About Tellicherry ( Thalassery )

Thalassery (Malayalam: ), also known as Tellicherry, is a city on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, India. This is the second largest city of North Malabar in terms of population. The name Tellicherry is the anglicized form of Thalassery. Thalassery municipality has a population just less than 100,000. Established in 1866, it is the second oldest municipality in the state. Possessing an area of 23.98km, Thalassery is a town strategically located on the western coast of Kannur district on the Malabar Coast of Kerala. It is 22km from the district headquarters at Kannur. The town is situated between 1144N latitude and 7526E longitude, at an altitude ranging between 2.5m above the mean sea-level in the low-lying areas, to 30m above the mean sea-level in the higher regions. Thalassery is in Kannur district. The palm-fringed terrain of Thalassery has a scenic coastline and features four rivers, canals and hills with orange-hued rock. One of the four rivers is the Mah River ...