CHICACOLE, a town of British India in the Ganjam district of Madras, situated on the right bank of the river Languliya, here crossed by a bridge, 4 m. from the sea. Pop. (1931) 16,588. Under Mohammedan rule it was the capital of one of the Northern Circars, and afterwards of a British district. Several old mosques remain. The town was formerly famous for its muslins. The roadstead and lighthoLse of Calingapatam are about 16 m. to the north, and the Bengal-Nagpur east coast railway has a station 8 m. inland.