency

| blank2_info_sec1 = Alathur

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Chelakkara is a large town in the Thrissur district of Kerala.

Geography

Chelakkara is located at {{coord|10.70|N|76.35|E|}}.[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/13/Chelakara.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chelakara] It has an average elevation of {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Politics

Chelakkara assembly constituency (SC) is part of Alathur.

{{cite web

|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf

|title=Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies

|access-date=2008-10-19

|work=Kerala

|publisher=Election Commission of India

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030085443/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf

|archive-date=2008-10-30

}} It is also the constituency of ex-Speaker of Kerala Assembly and former Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Devaswoms, Parliamentary Affairs of Kerala K. Radhakrishnan.{{cite web |url=http://www.radhakrishnanmla.in/ |title=K.Radhakrishnan-chelakkara MLA |website=www.radhakrishnanmla.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322130625/http://www.radhakrishnanmla.in/ |archive-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Thrissur district