Vanimal
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Vanimal Location of Vanimal in Kerala and India
Coordinates	11°43′11.07″N 75°41′56.25″E / 11.7197417°N 75.6989583°E / 11.7197417; 75.6989583Coordinates: 11°43′11.07″N 75°41′56.25″E / 11.7197417°N 75.6989583°E / 11.7197417; 75.6989583
Country	India
State	Kerala
District(s)	Kozhikode
Nearest city	Kozhikode
Parliamentary constituency	Vadakara
Population	23,368 (2001[update])
Literacy	92%
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 673515/673506 • Telephone • +496 • Vehicle • KL-18

Vanimal or Vanimel (Malayalam: വാണിമേല്‍) is a village and a Grama Panchayath in the north of Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. It comes under the Nadapuram region.

Education [link]

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Bhoomivathukkal is the center of vanimal village. The meaning of vani (Malayalam: വാണി) is vidhya (Malayalam: വിദ്യ)^{[clarification needed]} which denotes the importance of education. The literacy rate in vanimal is more when it compared to other villages of Calicut district. This credit belongs not only to one of the biggest high school in the district namely "crescent high school vanimal" but also other two high schools government higher secondary school in velliyode and St. George's H.S. Vilangad.

Crescent Higher Secondary School Vanimal, is located in Bhoomivathukkal, is the biggest and one of the oldest educational institution in the Village, consisting of more than 1800 students and 75 staffs. The important thing is to be noted that more than 80% of the total teachers in this school are belong to the same village, VANIMAL. It highlights the importance of educational awareness of the people of this village. There are many famous personalities in various field from Vanimal. At present the village is socially and educationally well developed.

Geography [link]

Vanimal Puzha

The nearest city connect to this village is Kallachi, which lead Kuttiyadi in one way and Nadapuram in the other way. Vanimal Puzha (river) flows through the borders of vanimal village which is well known as MAYYAZHI RIVER. Vanimal coming under the Calicut district and its neighboring districts are Wayanad and Kannur. It is very easy to reach to Wayanad through vanimal. Vanimal still a developing village and there is many opportunity to develop both agricultural and industry wise.

Demographics [link]

As of 2001^[update] India census, Vanimel had a population of 23368 with 11458 males and 11910 females. ^[1]

Politics [link]

Vanimal is a part of Nadapuram assembly constituency, which is part of Vadakara (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

The current Member of Parliament (MP) for this village is Mullappally Ramachandran, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The current Member of Assembly (MLA) for this village is E. K. Vijayan.^{[citation needed]}

References [link]

External links [link]

• https://www.vanimalonline.com

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