Vallithode

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Vallithode is a small town in the Iritty taluk of Kannur district in Kerala, India.

Location

Vallithode is located on State Highway 30, the Thalassery Coorg road, between Iritty and Koottupuzha, about 7 kilometres northeast of Iritty and about 5.7 kilometres from Ulikkal and 5 kilometres from the Kerala-Karnataka border.

Etymology

The word "Valli" means vine and "thode" means rivulet, thereby Vallithode means "vine bound rivulet".

Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.

The highway is scheduled for improvement.{{cite news|title=Rs.800-crore works for labour society|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/rs800crore-works-for-labour-society/article8582946.ece|access-date=29 November 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 May 2016}}

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