Chaliyar
river in India
Chaliyar River (Malayalam: [tʃaːlijaːr]) is the fourth longest river in Kerala, India, at 169 km in length. The Chaliyar is also known as Chulika River, Nilambur River or Beypore River as it is near the sea. Its tributaries flow through both the districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode. Its banks in the Nilambur region is also known for its gold fields. Explorations done at the valley of the river Chaliyar in Nilambur have shown reserves of the order of 2.5 million cubic meters of placers with 0.1 gram per cubic meter of gold. It originates at the Ilambaleri hills of Nilgiri Mountains in Nilgiris district (Ooty district), which is also near Wayanad-Malappuram district border. It flows mainly through the erstwhile region of Eranad (present-day Malappuram district), and empties into the Arabian Sea at Beypore port, opposite to Chaliyam harbour.
Name
The river has three names - Chaliyar, Nilambur, and Beypor, of which the first one is more popular. The river meets the Lakshadweep Sea
Chaliyar is also the name of a place and a Grama panchayat in Nilambur Taluk, which is located near the Nilambur Municipality, where Conolly's plot, the oldest manmade teak plantation in the world is located.
Course
The Chaliyar originates in the Western Ghats range at Ilambaleri hills in the ranges of Nilgiri Mountains of Western Ghats, which is also near Wayanad-Malappuram district border.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2604984. Authority coordinates are 11.160, 75.800. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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