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Payyanur
Payyanur (), is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. Payyanur is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyanur taluk comprises 22 villages including 16 de-linked from the Taliparamba taluk and six from the Kannur taluk. The town is situated on the banks of the Perumba River. Location Payyanur is located 36 km North of District HQ Kannur city, 501 km away from State capital Thiruvananthapuram city, 301 km North of Ernakulam city, 126 km North of Kozhikode city, 56 km South of Kasaragod town and 112 km away from Mangalore city. The town lies by the side of three rivers - Perumba River, Punnakka river (Payyanur river) and Kavvayi river (Thattar river). Demographics As of 2011 census, Payyanur had a population of 72,111, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payyanur (State Assembly Constituency)
Payyanur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is T. I. Madusoodhanan of CPI(M). Local self-governed segments Payyanur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 There were 1,80,460 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. 2016 There were 1,75,438 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. 2011 There were 1,58,613 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. 1952 See also * Payyanur * Kannur district * List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payyanur Railway Station
Payyanur railway station (station code: PAY) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station serving the town of Payyanur in the Kannur district of Kerala. This station is the second largest railway station of Kannur district in terms of area after Kannur railway station. Line It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalore section of the Southern Railways. The station has three platforms and five tracks. Location Payyanur Railway station is located 3.6 km from Payyanur New Bus Stand and 2.7 km from Old Bus Stand, Payyanur, and 4.4 km from KSRTC bus stand, Payyanur (on NH-66). Kannur International Airport is 60 km from the railway station. Services No trains originate from the station. Trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Trivandrum Central, Ernakulam Junction, Mumbai, Chennai Central, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Coimbatore Junctio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannur District
Kannur () is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The city of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore, is the anglicized form of the Malayalam name "Kannur". Kannur district is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north, Kozhikode district to the south, Mahé district to the southwest and Wayanad District to the southeast. To the east, the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with the state of Karnataka (Kodagu district). The Arabian Sea lies to the west. Paithalmala is the highest point in Kannur District (1,372m). Enclosed within the southern part of the district is the Mahé district of the Union Territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. The district was established in 1957. Kannur Municipal Corporation is the sixth-largest urban local body in the state and Kannur Cantonment is the only Cantonment Board in Kerala. Indian Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of chief ministers of Kerala, Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He has also served as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives during Third Nayanar ministry, the third E. K. Nayanar ministry. Vijayan won a seat in the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election and 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom (State Assembly constituency), Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (Kerala), Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasaragod (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. Assembly segments Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General Elections 2024 General Elections 2019 General Elections 2014 General Elections 2009 General Elections 2004 General Elections 1999 General Elections 1998 General Elections 1996 General Elections 1991 General Elections 1989 General Elections 1984 General Elections 1980 General Elections 1977 General Elections 1971 General Elections 1967 General Elections 1962 General Elections 1957 See also * Kasaragod district * Kannur district * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha * 2019 Indian general election in Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Talukas Of Kerala
In Kerala, the administrative divisions below the district are called Tehsil, taluks. There are 78 taluks with 1670 villages (including group villages). For revenue administration, a List of districts of Kerala, district subdivided into Revenue division, revenue divisions, each comprising multiple Tehsil, taluks within its jurisdiction. A taluk contain several Revenue Village, revenue villages under its jurisdiction. Each taluk has a taluk office headed by a Tehsildar, who also serves as the executive magistrate of that Tehsil, taluk. See also * Districts of Kerala References * {{Kerala topics Taluks of Kerala, Lists of subdistricts in India, Kerala Kerala geography-related lists, Taluks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taliparamba Taluk
Taliparamba taluk is one of the five taluks in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India. It borders Payyanur taluk in the north, Kannur taluk and Thalassery taluk in the south and Iritty taluk in the east. It is a revenue division for the ease of administrative purposes, and is headquartered in Taliparamba. Most government offices are in the Mini Civil Station in Taliparamba. Taliparamba taluk consists of Taliparamba Municipality, Anthoor Municipality, Sreekandapuram Municipality and 15 surrounding panchayats. Constituent villages Taliparamba taluk has 28 villages. * Alakode, Anthoor, Cheleri, Chengalayi * Chuzhali, Eruvessi, Irikkur, Kayaralam * Kolachery, Kooveri, Kurumathur, Kuttiattoor * Kuttiyeri, Malapattam, Maniyoor, Mayyil * Morazha, Nediyanga, New Naduvil, Panniyoor * Pariyaram, Pattuvam, Payyavoor, Sreekandapuram * Taliparamba Taliparamba (also known as Perinchelloor and Lakshmipuram) is a Municipalities of Kerala, Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannur Taluk
Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hub Kochi and south of the major port city and a commercial hub, Mangalore. During the period of British colonial rule in India, when Kannur was a part of the Malabar District (Madras Presidency), the city was known as Cannanore. Kannur is the fifth largest urban agglomeration in Kerala. As of 2011 census, Kannur Municipal Corporation, the local body which administers mainland area of city, had a population of 232,486. Kannur was the headquarters of Kolathunadu, one of the four most important dynasties on the Malabar Coast, along with the Zamorin of Calicut, Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of Quilon. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and Laccadive Islands in the late medieval period. Kannur municipality was formed on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kannur
Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hub Kochi and south of the major port city and a commercial hub, Mangalore. During the period of British Raj, British colonial rule in India, when Kannur was a part of the Malabar District (Madras Presidency), the city was known as Cannanore. Kannur is the fifth largest urban agglomeration in Kerala. As of 2011 census, Kannur Municipal Corporation, the local body which administers mainland area of city, had a population of 232,486. Kannur was the headquarters of Kolathunadu, one of the four most important dynasties on the Malabar Coast, along with the Zamorin of Calicut, Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of Quilon. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and Laccadive Islands in the late medieval peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perumba River
The Perumba River is a 51 km long river which flows through the Kannur and Kasargod districts of the Malabar region in Kerala, India. The town of Payyannur is situated on the banks of this river subsequently the river is locally known as Payyannur River. Course The Perumba River originates in the foothills of the Western Ghats near Thimiry in the hilly eastern part of the Kannur district. The river then flows through several hilly towns of Kannur district namely, Vellora, Palathadathil, Panapuzha, Kuttur and Mathamangalam. Then it enters into the Malabar plains where it flows through the towns of Kadannappally, Kanayi, Kandankaly and Kungimangalam. At reaching Kungimangalam it splits into two distributaries, one flows towards north passing through Payyannur and empties into the Kavvai estuary along with the Kuppam river.The second distributary turns south flowing through Theckumbad, Palakode, Madayi and eventually emptying into the Arabian Sea near the Ezhim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
