Blathur

Blathur ബ്ലാത്തൂര്‍
village
Country	India
State	[[Kerala ]]
Region	Malabar
District	Kannur
Talukas	Thaliparamba Taluk, Padiyur Kalliad Gram Panchayat
Area
• Total	3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population  (2001)
• Total	3,000
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670593
Telephone code	04602
ISO 3166 code	[[ISO 3166-2:IN|]]
Nearest city	Irikkur
Literacy	96%
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Mattannur
Distance from Kannur	37 kilometres (23 mi) WSW
Climate	fine (Köppen)
Avg. annual temperature	30 °C (86 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	36 °C (97 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	20 °C (68 °F)
Website	kannur.nic.in

Blathur is a village in Kannur, Kerala, India. This village is 38 kilometers away from the district head quarters at Kannur. The nearest town is Irikkur. The village is situated in the Padiyur Gramapanchayath in Taliparamba Taluk, on the edge of a roughly 90 acre paddy field. Blathur is 169 meters above sea level. This area is rich in [laterite] rocks and the main industry is based on laterite stone mining and agriculture.

History

The village was the scene of a protest (Kavumbayi Struggle) against the Madras Special Police on December 30, 1946.

Religious places

• Moothedam Vettakkorumakan Temple
• puthiya bagavathikavu(pothiyottam)
• thazhe palliyath kottam(bhairavan kottam)
• muthappan matappura
• vishnu temple
• pothi kottam
• kelampath Maanjhal baghavathi Temple
• pottan kottam
• Juma masjid

Dignitaries

• Ramesan Blathur is a Malayalam novelist and short story writer from Blathur who won several awards like the Atlas Kairali Award, Ankanam Noval Award, Abhudabi Sakthi Award, Katathanat Udayavarma Raja Award, and Prof. Joseph Mundassery Award for his novel Perum Aal published by D. C. Books.
• Muhammed Blathur is the youth congress Kannur District president.

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