Kunjathur Explained

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.

Demographics

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]

Religions

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]

Transportation

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.

Languages

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.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

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, Kasaragod . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 100,101 . 14 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts . Census of India 2011 . Office of the Registrar General.