North Malabar

North Malabar ഉത്തര മലബാര്‍/വടക്കേ മലബാര്‍ ഉത്തര മലബാര്‍ (വടക്കേ മലബാര്‍)
Geographical/Historical Area
Onam celebration in North Malabar
Coordinates: 11°45′N 75°30′E / 11.750°N 75.500°E / 11.750; 75.500Coordinates: 11°45′N 75°30′E / 11.750°N 75.500°E / 11.750; 75.500
Country	India
State	Kerala Puducherry
Government
• Body	Northern Range, Kerala Mahé Sub-Division, Puducherry
Area
• Total	4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi)
Population (2001)(approx.)
• Total	4,800,000
• Density	819/km2 (2,120/sq mi)
Languages
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	670***, 671*** and 673***
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-11, KL-12, KL-13, KL-14, KL-18, KL-56, KL-57, KL-58, KL-59, KL-60, KL-72 & PY-03
Literacy	94.52%%
Vidhan Sabha constituency	24
Civic agency	Northern Range, Kerala Mahé Sub-Division, Puducherry

North Malabar refers to the historic and geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod and Kannur Districts, the Mananthavady taluk of Wayanad District, the taluks of Koyilandy and Vatakara in the Kozhikode District of Kerala and the entire Mahé Sub-Division of the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The greater part of North Malabar (except Mahé) remained as one of the two administrative divisions of the Malabar District (an administrative district of British India under the Madras Presidency) until 1947 and later became part of India's Madras State until 1956. Mahé remained under French jurisdiction until 13 June 1954. On 1 November 1956, the state of Kerala was formed by the States Reorganisation Act, which merged the Malabar District with Travancore-Cochin apart from the four southern taluks, which were merged with Tamil Nadu, and the Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara District.

North Malabar begins at Korapuzha in the south and ends at Manjeshwaram in the north of Kerala and traditionally comprises the erstwhile princely principalities and fiefdoms of Kolathu Nadu, Kadatha Nadu and Kasargod.