Palakkad District (Malayalam: പാലക്കാട്) or Palghat is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state in South India. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District and on the southwest by the Thrissur District. The district is 13.62% urbanised. The district is nicknamed "the granary of Kerala".
In earlier times Palakkad was also known as Palakkattussery. Some etymologists trace the wo...
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Palakkad District (Malayalam: പാലക്കാട്) or Palghat is one of the 14 districts of Kerala state in South India. The city of Palakkad is the district headquarters. Palakkad is bordered on the northwest by the Malappuram District and on the southwest by the Thrissur District. The district is 13.62% urbanised. The district is nicknamed "the granary of Kerala".
In earlier times Palakkad was also known as Palakkattussery. Some etymologists trace the word "Palakkad" from the word Palanilam, which means "dry lands". The commonly held belief, however, is that the name is a fusion of two Malayalam words, Pala, a tree (Alstonia scholaris) that is found abundantly in Palakkad, and Kadu, which means forest.
Palakkad was a part of the Malabar District of Madras Presidency (during the Raj, until 1947), then came under the princely state of Cochin and Madras state (from 1947 to 1956). It was made a separate district of Kerala when the state was formed in 1956.
To the east lies the Coimbatore District...
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