A gap 32 to 40 km wide and no coastline at all: Palakkad, the granary district on this week's rain warning list

Background

Palakkad has been on this week's rain warning list, so the district is worth placing. It became an administrative unit on 1 January 1957, formed out of Palakkad, Perinthalmanna, Ponnani, Ottapalam, Alathur and Chittur. Its headquarters is Palakkad town, where the Collectorate stands at the Civil Station. The district administration says Palakkad has no coastline, and the Palakkad Gap, which opens the State to the rest of the country, is 32 to 40 kilometres wide. The district now has six taluks, two revenue divisions, 157 revenue villages, seven municipalities, 13 block panchayats and 88 village panchayats. It is one of Kerala's main granaries, its economy is primarily agricultural, and it is also known as the land of Palmyrahs.