Kayaralam Explained

Kayaralam
Native Name Lang:ml
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12°N 75.4167°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kannur
Governing Body:Mayyil Grama Panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:20.33
Population Total:17,159
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:KL-59
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Mayyil
Blank2 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Kannur
Iso Code:IN-KL

Kayaralam is one of the villages in Mayyil Gram panchayat in the Kannur District, state of Kerala, India.[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kayaralam had a population of 17,159 with 8,042 males (46.9%) and 9,117 females (53.1%). Kayaralam village has an area of with 3,800 families residing in it. The average male female sex ratio was 1,134 higher than state average of 1,084. In Kayaralam, 11.75% of the population was under 6 years age. Kayaralam had overall literacy of 94.1% higher than state average of 94%.[2]

Administration

Before the formation of the Mayyil panchayath, it was a panchayath. Orappadi is the nearest town.

Transportation

The national highway passes through Valapattanam town. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mattanur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kannur.nic.in/village.htm List of villages in Kannur district
  2. Book: Kerala . Directorate of Census Operations . District Census Handbook, Kannur . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 154,155 . 14 July 2020.