KANNUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
No. of CDS
1
No. of ADS
55
No. of NHGs
1120
No. of NHG Members
18700
No. of NHGs Linked
911
No. of MEs
24
History

Kannur district derived its name from the location of its headquarters at Kannur town. The old name 'Cannanore' is the anglicised form of the Malayalam word Kannur. According to one opinion, 'Kannur' is a derivation from Kanathur, an ancient village, the name of which survives even today in one of the wards of Kannur Corporation. Another version is that Kannur might have assumed its name from one of the , deities of the Hindu pantheon, a compound of two words, Kannan (Lord Krishna) and Ur (place) making it the place of Lord Krishna. In this context, it is worth mentioning that the deity of the Katalayi Sreekrishna temple was originally installed in a shrine at Katalayi Kotta in the south eastern part of the present Kannur tow

Population

As per data released by Govt. of India for Census 2011, Kannur is an Urban Agglomeration coming under category of Million Plus UA/City. The Kannur UA region is situated in state of Kerala. 

The total population of Kannur Corporation is 2,15,478