This article is about the city. For the district, see Kozhikode District. For the medieval kingdom of the Town of Calicut, see Kozhikode (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Kolkata.
Metropolis in Kerala, India
Kozhikode
Calicut
Metropolis
From top: Kozhikode Beach, Kakkayam Valley, IIM Kozhikode, Calicut mini bypass, KSRTC bus stand complex, Hilite Mall, Chaliyam harbour, Calicut beach skyline.
Nickname(s):
City of Spices[1]
(Other nicknames include City of Truth,[2] City of Sculptures,[3] City of Literature[4])
Kozhikode (pronounced[koːɻikːoːɖɨ̆]ⓘ), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224[7] and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second most populous metropolitan area in Kerala and the 19th largest in India.[10] Kozhikode is classified as a Tier 2 city by the Government of India.[11]
It is the largest city in the region known as the Malabar Coast and was the capital of the British-era Malabar district. In antiquity and the medieval period, Kozhikode was dubbed the City of Spices for its role as the major trading point for Indian spices.[1] It was the capital of an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris (Zamorins). The port at Kozhikode acted as the gateway to medieval South Indian coast for the Chinese, the Persians, the Arabs, and finally the Europeans.[12] According to data compiled by economics research firm Indicus Analytics in 2009 on residences, earnings and investments, Kozhikode was ranked the second-best city in India to live in.[13] In 2023, Kozhikode was recognised by UNESCO as India's first City of Literature.[14]
^ ab"Lectures 26-27". 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^M. G. S. Narayanan (2006). The City of Truth Revisited. University of Calicut. p. 350. ISBN 978-8177481044.
^"Kozhikode to be 'city of sculptures'". The Hindu. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^Bureau, The Hindu (31 October 2023). "Kozhikode is the first City of Literature in India". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
^"Kozhikode District Website". Kozhikode Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
^"A Akbar to be new Kozhikode city police commissioner". April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ ab"ആമുഖം | കോഴിക്കോട് മുനിസിപ്പല് കോര്പ്പറേഷന്". kozhikodecorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
^"Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
^ ab"Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011; Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^"Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2011.
^"Tier I and Tier II Cities of India, Classification of Indian Cities". Mapsofindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference askh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Best cities to live, invest and earn in". Ibnlive.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2009. Indicus considered six parameters: health, education, environment, safety, public facilities and entertainment
^"Kerala's Kozhikode included in UNESCO Creative Cities Network". OnManorama.
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