Polling Stations

The constituency includes 50+ polling stations, many subdivided into multiple wings to serve both municipal wards and surrounding panchayats. Key booths include:

• Elathur UP School (East & West wings)

• Chettikulam LP School, Eranjikkal Community Hall,

• Puthur LP/UP School, Mokavur LP School (multiple wings)

• Puthiyappa Village Hall, Thalakkulathur LP School,

• Chelannur Govt LP School, Kakkur & Kuruvattur UP Schools across blocks.

These ensure accessibility from coastal belt, suburban zones, and inland wards alike.

Peculiarities & Livelihood Sources

Elathur merges coastal village character with peri-urban expansion. It includes the historic Conolly Canal waterway and abundant mussel farming along its estuary.

Key income sources include:

• Blue economy & fisheries: Coastal fishing, shellfish, estuary aquaculture, and small boat trade remain vital for local livelihoods.

• Agriculture: In panchayats like Chelannur and Kuruvattur, coconut, banana, paddy, and nut cultivation continue through smallholder farms.

• Remittances (NRIs): A significant portion of families—including coastal and suburban homes—depend on Gulf remittances.

• Trade & services: With proximity to Kozhikode city, residents engage in retail trade, transport services, and small enterprises.

• Urban employment: Many serve in education, public services, small health clinics, and administration.

Economic Strata

The majority of residents belong to the middle-income bracket, supported by remittances, coastal trade, fisheries, and small agricultural plots. Some coastal fisher families and marginal farmers remain below the poverty line. A few long-established merchant families and professionals reside in the higher-income tier. Rising literacy and civic programs have uplifted living standards across all demographics.

Development & Infrastructure Boost

Recent investments have strengthened both coastal and suburban infrastructure:

• Conolly Canal revitalisation initiatives, including canal-cleaning and heritage walkways, are underway.

• Coastal and estuary-side roads, bridges, and drainage have been upgraded, improving connectivity in Puthiyappa and Elathur wards.

• Fisheries infrastructure received enhancements including fish landing sheds and support for mussel farms.

• Upgrades to public schools and polling venues across the constituency—with improved toilets, halls and sanitation—have doubled civic and democratic readiness.

Elathur Assembly Constituency weaves together suburban expansion with coastal heritage. Anchored in blue-economy fishing, smallholder agriculture, NRI income, trade, and public service employment, residents are largely middle-income. Ongoing infrastructure upgrades—from waterways to schools—are equipping this boundary ward for inclusive growth and sustained development within the Kozhikode metropolitan fringe