Welcome to Thalassery, the historical Capital of North Kerala. Thalassery (Tellicherry), also known as Tellicherry, is a town on the Malabar Coast of Kerala, in southern India. It is 21 km from the district headquarters at Kannur. Tellicherry is the anglicised form of Thalassery. Thalassery municipality has a population just less than 100,000.