| Payyavoor | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala #India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.0561°N 75.582°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
| Government Type: | Panchayati Raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Payyavoor Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 67.79 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 48 |
| Population Total: | 22,998 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 670633 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-59 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sreekandapuram |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kannur |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Irikkur |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Payyavoor is a small town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[3] It's the headquarters of Payyavoor Grama Panchayat.[4]
Payyavoor is located north east of district headquarters Kannur, east of taluk headquarters Taliparamba, north of Iritty and east of Sreekandapuram.[5]
As of 2011 Census, Payyavoor village had a population of 22,998 with 11,373 males and 11,625 females. Average sex ratio was 1,022 lower than state average of 1,084. Payyavoor village spreads over an area of with 5,698 families residing in it. Population of children under 6 years was 2,359 (10.3%) which constitutes 1,219 males and 1,140 females.Payyavoor had an average literacy of 95.46% where male literacy was 96.8% and female literacy was 94.1%.[6]
Payyavoor Grama Panchayat is a part of Irikkur Block Panchayat. Payyavoor Panchayat is politically a part of Irikkur Assembly constituency in Kannur Loksabha constituency.[7] [8]
Payyavoor panchayat is mainly an agrarian economy. The major crops are cashew, rubber, coconut and areca nut here. A distillery has been proposed by the Kerala government here for making Kannur feni (liquor) from cashew apples. Payyavoor service co-operative bank was given nod for producing liquor. Apart from the one being set up in Kerala, Goa state is widely known for the production of feni from cashew apples.[12]
Payyavur was one among the panchayats in Kannur district that affected by 2018 Kerala floods. 4 hecatres of cropped area was destroyed by land slide. The affected areas in the panchayat were side slope of Upland (307m) like Vanjiyam, Adampara, Thenankara and Santhi nagar.[13]
The National Highway (NH 66) is accessible through Taliparamba town of about away. Mangalore 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 connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Shoranur-Mangalore Section line. Kannur is the nearest international airport, south of Payyavoor. There are other airports at Calicut and Mangalore.
Kerala Hill Highway (SH 59) passes through Payyavoor town which connects nearby towns like Chemperi, Ulikkal, Iritty, Naduvil, Karuvanchal, Alakode etc.[14] Kerala state highway (SH 36) passes through Sreekandapuram town of west from here.