Devisions

Kannur district
came into existence as an
administrative unit on January 1 ,
1957 , when the erstwhile Malabar
District and Kasaragod taluk of
Madras state were reconstituted
into three revenue districts, viz;
Kannur, Kozhikode and Palakkad .
At the time of its formation, the
district consisted of seven taluks,
viz, Kasaragod , Hosdurg ,
Taliparamba , Kannur , Thalassery ,
North Wayanad and South
Wayanad. Subsequently, the South
Wayanad taluk was included in
Kozhikode district with effect from
15 March 1957. Later, on first
November 1980 , Wayanad district
was formed carving out South
Wayanad and North Wayanad
taluks.The two northern most
taluks of Kannur district, viz;
Kasaragod and Hosdurg were
separated on 24 May 1984 for the
formation of Kasaragod district .
There are nine development blocks
comprising of 82 panchayats. The
development blocks are Kannur ,
Edakkad , Irikkur , Iritty ,
Kuthuparamba , Payyannur ,
Peravoor , Taliparamba and
Thalassery . The Municipal towns in
the district are Taliparamba ,
Kannur , Thalassery ,
Kuthuparamba , Payyannur and
Mattannur . Kannur district has
three taluks, viz., Kannur ,
Taliparamba and Thalassery . The
state legislative constituencies of
the District are: Irikkur , Payyannur
, Taliparamba , Kalliasseri ,
Azhikode , Kannur , Dharmadam ,
Thalassery , Mattannur ,
Kuthuparamba and Peravoor .