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id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Rivers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_Towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_Towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Major Towns</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Major_Towns-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>State legislature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_legislature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parliament" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parliament"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.2</span> <span>Parliament</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parliament-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Development" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Development"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Development</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Development-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tourism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tourism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Tourism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tourism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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id="toc-General-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.2</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-History_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.3</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-District_Census_Handbooks" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#District_Census_Handbooks"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15.4</span> <span>District Census Handbooks</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-District_Census_Handbooks-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="কাসারগড় জেলা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কাসারগড় জেলা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_(ko%C4%81n)" title="Kasaragod (koān) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Kasaragod (koān)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कासरगोड जिला – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="कासरगोड जिला" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%81saragod_District" title="Kāsaragod District – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Kāsaragod District" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_(Distrikt)" title="Kasaragod (Distrikt) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kasaragod (Distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_de_Kasaragod" title="Distrito de Kasaragod – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito de Kasaragod" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_barrutia" title="Kasaragod barrutia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kasaragod barrutia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AF" title="بخش کاسرگود – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بخش کاسرگود" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_de_Kasaragod" title="District de Kasaragod – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District de Kasaragod" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A1_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8B" title="કાસરગોડ જિલ્લો – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="કાસરગોડ જિલ્લો" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कासरगोड जिला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कासरगोड जिला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrik_Kasaragod" title="Distrik Kasaragod – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Distrik Kasaragod" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distretto_di_Kasaragod" title="Distretto di Kasaragod – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Distretto di Kasaragod" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%A1%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86" title="ಕಾಸರಗೋಡು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಾಸರಗೋಡು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2" title="കാസർഗോഡ് ജില്ല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കാസർഗോഡ് ജില്ല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE" title="कासारगोड जिल्हा – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कासारगोड जिल्हा" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AF" title="كاساراجود – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كاساراجود" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_(district)" title="Kasaragod (district) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Kasaragod (district)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="कासरगोड जिल्ला – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="कासरगोड जिल्ला" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasaragod_(distrikt)" title="Kasaragod (distrikt) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kasaragod (distrikt)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a 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town, see <a href="/wiki/Kasargod" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasargod">Kasargod</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Place in Kerala, India</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Kasaragod District</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">District</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;width:215px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ranipuram_hill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ranipuram_hill.jpg/215px-Ranipuram_hill.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ranipuram_hill.jpg/323px-Ranipuram_hill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ranipuram_hill.jpg/430px-Ranipuram_hill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1504" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandragiri_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chandragiri_River.jpg/107px-Chandragiri_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chandragiri_River.jpg/161px-Chandragiri_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chandragiri_River.jpg/214px-Chandragiri_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg/107px-Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg/161px-Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg/214px-Bekal_Fort_Kasargod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="681" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg/107px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg/161px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg/214px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-house-boat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg/107px-Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg" decoding="async" width="107" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg/161px-Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg/214px-Bakel_Fort_Beach_Kasaragod4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1856" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:white;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg/215px-Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg/323px-Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg/430px-Chandragiri_Fort%2C_Kerala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="405" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> <div style="font-size:95%"><b>Clockwise from top:</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Ranipuram" title="Ranipuram">Ranipuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a>, Bekal beach, <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri fort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavvayi_Backwaters" title="Kavvayi Backwaters">Kavvayi Backwaters</a> at <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri River</a> at Kanathur near Kasaragod</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><i>The Land of Seven Languages</i><sup id="cite_ref-seven_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seven-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in Kerala"><img alt="Location in Kerala" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg/250px-India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="364" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg/375px-India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg/500px-India_Kerala_Kasaragod_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="874" data-file-height="1274" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in Kerala</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tnone center"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 225px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 225px; height: 225px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="225" data-height="225" data-overlays="["_657c2f11e45d5774c43679a9f0d1157d6eddfaf7"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,225x225.