Edappal

{{original research|date=June 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

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

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Edappal

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| settlement_type = Census Town

| image_skyline = Edappal 2.jpg

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| image_caption = Edappal town

| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India

| coordinates = {{coord|10.7837|N|76.0076|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_name2 = Malappuram

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 22.2

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| population_total = 32,550

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 679576

| area_code = 0494

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| registration_plate = KL-54

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| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English

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Edappal is a town which lies near to the town of Ponnani in Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. Edappal at the junction of Thrissur-Kuttippuram and Palakkad-Ponnani state highways, is located {{cvt|45|km}} from Malappuram. Edappal lies in two panchayaths (local body jursidcitions), Vattamkulam, and Edappal. Edappal shares borders with Thuyyam, Polpakkara, Ayilakkadu, Vattamkulam, and Annakampadu. Sukapuram (also known as Chowwara), one of the earliest Brahmin settlements in Kerala, lies in Edappal.{{cite book|author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |title=A Survey of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788126415786}} The Azhvanchery Thamprakkal of Athavanad (originally Maranchery), had influence over the Nambudiris of Sukapuram (Chowwara), while the Kalpakanchery Thamprakkal of Kalpakanchery influenced the rival Nambudiris of Panniyoor.{{cite book

| author = K. V. Krishna Iyer

| title = Zamorins of Calicut: From the earliest times to AD 1806

| publisher = Norman Printing Bureau, Kozhikode

| url = https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.3379

| year = 1938}} Edappal forms a portion of the Malappuram metropolitan area as of 2011 Census.{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/622777/urban |website=kerala.gov.in |title=Constituents of Malappuram metropolitan area |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230044541/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/622777/urban |url-status=dead }} Edappal lies in Ponnani Kole Wetlands and is surrounded by the Biyyam backwater lake of Ponnani.