Pulikkanny
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{more citations |date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pulikkanny
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| settlement_type = town
| image_skyline = Countryside with mosque, Pulikkanny, Kerala, India.jpg
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| image_caption = Pulikkanny Juma Masjid
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|10|26|10|N|76|21|54|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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| population_total = 2000
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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 = 680304
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91480
| registration_plate = KL-45
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Thrissur
| blank2_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
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Pulikkanny is a small village near Varantharappilli in Thrissur district of Kerala state, south India.
Location
Thrissur is 25 km from Pulikkanny. Chimmony dam is 12 km from here. Kurumali River flows through this village.
Politics
Pulikkanny ward in 2015 elected E.M. Ummer of the IUML party for Local Self Government.{{cite web |url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/en/lbelection/electdmemberpersondet/2015/774/2015077400501 |website=LSG Kerala |title=Grama Panchayat, Varandarappilly Grama Panchayat, LSGI Election -2015}} In 2020 the ward began to be represented by K.H. Suhara also of the IUML party.{{cite web |url=http://lsgkerala.gov.in/index.php/en/lbelection/electdmemberpersondet/2020/774/2020077400501 |title=Grama Panchayat, Varandarappilly Grama Panchayat, LSGI Election -2020 |website=LSG Kerala}}
Forest Research Institute
A Field Research Station of Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) has a bamboo research center just outside of Pulikkanny. Many types of bamboo are grown in this "bambusetum."{{cite web |url=https://www.kfri.res.in/field_research_station.asp |title=Field Research Station |website=KFRI}}
Gallery
Image:Pulikkanny-3.JPG|Pulikkanny
Image:Pulikkanny.jpg|Pulikkanny