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kasaragod_district&revid=1258388397&groups=_657c2f11e45d5774c43679a9f0d1157d6eddfaf7" width="225" height="225" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,a,a,a,225x225@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kasaragod_district&revid=1258388397&groups=_657c2f11e45d5774c43679a9f0d1157d6eddfaf7 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Kasaragod district</b></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kasaragod_district&params=12.5_N_75_E_type:city(1390894)_region:IN-KL"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.5°N 75°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.5; 75</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">24 May 1984<span class="noprint">; 40 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1984-05-24</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kerala" title="Government of Kerala">Government of Kerala</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_talukas_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="List of talukas of Kerala">Subdistricts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram Taluk">Manjeshwaram</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod Taluk">Kasargod</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellarikundu Taluk">Vellarikund</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hosdurg Taluk">Hosdurg (Puthiya Kotta)</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • District Collector</th><td class="infobox-data">K Inbasekar IAS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Superintendent of Police</th><td class="infobox-data">Bijoy P IPS</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament,_Lok_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of parliament, Lok Sabha">MP</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rajmohan_Unnithan" title="Rajmohan Unnithan">Rajmohan Unnithan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,992 km<sup>2</sup> (769 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">13th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2018)<sup id="cite_ref-ksddemo_2018_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksddemo_2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,390,894</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">698/km<sup>2</sup> (1,810/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Language (2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>82.7% <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a></li><li>8.8% <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a></li><li>4.2% <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a></li><li>1.8% <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a></li><li>2.5% Others<sup id="cite_ref-languages_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Religion (2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>55.8% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></li><li>37.2% <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></li><li>6.7% <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></li><li>0.3% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Kerala" title="Religion in Kerala">Others</a><sup id="cite_ref-religion_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Human Development<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">Sex ratio</a> (2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1080 <a href="/wiki/Female" title="Female">♀</a>/1000 <a href="/wiki/Male" title="Male">♂</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">Literacy</a> (2011)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">90.09%<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">671121</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">0499</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">IN-KL</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_Kerala#Sub_Regional_Transport_Offices" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in Kerala">KL-14, KL-60, KL-79</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2005)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.760<sup id="cite_ref-unhdi-gdl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unhdi-gdl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:Green">High</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Official Tree<sup id="cite_ref-Symbol_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Symbol-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Official flower</li><li>Official Specie</li><li>Official Bird</li></ul></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strychnos_nux-vomica" title="Strychnos nux-vomica">Kanjiram</a></li><li>Crinum malabarica</li><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_giant_softshell_turtle" title="Asian giant softshell turtle">Bheemanama</a></li><li>White Bellied Sea Hawk</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kasargod.nic.in">kasargod<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kasaragod</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Malayalam:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ml-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Malayalam" title="Help:IPA/Malayalam">[kaːsɐrɡoːɖɨ̆]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/7\/7b\/Kasaragod.ogg\/Kasaragod.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Kasaragod.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7b/Kasaragod.ogg/Kasaragod.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Kasaragod.ogg" title="File:Kasaragod.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a>: <i lang="tcy">Kāsrōḍ</i>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>: <i lang="kn">Kāsaragūḍu</i>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>: <i lang="mr">Kāsāragōḍa</i>; <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>: <i>Kassergode</i>) is one of the 14 <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">districts</a> in the southern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>. Its northern border <a href="/wiki/Thalappady,_Kasaragod" title="Thalappady, Kasaragod">Thalappady</a> is located just 9 km south to <a href="/wiki/Ullal" title="Ullal">Ullal</a>, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>, on the southwestern <a href="/wiki/Malabar_coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar coast">Malabar coast</a> of India. </p><p>Kasaragod is the northernmost district of Kerala and is also known as <i>Saptha Bhasha Sangama Bhoomi</i> (The place where Seven languages meets) </p><p>The district is situated on the rich biodiversity of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>. It was a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kannur_district" title="Kannur district">Kannur district</a> of Kerala until 24 May 1984. It also remains the last formed district of kerala to date. The district is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Dakshina_Kannada" title="Dakshina Kannada">Dakshina Kannada</a> district to the north, <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a> to the northeast, <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Kodagu district</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/Kannur_district" title="Kannur district">Kannur district</a> to the south, and the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the west. Kasaragod district has the maximum number of rivers in Kerala - 12.