Postal Service
There are tow Postal divisions in Kannur district and they are Kannur
Postal Division and Thalassery Postal division.
Kannur
Postal division constitutes of Kannur, Thaliparamba taluks and a small
portion of Thalassery and Hosdurg taluks. The total area covered by this
division is 1761.40 sq.kms. there are 227 post offices under this
division among which five
are in Hosdurg taluk. There is a speed post counter working at Kannur
Head Post Office, from where articles can be booked to Kozhikode,
Ernakulam and Thiruvananthapuram. This counter functions from 9a.m. to 4
p.m. A philatelic counter also functions here.
The
Thalassery Postal Division covers the areas in Thalassery. Kuthuparamba
and Manathavady (in Wayanad district).
This
division has one head office and 46 sub offices covering an area of
1952.15 sq.kms.
Telecom
The
Kannur Telecom Secondary Switching area comprises of Kannur and
Kasaragod Revenue districts and the union territory of Mahe.
The
Kannur SSA controls 105 telephone exchanges with a working connection of
59927 lines. These exchanges have been equipped with STD facility. All
the panchayats in the SSA have also been provided with public
telephones. Out of the 105 exchanges, 98 exchanges are electronic.
The
Telecom department also provides manual trunk facility, telegram, fax,
telex, data circuits, etc.
In the
new development programme, th3ere are 12 new Telephone Exchanges in
Kannur SSA at Malparamba, Ichilangod, Kalichanadukka, Kaniayala,
Miyanadavu, Nekraje, padiyoor, Peruvamba, Vaniappara, Vaninagar, Varam
and Perumbatta.
NewsPapers
The
pioneering venture in the field of Malayalam journalism is associated
with Kannur district. Dr. H. Gundert, the famous lexicographer, started
tow of the earliest Malayalam newspapers from Thalassery in 1847. They
were the Rajyasamacharam and Paschimodayam. The former commenced
publication in June 1847 and the latter, in October the same year.
With the
advent of modern electronic communication technology, the major allies
in the State, viz., Mathrubhumi, Malayala Manorama, Deepika and
Deshabhimani have started their units her, in recent years.
The
evening dailies are very much alive and popular. Padayani, Sudinam,
Spotanam, Cannannore Times, Suchana and Chethana are some of them.
