Kasaragod or Casrod a taluk which along with

Hosdurg taluk Hosdurg is one of four taluks that constitute the Kasaragod District, Kerala. Others are Kasaragod, Manjeshwaram and Vellarikundu taluks. In the north, it borders Kasaragod taluk; in south, the Kannur District; in the east, Vellarikundu tal ...

Manjeshwaram Taluk Manjeshwaram taluk is the northern most taluk of Kerala which borders Karnataka state. It is located in Kasaragod district, Kerala which was carved out from Kasaragod taluk on 2013. Constituent Villages Manjeshwaram taluk has 48 revenue villa ...

and

Vellarikundu Vellarikundu is a town and taluk headquarters in the Hill range of Kasaragod District in the state of Kerala. Vellarikundu is located between Odayanchal and Chittarikkal on Odayanchal- Cherupuzha Road. Transportation Vellarikundu is able to conn ...

taluk constitute the

Kasaragod district Kasaragod ( and Malayalam: , English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 10 km south to Ullal, whi ...

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. Its educational center is Vidyanagar. The major areas include Kasaragod municipality, Chemnad, Bedira, and Chengala. The

Central Plantation Crops Research Institute The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) was established in 1916 as Central Coconut Research Station, and was later taken over by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). ICAR established CPCRI in 1970 by merging Cent ...

is located in the taluk.

Villages in Kasaragod

Kasaragod taluk has 34 villages. * Adkathbail,

Adoor Adoor (sometimes spelled ''Adur'') is a Municipality in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala State, India. It is the headquarters of Adoor Taluk and Adoor Revenue Division. Etymology Adoor (Ad-oor) in Malayalam translates as "Ad" means "separ ...

, Adhur, Badiadka,

Bandadka Bandadka is a small town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. It is also called as Kottakal because of Bandadka Fort. It comes under Kuttikole Grama Panchayat. It is located towards east from District headquarters Kasaragod, ...

, Bedadka, *

Bela Bela may refer to: Places Asia *Bela Pratapgarh, a town in Pratapgarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India *Bela, a small village near Bhandara, Maharashtra, India *Bela, another name for the biblical city Zoara * Bela, Dang, in Nepal *Bela, Janakpur ...

, Bellur, Chemnad,

Chengala Chengala is a town in the Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. It is situated about east of Kasaragod, between National Highway 66 and the Payaswini or Chandragiri River. Demographics As of the 2011 Indian census, Chengala had a population of ...

Delampady Delampady is a village and Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Delampady village had population of 7,291 with 3,693 males and 3,598 females. Delampady village has an area of wi ...

, Kalnad * Karivedakam,

Karadka Karadka is a village, block panchayat and grama panchayat in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics As of the 2011 census, Karadka village had a population of 9,613 with 4,693 males and 4,920 females. Karadka village ...

, Kasaragod, Kolathur, Kudlu * Kumbadaje,

Kuttikole Kuttikole is a village and Grama Panchayat in the Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Demographics As of 2011 Census, Kuttikole village had a population of 7,057 with 3,444 males and 3,613 females. Kuttikole village has an area o ...

, Madhur,

Muliyar Muliyar is a village and Grama Panchayat and in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Geography Muliyar is located about east of Kasaragod. It is situated along State Highway 55, to the north of the Chandragiri River. The village ...

, Munnad, Muttathody * Neerchal, Nekraje, Nettanige, Pady, Patla, Perumbala *

Puthoor Puthur is a small town located from Kollam City in Kollam District, Kerala, India. Politics Politically it was a Congress Party stronghold, and there were occasions when Communist groups won elections as well. But nowadays, the Congress and ...

, Shiribagilu,

Thalangara Thalangara is a part of Kasaragod Town, the district headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the South Indian state of Kerala. Malik Deenar Jama Masjid and Dargah is located here. Its economy is dependent on remittance from expatriate workers ...

Thekkil Thekkil is a village in the Kasaragod taluk of Kasaragod district, Kerala, India. It is located a few kilometres east of Kasaragod, south of the Chandragiri River and west of the Kudumbur River The Kudumbur River is a river that flows mainl ...

and Ubrangala

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Kasaragod taluk had a population of 681,736, which includes 332,754 males and 349,032 females. The average sex ratio is 1049 lower than state average of 1084. Total literacy rate is 89.45% lower than state average of 94%. Kasaragod taluk constitutes 48.84% Hindus, 48.15% Muslims followed by 2.82% Christians and others. As of 2011 Indian

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

, Kasaragod subdistrict had total population of 681,736, among which 480,405 (70.5%) registered Malayalam as their mother tongue, 110,621 (16.2%) marked Tulu as their mother tongue, 43,664 (6.4%) marked Kannada as mother tongue, 18,718 (2.7%) marked Marathi as mother tongue, 15,378 (2.26%) marked Konkani as mother tongue, 5657 (0.83%) marked Urdu as mother tongue and 1.11% marked under other Indian languages.

References

External links

Official District Website

Info Kasaragod
Geography of Kasaragod district Taluks of Kerala {{Kasaragod-geo-stub