<sup id="cite_ref-chaturmoovendanadi_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaturmoovendanadi-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> town is located on the estuary where the <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri River</a>, which is also the longest river in the district, empties into <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a>. Kasaragod is home to several forts which include <a href="/wiki/Arikady_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Arikady fort">Arikady fort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri Fort</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_Fort" title="Hosdurg Fort">Hosdurg Fort</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a> is also the largest fort in Kerala. The historic hill of <a href="/wiki/Ezhimala" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezhimala">Ezhimala</a> is located on the southern portion of <a href="/wiki/Kavvayi_Backwaters" title="Kavvayi Backwaters">Kavvayi Backwaters</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>. <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri" title="Talakaveri">Talakaveri</a>, which is home to <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary">Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary</a> where the 805 km long <a href="/wiki/Kaveri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaveri River">Kaveri River</a> originates, is located closer to <a href="/wiki/Ranipuram" title="Ranipuram">Ranipuram</a> in Kerala-<a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> border. <a href="/wiki/Robert_Caldwell" title="Robert Caldwell">Robert Caldwell</a> describes the extent of Malayalam in the late 19th century as extending from <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri fort</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri river</a> in the north to <a href="/wiki/Neyyar_(river)" title="Neyyar (river)">Neyyar river</a> beyond <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tulunad, where Tulu is traditionally spoken, is said to be bound on the south by the Chandragiri river and fort, thus including Kasaragod city within the Tulunad region.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian N. Shyam Bhat states that at present, the Tulu nadu can linguistically be said to extend to the south up to the <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">river Chandragiri</a> or Payaswini, and culturally up to the <a href="/wiki/Kavvai_puzha_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kavvai puzha River">Kavvayi river</a> in the south, as the region between the Chandragiri and Kavai (Kavvayi) rivers presents the characteristics of a twilight zone between the <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> speaking areas.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kasargod is also the first district in India to have official symbols-official tree, flower, bird, species. <sup id="cite_ref-Symbol_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Symbol-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the 16th century CE, Kasaragod town was known by the name <i>Kāññirakkōṭŭ</i> (meaning, 'The land of <i>kāññira</i> Trees').<sup id="cite_ref-Kanhirakode_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kanhirakode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Kasaragod" title="History of Kasaragod">History of Kasaragod</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_period">Ancient period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ancient period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg/220px-Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg/330px-Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg/440px-Anantapura_Lake_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ananthapura_Lake_Temple" title="Ananthapura Lake Temple">Ananthapadmanabhaswamy temple</a> at Ananthapura, <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Ancient Tamil Works of Sangam Age records that the area covering the district was part of Puzhinadu, which consists of the coastal belt from <a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>. Politically the area was part of the <a href="/wiki/Mushika_dynasty" title="Mushika dynasty">Ezhimala Kingdom</a> with its Capital at <a href="/wiki/Ezhimala" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezhimala">Ezhimala</a> in present day Kannur district. The most famous King of Ezhimala was Nannan whose kingdom extended up to <a href="/wiki/Gudalur,_Nilgiris" title="Gudalur, Nilgiris">Gudalur</a> and northern parts of Coimbatore. Poozhinad, along with Karkanad which included the eastern regions of Ezhimala dynasty (<a href="/wiki/Wayanad_district" title="Wayanad district">Wayanad</a>-<a href="/wiki/Gudalur,_Nilgiris" title="Gudalur, Nilgiris">Gudalur</a> region with some portions of <a href="/wiki/Kodagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu">Kodagu</a>), had its capital at <a href="/wiki/Ezhimala" class="mw-redirect" title="Ezhimala">Ezhimala</a>. The Mooshaka Kings were considered descendants of Nannan. By the 14th century, <a href="/wiki/Mooshika_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Mooshika dynasty">Mooshaka Kingdom</a> was known as Kolathirinad and the Rulers as Kolathiris. The Kolathunad Kingdom at the peak of its power reportedly extended from <a href="/wiki/Netravati_River" title="Netravati River">Netravati River</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>) in the north<sup id="cite_ref-Kola_Swaroopam_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kola_Swaroopam-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Korapuzha" title="Korapuzha">Korapuzha</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a>) in the south with <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> on the west and <a href="/wiki/Kodagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu">Kodagu</a> hills on the eastern boundary, also including the isolated islands of <a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Lakshadweep</a> in Arabian Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Handbook_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Handbook-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_period">Medieval period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medieval period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg/220px-Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg/330px-Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg/440px-Malikdeenar_Mosque_in_the_Morning.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1440" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Malik_Dinar_Mosque" title="Malik Dinar Mosque">Malik Dinar Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, is one of the oldest mosques in India.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maipady_palace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Maipady_palace.jpg/220px-Maipady_palace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Maipady_palace.jpg/330px-Maipady_palace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Maipady_palace.jpg/440px-Maipady_palace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2943" data-file-height="2237" /></a><figcaption>Maipady palace</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arikady_fort.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Arikady_fort.jpg/220px-Arikady_fort.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Arikady_fort.jpg/330px-Arikady_fort.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Arikady_fort.jpg/440px-Arikady_fort.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arikady_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Arikady fort">Arikady fort</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></figcaption></figure> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_literature" title="Malayalam literature">Ramacharitam</a></i>, probably the oldest literary work written in <a href="/wiki/Old_Malayalam" title="Old Malayalam">Old Malayalam</a>, which dates back to the 12th century CE, is thought to have been written in Kasargod district as its manuscripts were discovered from <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a> and the poem mentions about <a href="/wiki/Ananthapura_Lake_Temple" title="Ananthapura Lake Temple">Ananthapura Lake Temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a> in detail.