Koothali

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

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| name = Koothali

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| settlement_type = Town

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India

| coordinates = {{coord|11|35|0|N|75|46|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Kozhikode

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 14.13

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| population_total = 16969

| population_as_of = 2011

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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

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 673532

| registration_plate = KL-77

| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city

| blank1_info_sec1 = Kozhikode

| blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency

| blank2_info_sec1 = Vatakara

| blank3_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency

| blank3_info_sec1 = Perambra

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Koothali is a village near Perambra in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=8 December 2008 }} and the traditional seat of the Koothali Nair.

The name Koothali has evolved from two terms: Kooth + Ali, in which "Kooth" means performing arts like "Kathakali", "Koodiyattam", etc., and "Ali" means the venue where such art forms are performed. In ancient times, Koothali was a place where this kind of performing arts was taught and practised by artists of "Koothali-Thambayi – the then ruler of Koothali. Koothali has around six hundred years of long history, and it goes back to the time of Tippu Sultan and beyond.