| Ajanoor | |
| Other Name: | Ajanur |
| Settlement Type: | panchayat |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.34°N 75.09°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kasargode |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.79 |
| Population Total: | 33079 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 671 531 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 91 467 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-60 |
Ajanur (also anglicized Ajanoor) is a grama panchayat and also a village of the same name in Kasargode district, Kerala state, India. It is the fifth largest town in Kasaragod district.[1]
Ajanur is in fact a bureaucratic nicety. Some parts of Kanhangad town is put under an administrative unit called Ajanur Panchayath. The suburb continues to be part and parcel of Kanhangad town.
Ajanur is just north of Kanhangad, stretching for some 5 km along the Kanyakumari-Panavel Road, encompassing an area of some 28 km2.Total population was recorded as 42,467 in the 2001 Indian census, amounting to a population density of 1,526 per km2.
Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":
| ward | name | location | population[2] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravaneshwaram | 12.374°N 75.08°W | 2,546 |
| 2 | Ramagiri | 2,377 | |
| 3 | Velashwaram | 12.354°N 75.086°W | 2,356 |
| 4 | Madiyan | 12.353°N 75.078°W | 2,678 |
| 5 | Manikoth | 1,775 | |
| 6 | Adot | 1,908 | |
| 7 | Bellikoth | 12.339°N 75.089°W | 2,326 |
| 8 | Kattukulangara | 2,190 | |
| 9 | 12.34°N 75.104°W | 2,188 | |
| 10 | Ramnagar | 2,128 | |
| 11 | Pallot | 1,868 | |
| 12 | Kizhakkumkara | 12.331°N 75.092°W | 2,080 |
| 13 | Thulichery | 2,204 | |
| 14 | Athinal | 2,634 | |
| 15 | Ittammal | 3,010 | |
| 16 | 12.335°N 75.073°W | 3,015 | |
| 17 | Ajanur Beach (Ajanur Kadappuram) | 12.333°N 75.067°W | 3,370 |
| 18 | Muttumthala | 3,200 | |
| 19 | Mattummal | 3,405 | |
| 20 | Mallikamad | 2,933 | |
| 21 | Chithari / Chittari | 12.357°N 75.065°W | |
| 22 | Barikkad | ||
| 23 | Mukkoodu |
Ajanur is the birthplace of the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, whose younger brother P. Krishnan Nair, was the first president of the panchayat.
Ajanur was also home for the socialist party leader C. M. Padmanabhan Nair.
The Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur (12.352°N 75.081°W). The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.[3]
Educational institutions in Ajanur are Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ravaneshwaram, Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair Memorial High School, Iqbal High School and Crescent English Medium School.
Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.