<sup id="cite_ref-kasaragod_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kasaragod-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasaragod was known to the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> by the name <i>Harkwillia</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Malik_Dinar_Mosque" title="Malik Dinar Mosque">Malik Dinar Mosque</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> town is one of the oldest mosques in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>. According to <i><a href="/wiki/Qissat_Shakarwati_Farmad" title="Qissat Shakarwati Farmad">Qissat Shakarwati Farmad</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque"><i>Masjids</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Kollam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madayi" title="Madayi">Madayi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barkur" title="Barkur">Barkur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>, Kasaragod, <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Kannur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dharmadam" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharmadam">Dharmadam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Panthalayini</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chaliyam" title="Chaliyam">Chaliyam</a>, were built during the era of <a href="/wiki/Malik_Dinar" title="Malik Dinar">Malik Dinar</a>, and they are among the oldest <i>Masjid</i>s in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed that <a href="/wiki/Malik_Dinar" title="Malik Dinar">Malik Dinar</a> died at <a href="/wiki/Thalangara" title="Thalangara">Thalangara</a> in Kasaragod town.<sup id="cite_ref-ch_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ch-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many Arab travelers visiting Kerala between the 9th and the 14th centuries visited Kasaragod, being an important trade centre then. Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese traveler who visited <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod Town">Kasargod</a> in 1514 recorded that rice being exported for coir to <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Barbosa, the people in the southwestern Malabar coast of India from <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri</a> in the north to <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a> in the south spoke a unique language, which they called as "Maliama" (<a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the 16th century CE, Kasargod town was known by the name <i>Kanhirakode</i> (may be by the meaning, 'The land of <i>Kanhira</i> Trees') in <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kanhirakode_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kanhirakode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a> dynasty, who swayed over the land of southern <a href="/wiki/Tulu_Nadu" title="Tulu Nadu">Tulu Nadu</a> wedged between <a href="/wiki/Payaswini" class="mw-redirect" title="Payaswini">Chandragiri River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netravati_River" title="Netravati River">Netravati River</a> (including present-day Taluks of <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>) from <i>Maipady Palace</i> at <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a>, had also been vassals to the <a href="/wiki/Kolathunadu" title="Kolathunadu">Kolathunadu</a> kingdom of <a href="/wiki/North_Malabar" title="North Malabar">North Malabar</a>, before the <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Carnatic</a> conquests of <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Kumbla dynasty had a mixed lineage of <a href="/wiki/Malayali" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali">Malayali</a> <a href="/wiki/Nair" title="Nair">Nairs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tuluva_Brahmin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuluva Brahmin">Tuluva Brahmins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-askh_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-askh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also claimed their origin from <a href="/wiki/Legend_of_Cheraman_Perumals" class="mw-redirect" title="Legend of Cheraman Perumals">Cheraman Perumals</a> of Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-askh_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-askh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Francis_Buchanan-Hamilton" title="Francis Buchanan-Hamilton">Francis Buchanan-Hamilton</a> states that the customs of Kumbla dynasty were similar to those of the contemporary <a href="/wiki/Malayali" class="mw-redirect" title="Malayali">Malayali</a> kings.<sup id="cite_ref-askh_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-askh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kolathunadu" title="Kolathunadu">Kolathiri</a> Dominion emerged into independent 10 principalities i.e., <a href="/wiki/Kadathanadu" title="Kadathanadu">Kadathanadu</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vadakara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakara">Vadakara</a>), <a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Randathara</a> or Poyanad (<a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Dharmadom</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kottayam" title="Kingdom of Kottayam">Kottayam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a>), <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, Iruvazhinadu (<a href="/wiki/Panoor_(Municipality)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panoor (Municipality)">Panoor</a>), <a href="/wiki/Kurumbranad" title="Kurumbranad">Kurumbranad</a> etc., under separate royal chieftains due to the outcome of internal dissensions.<sup id="cite_ref-Logan_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Logan-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many portions of the present-day <a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_taluk" title="Hosdurg taluk">Hosdurg taluk</a> (Kanhangad) and <a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a> were parts of the <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a> dynasty, who were relatives to both <a href="/wiki/Kolathunadu" title="Kolathunadu">Kolathunadu</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Zamorin" title="Zamorin">Zamorin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Calicut" class="mw-redirect" title="Calicut">Calicut</a>, in the early medieval period.<sup id="cite_ref-Neeleswaram_fete_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Neeleswaram_fete-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The areas north to the <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandragiri river">Chandragiri river</a> (present-day Taluks of Manjeshwaram and Kasaragod) were ruled by the Kumbala dynasty. According to local legends, the region between Talapadi and Kavvayi rivers which constituted the erstwhile Kasaragod taluk, consisted of 32 <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> and 32 <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> villages.