The renowned Kanhangad Muslim Yatheemkhana ( Orphanage), situated in Northern part of Kerala, established in 1973 was formally inaugurated by Late.C.Ahmed Kunhi Musliar, then Khazi, Chembarikka, on 14th April 1973. It was started with 14 boys who were orphans and destitutes.

The main object of the Kanhangad Muslim Yatheemkhana is to look after the welfare of orphans and destitutes and to make arrangements for their proper instruction including religious education. It also includes establishing Madrassas, Educational, Technical and Vocational Institutions for these orphans and to uplift them up as ideal citizens of the society.

On 13th May 1973, the first Committee of Yatheemkhana was formed with the following Office bearers :

• PRESIDENT                     Dr.M.A.AHMED

• VICE PRESIDENT             M.B.ABDULLA HAJI 
                                          PARAKKALAI ABDULLA HAJI

• GENERAL SECRETARY  M.B.MOOSA HAJI (LATE)

• JOINT SECRETARY         K.HASSAN HAJI (LATE)
                                          MOHAMMED ISHAQE

• TREASURER                    P.H.MOHAMMED KUNHI HAJI (LATE)

• MANAGER                       O.K.IBRAHIM MOULAVI (LATE)

In the beginning there was no land or accommodation of its own for the Yatheemkhana. For a few years, the inmates were accomodated in private buildings at Parappalli, Chithari and Athinhal. A great social activist and philanthropist Late Kallatra Abdul Khader Haji was very generous in donating 60 cents of land situated near Kanhangad Railway Station for Constructing a building for the Yatheemkhana and the Yatheemkhana was permanantly shifted to the new building. When the inmates was increased, the existing building was not sufficient enough to accommodate all the boys comfortably, a new two storeyed building was constructed and on 10th March 1984, Janab.Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait  then M.P. inaugurated the new orphanage building.