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Kunjathur

Coordinates: 12°44′35″N 74°53′10″E / 12.74306°N 74.88611°E / 12.74306; 74.88611
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Kunjathur
Thuriya Kuncha
Town
Maha Lingeshwara Temple at Kunjathur
Maha Lingeshwara Temple, Kunjathur
Nickname: 
Kunja Nadu
Kunjathur is located in Kerala
Kunjathur
Kunjathur
Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 12°44′35″N 74°53′10″E / 12.74306°N 74.88611°E / 12.74306; 74.88611
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2001)
 • Total10,613
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam & Tulu
 • SpokenMalayalam, Tulu, Kannada
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationKL-14

Kunjathur is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] It is 19 km (12 mi) south of Mangalore city.

Demographics

At the 2001 India census, Kunjathur had a population of 10613 with 5216 males and 5397 females.[1]

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe, Kannada and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

  1. ^ a b "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.