Govt. Polytechnic College, Kannur is arranged at Thottada in Kannur Coporation. Thottada is known as the Educational Head Quarters of Kannur area. A Lot of instructive foundations, for example, ITI, ITI (ladies) ,ITI Regional Directorate, THS, SN College, Chinmaya Institute of Technology, National Institute of Handloom and Textile Technology, SN Trust Higher Secondary School, St.Francis EM Shcool and so forth are situated around the Institution. Kannur is a center point of enterprises of different sorts. Keltron gives chances to the understudies of Electronics. Traco links recently set up in Pinarayi will retain the Electronical Engineering Students. Rubco processing plant in Thalassery and Western India Plywoods Baliapatam gives arrangement to Wood and paper Technology. Thottada has as of late harbored many car adventures of different organizations, this builds the Demand of people from Mechanical branch, parcel Textile ventures are spread over the surroundings of the polytechnic. 

Kannur Goverment Polytechnic was begun in the year 1958 so as to make plentiful possibilities for the informed people groups to specialized preparing and subsequently to expand the pool of exceptionally prepared, utilized professionals. In the first place there were multi year confirmation courses in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Kannur is purported the weavers legends henceforth the multi year certificate in Textile Technology and Wood and Paper Technology were begun later in the year 1982. Another confirmation seminars on Electronics was begun on 1987. 

At present there are 6 Diploma courses viz. Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Polytechnic College, Kannur is one of the greatest Institution in Kannur District, The College Provides inn office for young men.