<sup id="cite_ref-askh_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-askh-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> kingdoms focused on <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> in the 16th century CE. The <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayanagara empire">Vijayanagara empire</a> attacked and annexed Kasaragod from the <a href="/wiki/Kolathiri" title="Kolathiri">Kolathiri</a> <a href="/wiki/Raja" title="Raja">Raja</a> with <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a> as one of the capital in the 16th century. During the decline of the Vijayanagara empire, the administration of this area was vested with <a href="/wiki/Nayakas_of_Keladi" title="Nayakas of Keladi">Ikkeri Nayakas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the onset of collapse of the Vijayanagara empire, <i>Venkappa Nayaka</i> declared independence to Ikkery. Kumbla, Chandragiri, and Bekal are considered to be the chain of forts constructed or renovated by <a href="/wiki/Shivappa_Nayaka" title="Shivappa Nayaka">Shivappa Nayaka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri Fort</a> is built on the southern bank of the estuary of <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri River</a>, just opposite to Kasaragod town. The <a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pallikkara,_Bekal" title="Pallikkara, Bekal">Pallikkara</a>, which is situated in the midway between <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a>, and is also largest fort in Kerala, was built in 1650 by <a href="/wiki/Shivappa_Nayaka" title="Shivappa Nayaka">Shivappa Nayaka</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nayakas_of_Keladi" title="Nayakas of Keladi">Keladi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bekal_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bekal-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_period">Modern period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Modern period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg/220px-Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg/330px-Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg/440px-Buchanan_Journey_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5928" data-file-height="4880" /></a><figcaption>A map of <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar District</a> (Malayalam district) drawn by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Buchanan-Hamilton" title="Francis Buchanan-Hamilton">Francis Buchanan-Hamilton</a> in 1807. <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> region to the south of Payaswini/Chandragiri river of <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> was also included in Malayalam region (just above the blue shaded region).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malkassignboard.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Malkassignboard.JPG/220px-Malkassignboard.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Malkassignboard.JPG/330px-Malkassignboard.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Malkassignboard.JPG/440px-Malkassignboard.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Road sign in <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> town</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg/220px-Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg/330px-Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg/440px-Valiyaparamba_Beach_sun_set.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>Sunset at <a href="/wiki/Valiyaparamba" title="Valiyaparamba">Valiyaparamba</a> beach</figcaption></figure> <p>Francis Buchanan, the family doctor of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley</a>, visited Kasaragod in 1800.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his travelogue, he recorded information on places like Athiraparambu, Kavvai, <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri" title="Chandragiri">Chandragiri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_taluk" title="Hosdurg taluk">Hosdurg</a> and Vellarikundu is part of Kolathunadu (south of Chandragiri river) and Kasargod and Manjeshwaram is in the <a href="/wiki/Tulu_Nadu" title="Tulu Nadu">Tulu Nadu</a> region (north of Chandragiri river). On 19 January 1801, Francis speaks of visiting a Siva temple at Pulla (Pallikere), beyond which, the country rises into open rising lands, all the way to Chandragiri river and Chandragiri fort, which he describes as the northern border of the Malayala. He says that the country on the north of the Chandragiri fort and river is called by Hindus as Tuluva, the Tulu country.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Stuart (1895) “The Kasargod taluk originally formed the southern portion of the ancient Tulua kingdom and was separated from the kingdom of Kerala by the Chandragiri river which was formerly called “Perumpula”; the river on which the fort stands is shallow but very wide and formed the southern boundary of the ancient Tulva kingdom. The nayars and the other females of the Kasargod taluk of south Canara, are prohibited from crossing the river.”<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1763, <a href="/wiki/Hyder_Ali" title="Hyder Ali">Hyder Ali</a> raided Bedanoor (Bidnur), the capital of the Ikkery Naiks. His son <a href="/wiki/Tippu_Sultan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tippu Sultan">Tippu Sultan</a> raided much of <a href="/wiki/Malabar_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Malabar district">Malabar</a> region in Kerala. As per the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Seringapatam#:~:text=The_Treaty_of_Seringapatam_(also,Sultan,_the_ruler_of_Mysore." title="Treaty of Seringapatam">Treaty of Seringapatam</a> of 1792, Tippu surrendered Malabar, except <a href="/wiki/Kanara" title="Kanara">Kanara</a> to the <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British</a>. The British occupied Kanara only after the death of Tippu Sultan.<sup id="cite_ref-history_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is said that <i>Kinavoor Molom</i> (Sree Dharma Shashtha Temple) is belonging to <i>Karinthalam</i> (one of 64 Brahmin villages in old Kerala). </p><p>Before the formation of Kerala, Kasargod was a part of <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> district of erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a>. Initially <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> was included in the <a href="/wiki/Bombay_presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay presidency">Bombay presidency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ksd_81_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksd_81-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later on 16 April 1862, South Canara was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> taluk was formed by replacing the erstwhile <a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a> taluk.<sup id="cite_ref-ksd_81_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksd_81-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in the 19th century CE, Kasargod Taluk witnessed many struggles to separate the region from South Canara and to merge it with the <a href="/wiki/Malabar_District" title="Malabar District">Malabar District</a> as it was the only Malayalam-majority region in South Canara. Kasaragod was the second-most populated Taluk in <a href="/wiki/South_Canara" title="South Canara">South Canara</a> only after to <a href="/wiki/Mangalore_taluk" title="Mangalore taluk">Mangalore taluk</a>, and also the second-largest Taluk.<sup id="cite_ref-en1951_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en1951-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasargod became a part of <a href="/wiki/Kannur_district" title="Kannur district">Kannur district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> following the reorganization of states and the formation of Kerala on 1 November 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later Kasargod was divided into two Taluks for the ease of administration - Kasargod and Hosdurg. Kasargod was declared a district in 1984. The inclusion of Kasaragod with Kerala has been a contentious issue as there is a sizeable population that speaks Tulu and Kannada. At the time of 1951 Census of India, only 72.0% of the district's population chose their mother tongue as <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census1951_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1951-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 14.2% chose <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> and 6.3% chose Kannada.<sup id="cite_ref-census1951_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census1951-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But it is noted that as per the 2011 census report only 8.8% and 4.2% of the total population in the district speak Tulu and Kannada respectively as their mother tongue. In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Chandy_ministry" title="Second Chandy ministry">Second Oommen Chandy ministry</a> appointed a commission under the leadership the former Chief Secretary P. Prabhakaran to study about the backwardness and issues faced by this northernmost district of Kerala and to draw up special package for the district.