Malappuram is the headquarters of Malappuram District. Malappuram city is spread over in a wide area.  City is mainly divided to two as Up Hill and Down Hill. Most of the Government Offices and Establishments are situated in Up Hill. Civil Station and MSP (Malabar Special Police) head quarters are situated at Uphill. Malappuram daily market and District Education office  are  at Down Hill. It’s area is 33.61 Km2.

How to Reach
17 km distance from Angadipuram Railway station to Malappuram town. From Tirur to Malappuram 27 km. Calicut town is 50 km away. KSRTC bus terminal (Govt. buses) is located at Up-Hill on NH-213.

Road distance from major cities to Malappuram
Ernakulam:     171     Guruvayur:     99     Kottayam:     224

Kozhikode:     50     Munnar:     257     Nedumpasseri Air port:     147

Palakkad:     89     Sabarimala: 289       Thrissur:     104

Thiruvananthapuram:     374     Bangalore:     355  Coimbatore:     138

Kanyakumari:     458             Kodaikanal:     239      Ooty:     140

Mangalore:     254     Mysore:     203

Attractive places in Malappuram
Kottakkunnu:  Known as Marine Drive of Malappuram is a hill garden. Kottakkunnu park contains an open air auditorium, Lalitha kala academy art gallery, DTPC helipad and a water theme park etc.

Doordarshan Relay Station: Its situated in civil station area.

Melmuri:  Four kilo metre from the City centre is famous for Swalath Nagar and Grand Masjid, Melmuri.

Panakkad: famous for the Panakkad Kodappanakkal family, Thangals hails from here and IUML political leaders of the district comes from here.

IGC: Industrial Growth Centre at panakkad is now under Inkid(joint venture of Inkel and KSIDC) in developing the land to a prestigious place of the state as Edu-Health City.

Regional Passport Office: Malappuram passport office consist of two revenue districts viz. Malappuram and Palakkad.  It is situated at kizhakkethala, Down Hill on Malappuram-Parappanangadi State highway.

Famous Persons

• Panakkad Sayyid Muhammad Ali Shihab Thangal.
• Khaleel Bhukhari Thangal
• Nirupama Rao-Current Indian ambassador to the US.
• P.K Kunhalikkuty- Present Industry and urban development minister of kerala.

Major Hospitals in Malappuram Town

Co-operative  Hospital
Uphill,
Malappuram

Orchid Hospital
Near Passport Office,
Malappuram

M.B. Hospital
Claicut Road,
Down hill,
Malappuaram

Educational Institutions

Govt. College
Munduparamba,
Malappuram

Hotels in Malappuram Town
Albaik India
Jubilee Road,
Palace Building,
Malappuram.

Hotel Delicia
Near Bus stand,
Malappuram

Nearest Towns
Kottakkal, Vengara, Kondotty, Perinthalmanna, Tirur, Chemmad and Manjeri.