Chengala is a town in the
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod ( (, , ; English: ''Kassergode'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city ...
of
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
,
India
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. It is situated about east of
Kasaragod
Kasaragod () is a municipal town and the administrative headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kera ...
, between
National Highway 66 and the
Payaswini or Chandragiri River.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Indian
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Chengala had a population of 15,588 with 7,698 males and 7,890 females, living in 2,791 households in an area of .
Major Organizations
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Zainab College, Cherkkala
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LBS Engineering College, Kasaragod
See also
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Kasaragod
Kasaragod () is a municipal town and the administrative headquarters of the Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1966, Kasaragod was the first municipal town in the district. It is the northernmost district of Kera ...
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Kanhangad
Kanhangad () is a commercial city, located in the Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India.
Location
The area contains villages around Kanhangad town with Kasaragod as the northern border, Nileshwar, popularly known as the 'cultural town' ...
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Cherkala
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Badiyadka
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Chattanchal
References
Suburbs of Kasaragod
Panchayats in Kasaragod district
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