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu-kasaragod-package_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-kasaragod-package-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, two more Taluks, namely Manjeshwaram and Vellarikundu were formed in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-tal_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tal-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg/220px-Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg/330px-Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg/440px-Manjeshwar_harbour.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram">Manjeshwaram</a> harbour</figcaption></figure> <p>The district is the northernmost district of the State of Kerala. Kasargod is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kasaragod_district&params=12.5_N_75.0_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°30′N</span> <span class="longitude">75°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.5°N 75.0°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">12.5; 75.0</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has an average elevation of 19  metres (62  feet). <a href="/wiki/Ranipuram" title="Ranipuram">Ranipuram</a> or Madathumala (1016m) peak is the highest peak in the Kasargod district of Kerala, located in the Ranipuram Wildlife Sanctuary. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kasaragod has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climate</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kasargod </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(91.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.9<br />(93.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.9<br />(89.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(0.68) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(1.29) </td> <td style="background: #0000ED; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">182.9<br />(7.20) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1,010.5<br />(39.78) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1,002.8<br />(39.48) </td> <td style="background: #000030; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">663.6<br />(26.13) </td> <td style="background: #000082; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">246.5<br />(9.70) </td> <td style="background: #0000B2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">222.6<br />(8.76) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69<br />(2.7) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(0.49) </td> <td style="background: #000048; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,461.1<br />(136.24) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.meoweather.com/history/India/na/12.5/75/Kasaragod.html?#">Meo Weather</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers">Rivers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rivers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kasaragod district has the largest number of rivers in Kerala - 12.<sup id="cite_ref-chaturmoovendanadi_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chaturmoovendanadi-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All of them are west-flowing rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-Nammanadi_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nammanadi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The longest of them is <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri River</a> (105 km long). <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> town is located on the estuary of Chandragiri river. It empties into the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thalangara" title="Thalangara">Thalangara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nammanadi_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nammanadi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri Fort</a> is built on its bank. The river originates at Pattimala in <a href="/wiki/Kodagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodagu">Kodagu</a> (Coorg).<sup id="cite_ref-Nammanadi_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nammanadi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The smallest river of Kerala is also in the district. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Rivers of Kasaragod<sup id="cite_ref-Nammanadi_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nammanadi-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Origin </th> <th>Navigable (km) </th> <th>Total length (km) </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram">Manjeshwaram</a> </td> <td>Kadandur hills </td> <td>16 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uppala_River" title="Uppala River">Uppala River</a> </td> <td>Kudipadi hills, <a href="/wiki/Veerakamba" title="Veerakamba">Veerakamba</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiriya_River" title="Shiriya River">Shiriya River</a> </td> <td>Kanakad hills, Anegundi Reserve Forest </td> <td>61 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a> </td> <td>Yedanad </td> <td>11 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mogral_River" title="Mogral River">Mogral River</a> </td> <td>Kanlur, <a href="/wiki/Karadka" title="Karadka">Karadka</a> Reserve Forest </td> <td>34 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_River" title="Chandragiri River">Chandragiri River</a> </td> <td>Patti forest, <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary">Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary</a> </td> <td>105 </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kalnad" title="Kalnad">Kalnad</a> </td> <td>Chettianchal </td> <td>8 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a> </td> <td>Kaniyadka </td> <td>11 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chittari River </td> <td>Kundiya </td> <td>25 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Neeleshwaram_River" title="Neeleshwaram River">Neeleshwaram River</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinanoor" title="Kinanoor">Kinanoor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talakaveri_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary">Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary</a> </td> <td>47 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kariangode_River" title="Kariangode River">Kariangode River</a> </td> <td>Padinalkad, <a href="/wiki/Kodagu_district" title="Kodagu district">Coorg hills</a> </td> <td>64 </td> <td>24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kavvayi_Backwaters" title="Kavvayi Backwaters">Kavvayi Backwaters</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheemeni" title="Cheemeni">Cheemeni</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td>10 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Kasaragod" title="Political divisions of Kasaragod">Political divisions of Kasaragod</a></div> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="right" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#A1C2CF; color:#FFFFFF"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Municipalities</b></div> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse; border:2px #DEE8F1 solid"> <tbody><tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></div><sup id="cite_ref-Kasaragod_municipalities_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kasaragod_municipalities-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg/220px-KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg/330px-KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg/440px-KanhangadMulticipalOffice1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="929" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a> Municipal Office</figcaption></figure> <p>Kasargod district consists of two revenue subdivisions- Kasargod and Kanhangad. For sake of rural administration, 38 Gram Panchayats are combined in 6 Blocks, which together form the Kasargod District Panchayat. For the sake of urban administration, 3 municipal towns are there.<sup id="cite_ref-admn_ksd_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admn_ksd-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the representation of Kasargod in <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a>, there are 5 assembly constituencies. These are included in the <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-admn_ksd_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-admn_ksd-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district is further divided into 128 villages which together form 4 subdistricts.