Perumannu | |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerala |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kannur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
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: | 670593 |
Registration Plate: | KL- |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest city |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | kannur |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | 50:50 ♂/♀ |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Literacy |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 100% |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | kannur |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Avg. summer temperature |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 35°C |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Avg. winter temperature |
Blank2 Info Sec2: | 20°C |
Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Perumannu is a village near Iritty in Kannur district of Kerala, India.
On 4 December 2008, Ten schoolchildren were killed and twelve injured in a road accident at Perumannu, when a Jeep hit the children as they were on their way home from school.[1] [2] One of the injured victims died a few days later, raising the death toll to 10 children.[3]
The national highway passes through Taliparamba 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 connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.