Local businesses in Kozhikode
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- IT and company offices: 7
- Diode Info Solutions; EBD - Estate Builders and Developers; Ashique Sameer Associates; Ligs Informatics Pvt Ltd; MapViewGeographical Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; Nexus Technologies; Software Associates
- Government offices: 72
- STATE GST COMPLEX; Jana sevana Kendram(CSC); District Industries Centre; Meteorological Survey of India; Project Officer Coir; Sub Treasury Puthiyara; Vaidyuthi Bhavan ,Calicut; Village Office, Valayanad; Vigilence and Anti Corruption Cell; Employees Provident Fund
- Colleges and universities: 17
- CIESCO ITI; College Of Applied Science IHRD, Kozhikode; Global College; Holy Cross Institute Of Management And Technology; M M Jubilee College; MES Fathima Ghafoor Memorial Womens's College, Nadakkave; Malabar Christian College; N.S.S College Of Commerce And Management; St Xavier's Arts and Science College; Sunniya Arabic College
- Workshops and craft businesses: 7
- M A Saw Mill; Dinsh Technologies; Sankaran's Bakery; Byju Electrical and Engineering Works; Shoba developer; St. George Board Works
- Finance, insurance and legal offices: 9
- Adv. Baija P; Kerala State Pollution Board; Mahindra; THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE Co. LTD; new india assurance limited; Muthoot Fincorp; Muthoot Finance; Life Insurance Corporation
- Hospitals: 61
- Baby Memorial Hospital; Sukrutham Ayurveda Chikitsalayam; Malabar Eye Hospital;Seventh Day English Medium School; Al Salama Eye Hospital; Comtrust Eye Hospital; Avp Ayushman Ayurveda Hospital; Chest Hospital; City Eye Foundation; P.V.S. Hospital (P) Ltd.; Shiba Surgery and Urology Center
- Banks: 89
- The Kommeri Service Co-operative Bank; Calicut City Service Cooperative Bank Head Office; The Calicut Co-operative Urban Bank Mankavu Branch; Calicut Town Service Co-Operative Bank; Canara Bank, Mavoor Road Branch; Calicut City Service Co-operative Bank; Calicut Service Cooperative Bank; Dhanalakahmi Bank; Kozhikode District Co-operative Bank Ltd; Muthoot
Kozhikode facts
- District
- Kozhikode district
- Area
- about 177 sq km, about 1 m above sea level
- Places nearby
- Kuttichira Beach (place, 1 km), Muchundi Mosque (mosque, 1 km), Mishkal Mosque (sunni mosque, 2 km), Azhakodi Devi Temple (Hindu temple, 2 km)
- Local economy
- Kozhikode is one of Kerala's largest economic hubs, driven mainly by the service sector, with industry second. It has a rich banking history: Nedungadi Bank, the first and oldest bank of modern Kerala, was founded here in 1899.
- Education
- Kozhikode has two institutions of national importance, IIM Kozhikode and NIT Calicut.
- History
- The name Kozhikode is thought to come from Koyil-kota, meaning fortified palace.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.