Tirur Taluk Explained

Tirur Taluk
Settlement Type:Taluk
Coordinates:11.1526°N 75.9567°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Malappuram
Established Title:Taluk formation
Founder:Government of Kerala
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Tirur
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Registration Plate:KL-55

Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] Its headquarters is the town of Tirur. Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur, Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery.[1] Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Stations at Tirur, Kuttippuram, and Tanur. Most of the villages in present-day Tirur Taluk were parts of the medieval Kingdom of Tanur (Vettathunadu).[2] The port of Tanur was an important port town in the southwestern coast of India during medieval period.[2]

History

Tirur Taluk was formed on 1 November 1957 by carving 43 villages out of the Old Ponnani taluk and 30 villages out of the Old Eranad Taluk.[3] Tirur, Tanur, and Kuttippuram Revenue blocks were taken from the Old Ponnani taluk while the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were taken out of the Old Eranad Taluk.[3] At that time, Tirur Taluk was the largest coastal Taluk in Kerala which had contained the entire coastal belt wedged between Beypore port and Ponnani port (having nearly 65 km seacoast). Later on 16 June 1969, three villages, namely Feroke, Ramanattukara, and Kadalundi, were transferred from Tirur Taluk to Kozhikode Taluk, and Parudur village from Kuttippuram block was transferred to the Ottapalam Taluk.[4] Later in the 1990s, the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were separated from Tirur Taluk to form Tirurangadi Taluk, and the revenue villages of Kottakkal and Ponmala were added newly to Tirur Taluk from Eranad Taluk.[5]

Currently, Tirur Taluk, having 30 villages, is the most populous Taluk of Malappuram District.[5]

Villages

Tirur taluk contains the following 30 villages.[1]

  1. Ananthavoor
  2. Athavanad
  3. Cheriyamundam
  4. Edayur
  5. Irimbiliyam
  6. Kalpakanchery
  7. Kattiparuthy
  8. Kottakkal
  9. Kurumbathur
  10. Kuttippuram
  11. Mangalam
  12. Marakkara
  13. Melmuri
  14. Naduvattom
  15. Niramaruthur
    1. Ozhur Pariyapuram
  16. Perumanna
  17. Ponmala
  18. Ponmundam
  19. Purathur
  20. Tanalur
  21. Tanur
  22. Thalakkad
  23. Tirunavaya
  24. Tirur
  25. Trikkandiyur
  26. Triprangode
  27. Valavannur
  28. Vettom

Notable people from Tirur Taluk

Tirur region

Kottakkal region

Valanchery region

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villages, Taluks, and Revenues divisions that make up Malappuram district . Official website of Malappuram district.
  2. Book: Logan, William. Malabar Manual (Volume-I). Asian Educational Services. 2010. 9788120604476. New Delhi. 631–666.
  3. Book: Devassy, M. K.. District Census Handbook (2) - Kozhikode (1961). Government of Kerala. 1965. Ernakulam.
  4. Book: K. Narayanan. District Census Handbook - Malappuram (Part-C) - 1971. Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. 1972. Thiruvananthapuram. 3.
  5. Book: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . District Census Handbook, Malappuram . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram .