TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

 1. Roads

          The district has fairly extensive road network. The length of national highway, state highway and major district roads in the district are furnished below.

          National Highways run almost parallel to coastal line linking to head quarters of 3 Taluks namely Kozhikode, Koilandy and Vatakara.

2. Railways

          The district has 75.48 Kms. broad gauge railway lines with 18 stations in the district. Railway plays a crucial role in the passenger as well as goods traffic in the district.

3. Airport

          Karipur International Airport is only 26.5 Kms away from the city. Now flights are operated from Kozhikode to Middle East countries. In the near future, Kozhikode will regain the past glory through the expansion of Calicut Airport as the doors of international trade are being opened.

4. Port

Beypore is located in Kozhikode at the mouth of the Chaliyar River. Historically, it has a special place as being one of the prominent ports and fishing harbours, and was also an important trade and maritime centre during the days of the early Arab and Chinese travellers and later the Europeans. Soon after gaining prominence as a port and trade centre, Beypore slowly began to flourish as a centre for shipbuilding, since ships were in great demand merchants from Western Asia. The shipbuilding yard at Beypore port is famous for its traditional construction of the Uru or the Arabian trading vessel. This tradition of shipbuilding is nearly 1,500 years old, and the craftsmanship of the workers here is exceptional. The average income of beypore fishing harbor during the year 2012-13 is `14.53 lakhs.

5. Postal and Telecommunication

          The Kozhikode District has fairly  well developed network of Post Office and  Also a  wide acclaimed BSNL, Reliance, DOCOMO, Airtel, Vodafone, are functioning .

ELECTRICITY

                All the villages in the Kozhikode district are electrified. Almost 64.72 % of the total consumption is used for the domestic purposes.  Only 11.37 % is used for the Industrial purposes.  The nearest power generating station is at Kuttiady near Kozhikode.  The extra high tension substation in the district is linked to the Kerala Power grid through EHT. The transmission networks consist of Three 220 KV feeders, Twelve 110 KV feeders, Seven 66 KV feeders, and Nine 33 KV feeders.  Moreover in the distribution section 2264 transformers are included.  The length of HT lines is 1805 Kms and the length of the LT lines is 20609.5 Kms.  The total number of consumers in the district is 6751037 in numbers.             

BANKING

Kozhikode district has good network of banking activities.  Canara Bank is the Lead Bank of the district. There are 225 Branches of the Nationalized Banks and 88 branches of private banks spread over the district. Out of this 112 of the nationalized banks and 42 Private Banks are situated in rural areas. Also 49 branches for Kozhikode district co-operative banks and 113 service co-operative banks are also in the district.

INDUSTRIAL ESTATES

Details of Public Information officers & Appellate Authority in

District Industries Centre, Kozhikode & Taluk Industries Offices