| Kunjathur | |
| Nickname: | Kunja Nadu |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Image Alt: | Mahalingeshwara Temple at Kunjathur |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.7431°N 74.8861°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kasaragod |
| Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Manjeshwar Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.65 |
| Population Total: | 13,633 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, Kannada, English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Spoken |
| Demographics1 Info2: | Malayalam, Tulu, Kannada |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 671323 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-14 |
Kunjathur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] It is 22km (14miles) south of Mangalore.
As of 2011 Census, Kunjathur had a population of 13,633 where 6,729 are males and 6,904 are females. Kunjathur census town has an area of with 2,634 families residing in it. In Kunjathur, 12.3% of the population was under 6 years of age. Kunjathur had an average literacy of 90.2% lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 94.9% and female literacy was 85.7%.[2]
As of 2011 census, Kunjathur town had 13,633 population, which comprises 6,824 Muslims (50.1%), 5,924 Hindus (43.5%), 852 Christians (6.2%) and Others (0.2%).[3]
Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Shoranur-Mangalore section under southern railway zone. The nearest airport is at Mangalore.
This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe, Kannada and Konkani and Dakhini Urdu . Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.
This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)