ABOUT

IRIKKUR Police Station

Irikkur is a town in Kannur District of Kerala state. It has historic and commercial importance, and is one of the largest Muslim majority town in Kannur District and lies on the bank of the Irikkur River, locality known as Ayippuzha.This river was the Geographical boarder of the former Kottayam of east during the period of Veera Pazhassi Raja . People residing both side of river mingled together and cooperation resulted in the formation of Irikkur. The name irikkur was considered to be formed from the Malayalam word " Iru Kara ooru" which meens a village of both bank of the river. This police station was an Outpost of Thaliparamba PS and it was upgraded to a temporary charging station on 15.01.1948. It was again degraded to an outpost of Thaliparamba PS and later it was upgraded into an a full fledged Police station on 01.01.1955 as per GO (MS)No. 1098/Home.