Wadakkancherry

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Wadakkanchery
Town
An aerial view of Wadakkanchery
Wadakkanchery Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 10°39′34″N 76°14′58″E / 10.65944°N 76.24944°E / 10.65944; 76.24944
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Government
• Body	Wadakkanchery Municipality
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	680582, 680590
Telephone code	04884
Vehicle registration	KL-48
Nearest city	Thrissur
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Civic agency	Wadakkanchery Block
Climate	cool&hot (Köppen)
Website	www.wadakanchery.com

Wadakkancherry is a major town in Thrissur, Kerala. Up until 1860, this area was part of Chelakkara Taluk. Now, it is the headquarters of Talappilly Taluk. Wadakkanchery obtained municipality status from the government by merging with the Mundathikode panchayath and it is the only town in Thrissur District to be raised as municipality recently. There are two places with similarly pronounced names: Wadakanchery and Vadakkenchery (the latter is in Palakkad district).