Neighbourhood in Kannur, Kerala, India
Kannur Cantonment
Kannur Cantonment, situated in Burnassery or Burnshire(the anglicized name), is a cantonment town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala, between Kannur town and Kannur City.
The cantonment was a military camp for Portuguese, Dutch and British rulers, and is now the headquarters of Defence Security Corps.
How locals move
Getting around Kannur Cantonment the local way
- Get aroundAutorickshaws charge ₹30 for the first km and then ₹15 per km.
From Wikivoyage: Kannur, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ShajiA (CC BY-SA 3.0), Wikimedia Commons.