Palakkad

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• Formation : 1957 Jan 1.
• Largest district in Kerala.
• District sharing border with Tamilnadu and has no coastal line.
• District known as food bowl of Kerala.
• Largest producer of rice in Kerala.
• India's first IT education district.
• Hottest district in Kerala.
• Kerala's first tobacco ad free district.
• Kerala's lowest literate village : Padavayal.
• District having largest Scheduled Cast population.
• Distirict having most number of farmers in Kerala.
• First labour bank in Kerala : Akathethara.
• District producing ground nut and cotton.
• First computerized collectrate in Kerala.
• Gate way of Kerala : Palakkad pass.
• First wind farm in Kerala : Kanjikkode.
• Second industrialised district in Kerala. (First : Ernakulam).
• Proposed coach factory is in Kanjikode.
• First govt. college in Malabar : Victoria college(1866).
• First computerized taluk in Kerala : Ottappalam.
• First defence park in India : Ottappalam.
• First KPCC meeting was held at : Ottappalam(1921).
• Biggest railway station in Kerala : Shornur.
• Mangalam dam is in Cherukunnam river.
• Famous 'Silent Valley national park' is in the district(announced : 1984).
• River flowing through silent valley : Kunthippuzha.
• Kerala's biggest dam : Malampuzha(1956).
• First rock garden in Kerala : Malampuzha(built by : Nek chand , second in India).
• Black soil is found in Chittur taluk.
• Shiruvani dam is in the district.
• Coco cola strike leader : Mayilamma(strike was held in : Perumatty ).
• First solar panchayath in Kerala : Perumatty.
• Palakkad fort was bult by : Haider ali(1766).
• Malabar cements factory : Valayaar.
• Lime stone deposit is found in : Valayaar.
• Mango city of Kerala : Muthalamada.
• Lok nayak Jayaprakash Narayan smrithivan park : Valayaar.
• Only district panchayath in Kerala producing electricity : Meenvallam.
• Meenvallam project is in : Thootha puzha.
• Peacock sanctuary in Kerala : Choolannur(in the name of : K K Neelakandan)
• Poor man's ooty : Nelliyambathy.
• The art form 'Kanyarkali' is in Palakkad.

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