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_Towns">Major Towns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major towns of the district include: </p> <ul><li><b>Manjeshwaram taluk:</b><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puthige,_Kasaragod" title="Puthige, Kasaragod">Puthige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paivalike" title="Paivalike">Paivalike</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vorkady" title="Vorkady">Vorkady</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meenja" title="Meenja">Meenja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perla,_Kasaragod" title="Perla, Kasaragod">Perla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hosabettu" title="Hosabettu">Hosabettu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thalappady,_Kasaragod" title="Thalappady, Kasaragod">Thalapady</a></li> <li><b>Kasaragod taluk:</b><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mogral_Puthur" title="Mogral Puthur">Mogral Puthur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badiyadka" title="Badiyadka">Badiyadka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cherkala" title="Cherkala">Cherkala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belluru_Cross" title="Belluru Cross">Bellur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chattanchal" title="Chattanchal">Chattanchal</a></li> <li><b>Hosdurg taluk:</b> <a href="/wiki/Cheruvathur" title="Cheruvathur">Cheruvathur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ajanur" title="Ajanur">Ajanur</a> <a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pullur,_Kasaragod" title="Pullur, Kasaragod">Pullur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pilicode" title="Pilicode">Pilicode</a></li> <li><b>Vellarikund taluk:</b><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malom" class="mw-redirect" title="Malom">Malom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Panathur" title="Panathur">Panathur</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revenue_divisions">Revenue divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Revenue divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram Taluk">Manjeshwaram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod Taluk">Kasargod</a> subdistricts (Taluks) are included in the Kasaragod revenue subdivision whereas the remaining two Taluks are included in the Kanhangad subdivision. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png/120px-Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png/180px-Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png/240px-Subdistricts_of_Kasaragod.png 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>Taluks in Kasargod</figcaption></figure> <table align="left" class="toccolours" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em; font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top"> <th>Subdistrict </th> <th>Area<br />(in km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population<br />(2011) </th> <th>Villages </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram Taluk">Manjeshwaram</a></td> <td>382</td> <td>268,642</td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod Taluk">Kasargod</a></td> <td>594</td> <td>413,094</td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellarikundu Taluk">Vellarikundu</a></td> <td>547</td> <td>177,157</td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Hosdurg Taluk">Hosdurg (Puthiya Kotta)</a></td> <td>442</td> <td>448,484</td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 80%" colspan="5" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="center">Sources: <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-demokasargod_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-demokasargod-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Official website of Kasargod district<sup id="cite_ref-Villages_Kasargod_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Villages_Kasargod-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_divisions">Political divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg/220px-Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg/330px-Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg/440px-Local_Self_Governance_in_Kasaragod_District.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1041" data-file-height="1533" /></a><figcaption>Local bodies in Kasaragod district</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="State_legislature">State legislature</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: State legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="left" class="toccolours" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em; font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top"> <th>Assembly <br />Constituency </th> <th>Political <br />party </th> <th>Political <br />coalition </th> <th>Elected <br /> Representative </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwar (State Assembly constituency)">Manjeshwaram</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#006600;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League"><span style="color:white;">IUML</span></a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#0078FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._K._M._Ashraf" title="A. K. M. Ashraf">A. K. M. Ashraf</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)">Kasaragod</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#006600;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League"><span style="color:white;">IUML</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#0078FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._A._Nellikkunnu" title="N. A. Nellikkunnu">N. A. Nellikkunnu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Udma_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Udma (State Assembly constituency)">Udma</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"><span style="color:white;">CPI(M)</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#EE0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._H._Kunhambu" title="C. H. Kunhambu">C. H. Kunhambu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)">Kanhangad</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India"><span style="color:white;">CPI</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#EE0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._Chandrasekharan" title="E. Chandrasekharan">E. Chandrasekharan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur_(State_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrikaripur (State Assembly constituency)">Thrikaripur</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d;"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)"><span style="color:white;">CPI(M)</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#EE0000; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Rajagopalan" title="M. Rajagopalan">M. Rajagopalan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Parliament">Parliament</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table align="left" class="toccolours" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" style="margin-right: .5em; margin-top: .4em; font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc" valign="top"> <th>Parliamentary <br />Constituency </th> <th>Political <br />party </th> <th>Political <br />coalition </th> <th>Elected <br /> Representative </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kasaragod</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#19AAED;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress"><span style="color:white;">INC</span></a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#0078FF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajmohan_Unnithan" title="Rajmohan Unnithan">Rajmohan Unnithan</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kasaragod_Railway_Station_(4601247110).