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'''Karuvarakundu''' is small town in the eastern part of ], ], ]. It is situated {{convert|32|km}} from ]<ref name=Sajnani>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India |last=Sajnani |first=Manohar |year=2001 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=9788178350189 |page=213 }}</ref> and {{convert|10|km|0}} each from ] and ]. The ] flows through the town,<ref>{{cite book |title=Peasant revolt in Malabar: a history of the Malabar rebellion, 1921 |last=Hitchcock |first=R. H. |year=1983 |publisher=Usha |isbn= |page=65 }}</ref> which is a tributary of the ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Kozhikode |last= |first= |year=1986 |publisher=Superintendent of Govt. Presses |isbn= |volume=vol. 5 |page=9 }}</ref> Karuvarakundu is very near to the ] and hence prone to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Floods batter Adivasi areas of Nilambur |url=http://www.nidm.gov.in/News%20in%20PDF/2007/July/17.07.07.pdf |work=Disasters Update |publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, ] |date=17 July 2007 |accessdate=29 May 2009 }}</ref> There are many ] and ] ]s in and around Karuvarakundu.<ref name=Sajnani/> |
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'''Karuvarakundu''' is small town in the eastern part of ], ], ]. It is situated {{convert|32|km}} from ]<ref name=Sajnani>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India |last=Sajnani |first=Manohar |year=2001 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=9788178350189 |page=213 }}</ref> and {{convert|10|km|0}} each from ] and ]. The ] flows through the town,<ref>{{cite book |title=Peasant revolt in Malabar: a history of the Malabar rebellion, 1921 |last=Hitchcock |first=R. H. |year=1983 |publisher=Usha |isbn= |page=65 }}</ref> which is a tributary of the ].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Kozhikode |last= |first= |year=1986 |publisher=Superintendent of Govt. Presses |isbn= |volume=vol. 5 |page=9 }}</ref> Karuvarakundu is very near to the ] and hence prone to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Floods batter Adivasi areas of Nilambur |url=http://www.nidm.gov.in/News%20in%20PDF/2007/July/17.07.07.pdf |work=Disasters Update |publisher=National Institute of Disaster Management, ] |date=17 July 2007 |accessdate=29 May 2009 }}</ref> There are many ] and ] ]s in and around Karuvarakundu.<ref name=Sajnani/> The name ''Karuvarakundu'' means ''habitat of the ]'', indicating the town's history as a metalworking centre.<ref>{{cite journal |last= |first= |coauthors= |year=2000 |month= |title= |journal=Proceedings - Indian History Congress |publisher=] |volume=60 |issue= |pages=1204 |issn= |pmid= |pmc= |doi= }}</ref> |
