Meenja is a grama Panchayat in
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 villag ...
of
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod ( and Malayalam language, Malayalam: , English language, English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu language, Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic language, Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 List of districts of Kerala, districts in the southern Indi ...
in the state of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a 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 regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. It consists of 7 revenue villages.
Kaliyoor,
Koliyoor,
Talakala
Talikala is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.
Transportation
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 ...
, Meenja,
Kadambar,
Moodambail and
kuloor. & more beautiful village also kuloor
Demographics
As of
2011 Census, Meenja village had a population of 4,144 with 2,044 males and 2,100 females. Meenja village has an area of with 826 families residing in it. In Meenja, 11.1% of the population was under 6 years of age. Average literacy of Meenja village was 86.6% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%: among which 92.1% were male literates and 81.2% were female literates.
Meenja
Grama Panchayat had 23,318 population among which 11,406 are males and 11,912 are females. Total number of households is 4,527 in the panchayat limits. Overall literacy rate was 87.5% lower than state average of 94%.
Transportation
You can reach Miyapadav from Hosangadi and Uppala through local bus transportation. Local roads have access to
National Highway No.66 which connects to
Mangalore in the north and
Kasaragod
Kasaragod () is a municipal town and administrative headquarters of 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 Kerala and ...
in the south. The nearest railway station is
Manjeshwar and Uppala railway station on Mangalore-
Palakkad line. The nearest airport is at
Mangalore.
Languages
This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak
Malayalam,
Kannada,
Tulu
Tulu may refer to:
People
*Derartu Tulu (born 1972), Ethiopian long-distance runner
*Walid Yacoubou (born 1997), Togolese footballer nicknamed "Tulu"
India
*Tulu calendar, traditional solar calendar generally used in the regions of southwest Kar ...
,
Beary bashe and
Konkani. Migrant workers also speak
Hindi and
Tamil languages.
Administration
This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of
Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
Manjeshwar area
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