Kolavelloor Explained

Kolavelloor
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Kerala
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:11.7788°N 75.6298°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kannur
Governing Body:Kunnothuparamba Panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:14.11
Population Total:19,817
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:670693
Registration Plate:KL 58
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:Panoor
Iso Code:IN-KL

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

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kolavelloor had a population of 19,817 with 9,110 (46%) males and 10,707 (54%) females. Kolavelloor census town have an area of with 4,372 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1175 higher than the state average of 1084. 12.1% of the total population was under 6 years of age. Kolavelloor had average literacy of 94.6% higher than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 97% and female literacy was 92.6%.[2]

Settlements

Villages associated with the census town include:

Transportation

The national highway passes through Thalassery 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 Thalassery on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut. Both 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.