| Puthur | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kerala#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kerala, India |
| Coordinates: | 12.5525°N 74.9605°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: | Mogral Puthur Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.4 |
| Population Total: | 14,271 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Malayalam, English[1] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 671124 |
| Registration Plate: | KL-14 |
| Iso Code: | IN-KL |
Puthur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Puthur is a suburb of Kasaragod city.[2]
As of 2011 Census, Puthur had a population of 14,271 with 6,749 males and 7,522 females. Puthur census town has an area of with 2,659 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1114 higher than the state average of 1084. 14.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Puthur had average literacy of 89.75% higher than the national average of 74.04% and lower than state average of 94.00%; male literacy was 93.87% and female literacy was 86.14%.[3]
As of 2011 census, Puthur census town had total population of 14,271 among which 70.8% are Muslims, 28.6% Hindus, 0.5% Christians and 0.1% Others.[4]
Puthur is part of Mogral Puthur Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod Block. This area comes under Kasaragod Assembly constituency which is part of Kasaragod Loksabha.[5]