Malappuram District With Talukas in Kerala State

The district, in northern Kerala, is bounded on the northeast by Wayanad and northwest by Kozhikkode district, on the northeast by Tamil Nadu, on the southeast and south by Palakkad District, on the southwest by Thrissur District and on the west by the Arabian Sea. In the 2011 census, the district had a population of 4,112,920. Malappuram has a sex ratio of 1096 women to 1000 men, and its literacy rate is 93.55 percent. Calicut International Airport is at Karipur, 25 kilometers (16 mi) from the Malappuram city center. Two railway lines pass through the district. The Mangalore-Madras line runs along the coast. Bus service is available throughout Malappuram, with 93 routes operated by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on major roads and 300 intercity routes passing through the district. Today the district includes Thirunavaya, the classic medieval center of Vedic learning; Kottakkal, home of Ayurveda medicine. Islam came to Malappuram early in prophet Mohammed's era itself. As a religion, Islam spread in Malappuram district and slowly it became the major religion in the region. The caste system present on those days was the major factor which made people think about Islam. Ponnani, one of the oldest centers of Islamic education in the region is located here.