Keezhallur Explained

Keezhallur
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:11.9167°N 75.55°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kannur
Government Type:Panchayati Raj (India)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:29.02
Population Total:20,440
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:670612
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:0490
Iso Code:IN-KL

Keezhallur is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Keezhallur had a population of 20,440 with 9,756 males and 10,684 females. Keezhallur Census Town has an area of with 4,434 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1095 higher than the state average of 1084. In Keezhallur, 10.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Keezhallur had an average literacy of 95.5% higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 97.7% and female literacy was 93.5%.[2]

Religion

As of 2011 Census, Keezhallur census town had a population of 20,440 among which 15,342 (75%) are Hindus, 5,014 (24.53%) are Muslims and 0.43% others.[3]

Administration

Keezhallur Panchayat is part of Mattanur (State Assembly constituency) in Kannur Loksabha constituency.[4]

Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur 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. Web site: Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above . Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 2008-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx . 2008-12-08 .
  2. Book: Kerala . Directorate of Census Operations . District Census Handbook, Kannur . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 204,205 . 14 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts . Census of India 2011 . Office of the Registrar General.
  4. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies . 2008-10-18 . Kerala . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf . 2009-03-04.