Kolayad is a village in

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 th ...

in the

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n state 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 ...

. The village contains St. George Orthodox Church, affiliated with the

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Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kolayad had a population of 12,616, with 5,977 (47.4%) males and 6,639 (52.6%) females. Kolayad village has an area of with 2,915 families residing in it. Average male female sex ratio was 1111 higher than the state average of 1084. In Kolayad, 9.77% of the population was under 6 years of age. Kolayad had an average literacy of 90.6% lower than the state average of 94%; male literacy was 94% and female literacy was 87.7%.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

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 maj ...

town.

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and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

Cochin Kochi ( , ), formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernaku ...

and

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can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of

Iritty Iritty is a municipality and taluk in Kannur district of Kerala state, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is at a distance of from Kannur International Airport and one among ...

connects to

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and

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. The nearest railway station is Thalassery, Kannur on Mangalore-

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line. There are airports at Kannur Airport

and

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

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Villages near Kuthuparamba {{Kannur-geo-stub