| Peravoor | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 11.8962°N 75.7342°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
| Subdivision Name3: | Iritty |
| Government Type: | Panchayati raj (India) |
| Governing Body: | Peravoor Grama Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 34.1 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 85 |
| Population Total: | 23,558 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Leader Title: | MLA |
| Leader Name: | Sunny Joseph |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Superintendent of Police |
| Leader Name1: | John A.V [3] |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 670673 |
| Area Code: | 0490 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
| Registration Plate: | KL-78 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Iritty |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Assembly constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Peravoor |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Kannur |
Peravoor is a town and Grama Panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala state in India.[4] It is located east of Kannur and north east of Thalassery. And Iritty, the nearest municipality is north of Peravoor. Peravoor is situated in the Western Ghats mountain range.
History of Peravoor is related to Pazhassi Raja, a warrior prince and de facto head of the kingdom of Kottayam and one of the earliest freedom fighters of India. There are many remnants of Pazhassi Raja's hiding places in and around of Peravoor.
St. Joseph's Forane Church in Peravoor is the first Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Malabar, formed under the Thalassery Archdiocese[5] Peravoor is near the Kottiyoor Shiva temple and Sree Mridanga Saileswari Kshethram.[6]
It is the first place where the Syro-Malabar Christian (Nazrani / Saint Thomas Christians) migrants from Northern Travancore region occupied during the Malabar migration. This community contributed to the fields of education, sports, culture and many more basic developments of Peravoor and its vicinity.
Peravoor holds the Guinness World Record for the Tallest Christmas Star in the World.
Government and private institutions include hospitals, schools, clubs, churches, a police station, a fire station, theatres, banks, a treasury, and shopping malls.
As of 2011 census, Peravoor Grama Panchayat had total population of 23,558 which constitutes 11,319 males and 12,239 females. There are 5,584 families residing in rural panchayat limits. The sex ratio of Peravoor was 1081 lower than state average of 1084. Population of children in the age group 0-6 was 2,310 (9.8%) where 1,159 are males and 1,151 are females. Peravoor Panchayat had an overall literacy of 94% where male literacy stands at 96.4% and female literacy was 91.9%. Peravoor Panchayat consists of two revenue villages like Manathana and Vellarvelly.[8]
Peravoor Grama Panchayat is part of Peravoor Block Panchayat and is divided into 16 wards. P.P. Venugopalan is the current president of Peravoor Grama Panchayat.[9]
See main article: Peravoor Assembly constituency. Peravoor Assembly constituency is a part of Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.[10] [11] The current MLA of Peravoor is Adv. Sunny Joseph from INC who won in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election with a vote share of 46.93%.[12]
Peravoor is one of the four sub divisions in Kannur rural police district. Peravoor sub division was established on 18 February 2021 by bifurcating Iritty sub division. The sub division has jurisdiction over four police stations, viz Peravoor, Muzhakkunnu, Maloor and Kelakam, with an area of 379 km2, comprising 11 villages.[13]
The national highway passes through Kannur town. 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 of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Thalassery on Shoranur-Mangalore Section of southern railway. Kannur International Airport is just 27 km away from Peravoor. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.
Kerala Hill Highway (SH 59) passes through Peravoor town which connects eastern parts of Kannur district with Kozhikode and Wayanad districts . Wayanad is just 30 km away from Peravoor. Wayanad can be accessed through Peravoor-Nedumpoil-Mananthavadi road (Baveli Road) or Peravoor-Kottiyoor-Mananthavady road. There are several bypass roads available such as the Peravoor-Poolakutty[14] -Mananthvady road which was used by Pazhassi Raja, British people and Tippu Sultan.
Distances to some of the important places:
Peravoor and the surrounding areas have many tourist attractions.