Kankol is a village in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. Kankol village is a part of Kankol Alapadamba Grama Panchayath, which had won the Swaraj Trophy (1999–2000) for the best grama panchayath in Kerala state. Post office and village office representing Kankol are situated in the place named Kundayamkovval.
Demographics
As of 2011 India census, Kankole had total population of 10,665 where 5,048 are males and 5,617 are females. Kankole village spreads over an area of 16.77 km2 with 2,576 families residing in it. The sex ratio was 1,113 higher than state average of 1,084. In Kankole, Population of children under 6 years was 9.9%. Kankole had overall literacy of 94.3%, higher than national average of 59% and state average of 94%.
Culture
As a part of cultural maintenance and development, villagers has built many clubs and libraries in this village. Kankol Vayanasala and Grandhalayam is one library with good collection of books. (Vayanasala = Reading Room, Grandhalayam = Library).
Theyyam
Like any other place in Kannur, theyyam (a ritual art form) and religious festivals (Kaliyattam) of various temples is an attraction of Kankole. Kankole Sri Kalari Bhagavathi Temple is one of the most famous temple for theyyam festival. Which happens in the fourth week of December every year. There are many more temples and tharavads (is a system of joint family practised by people in Kerala, especially Nairs) where theyyam plays every year as the part of their devotion.
Kankol Shiva Temple
Temple situated in the heart of the village, people believes that, Lord Shiva and Panayakkattu Bhagavathi (Theyyam - Incarnation of Goddess Parvathi) are protecting the village from enemies and disasters. Kankole Shiva Temple is quite famous in the list of temples in Kerala.
Kalari Bhagavathi Temple
Kalari Bhagavathi Temple is famous for theyyam, and plays every year in the fourth week of December for 5 or 6 days. There are four core types of theyyam: Panayakkattu Bhagavathi Vellarangara Bhagavathi Vishnu Moorthi Pulikantan
Every year starting ceremony takes place on 26 December and closing would happen as per the prayers of the devotees. Which may be 31 December or 1 January the next year. People reach here to pray for a better tomorrow and better years ahead.
In the final day of the festival, all pregnant women in the village and nearby villages come here to drink the tender coconut water blessed by Panayakkattu Bhagavathi, people believe that, the mother who drank this blessed drink would have a blessed child.
Kankole Panayakkattu, Kankole Kannangattu and more temples are in the village.
Kankole Shiva Kshetra Maithanam
Kankole Shiva Temple playground, which is one of the famous playgrounds for Sevens football in Kannur district. This is the home ground of YSC (Yuvajana Sports Club) Kankol.
Seed Farm
State seed farm in Kankol is one of the Departmental Seed Farms in Kerala by the government. This seed farm is associated with an area of land for farming paddy, sesame seeds and more.
110KV Substation
Payyannur 110KV electrical substation is in Kankol Village. which transfers electricity to the Payyanur and the nearest areas.
Transportation
The national highway passes through Perumba junction. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Payyanur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.
History
Name of this place of emanated from the name of a Vedic Sage Kapila, who conducted Dakshayaga for Daksha. Daksha is a Sanskrit word said to be a Prajapati or one of the Brahma's sons. The equivalent meaning in English is Competent. One of the daughter of Prajapati (often said to be the youngest) was Sati or Dakshayani, who had always wished to marry Shiva. Daksha forbade it, but she disobeyed him and did so anyway, finding in Shiva a doting and loving husband. Daksha disliked Shiva intensely, calling him a dirty, roaming ascetic and reviling the great yogi's cohort of goblins and ghouls.