Paivalike is a village in

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 ...

in the 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 ...

, India. Paivalike is east of

Uppala Uppala is a town and headquarters of the Manjeshwaram Taluk in the Kasaragod district, Kerala, India. It is geographically located midway from Kasaragod to Mangalore. Easy geographical access and lack of major towns nearby are the key reasons ...

town and south of

Mangalore Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the st ...

city.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Paivalike village had a population of 9,034 with 4,458 males and 4,576 females. Paivalike village has an area of with 1,605 families residing in the village limits. In Paivalike, 12.3% of the population was under 6 years of age. Paivalike had an average literacy of 87.9% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%:.male literacy was 93.6% and female literacy was 82.4%. Paivalike Grama Panchayat has 5 revenue villages. Paivalike, Bayar, Chippar, Kudalmarkala and Badoor. Paivalike Grama Panchayat had 34,274 population which constitutes 17,259 males and 17,015 females. Total number of households in the panchayat was 6,212. Average literacy rate of panchayat was 89.2%.

Transportation

Uppala-Bayar-Kanyana road connects Paivalike with

town and

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which connects to

in the north and

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 ...

in the south. The nearest railway station is Uppala railway station on Mangalore-

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

line. The nearest international airport is at

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

, Tulu,

Beary bashe Byari or Beary (ಬ್ಯಾರಿ) is a geographically isolated dialect of Malayalam spoken by the Byaris who are part of the Muslim community in Tulu Nadu region of Coastal Karnataka and Northern Kerala ( Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasar ...

and

Konkani __NOTOC__ Konkani may refer to: Language * Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India. * Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language **Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of

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 Parli ...

Image gallery

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References

Manjeshwar area Panchayats in Kasaragod district {{Kasaragod-geo-stub