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Kayyar

Coordinates: 12°39′30″N 74°59′0″E / 12.65833°N 74.98333°E / 12.65833; 74.98333
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Kayyar
Mile Kal
village
Kayyar village
Kayyar village
Kayyar is located in Kerala
Kayyar
Kayyar
Location in Kerala, India
Kayyar is located in India
Kayyar
Kayyar
Kayyar (India)
Coordinates: 12°39′30″N 74°59′0″E / 12.65833°N 74.98333°E / 12.65833; 74.98333
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
TalukasManjeshwaram
Languages
 • OfficialTulu , Malayalam, Konkani, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
671322
Vehicle registrationKL-14
Wafi College

Kayyar is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] Kayyara Kinhanna Rai an Indian independence activist, author, poet, journalist, teacher and farmer was born in Kayyar.


Don Bosco primary school is situated in Kayyar.

Transportation

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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

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

Administration

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

References

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  1. ^ "Census of India : List of villages by Alphabetical : Kerala". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.