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg/220px-Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg/330px-Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg/440px-Kasaragod_Railway_Station_%284601247110%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2143" data-file-height="1557" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_railway_station" title="Kasaragod railway station">Kasaragod railway station</a> lies on <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>-<a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a> railway line in <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_railway_division" title="Palakkad railway division">Palakkad railway division</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_66_(India)" title="National Highway 66 (India)">National Highway 66</a> which connects the western coast of India from <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a> passes through coastal area of the district connecting the major coastal towns of <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It enters the district at <a href="/wiki/Thalappady,_Kasaragod" title="Thalappady, Kasaragod">Thalappady</a> and goes out through <a href="/wiki/Payyanur" title="Payyanur">Payyanur</a>. There are <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Kerala" title="Roads in Kerala">State highways</a> starting/ending at <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total length of <a href="/wiki/Roads_in_Kerala" title="Roads in Kerala">Major District Road</a> (MDR) is around 1460 km and it accounts for around 11.2 km of MDR for every 10,000 people in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-eco_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eco-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Kerala State Road Transport Corporation">Kerala State Road Transport Corporation</a> (KSRTC) has stations to operate its service in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway goes through coastal area. <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_railway_station" title="Kasaragod railway station">Kasaragod railway station</a> lies in <a href="/wiki/Palakkad_railway_division" title="Palakkad railway division">Palakkad railway division</a> of southern zone on <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>-<a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a> line.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasaragod district is home to <a href="/wiki/Kerala#Water_transport" title="Kerala">3 out of 13 minor ports in Kerala</a>- <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a>, Kasaragod, and <a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChandran2018424-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The nearest international airports are situated at <a href="/wiki/Mangalore_International_Airport" title="Mangalore International Airport">Mangalore</a> (65 km away) and <a href="/wiki/Kannur_International_Airport" title="Kannur International Airport">Kannur</a> (110 km away). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">231,280</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">247,467</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">256,931</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.38%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">302,043</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.63%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1941</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">342,301</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+1.26%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">411,031</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.85%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">512,146</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.22%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">683,020</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.92%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">872,741</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,071,508</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+2.07%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,204,078</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.17%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,307,375</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.83%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2018</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,390,894</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.89%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">source:<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Kasaragod district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_Kerala" title="Hinduism in Kerala">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:55.84%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">55.84%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Kerala" title="Islam in Kerala">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:37.24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">37.24%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Kerala" title="Christianity in Kerala">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:dodgerblue; width:6.69%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.69%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.23%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.23%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the 2018 Vital Statistics published by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Kerala" title="Government of Kerala">Government of Kerala</a>, Kasargod district has a <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_India" title="Demographics of India">population</a> of 1,390,894,<sup id="cite_ref-ksddemo_2018_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ksddemo_2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> roughly equal to the nation of <a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a><sup id="cite_ref-cia_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or the US state of <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>, gives the district a ranking of 375th in India (out of a total of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of India">640</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district has a population density of 654 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,690/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its <a href="/wiki/Family_planning_in_India" title="Family planning in India">population growth rate</a> over the decade 2001–2011 was 8.18%.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kasaragod has a <a href="/wiki/Sex_ratio" title="Sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 1080 <a href="/wiki/Women_in_India" title="Women in India">females</a> for every 1000 males,<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_India" title="Literacy in India">literacy rate</a> of 90.09%.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 4.08% and 3.74% of the population respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-districtcensus_53-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-districtcensus-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Tulu_Academy" title="Kerala Tulu Academy">Kerala Tulu Academy</a>, which promotes <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu language</a> and literature, is functioned at Hosangadi in district. </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1260.494427843px; border-left-color:salmon"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:salmon"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:salmon"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 618.78716178814px; border-left-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 360.19772355115px; border-left-color:darkslateblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:darkslateblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:darkslateblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 168.12495308921px; border-left-color:deepskyblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:deepskyblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:deepskyblue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 52.465556445003px; border-left-color:cornflowerblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:cornflowerblue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:cornflowerblue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages of Kasaragod district (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:cornflowerblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> (82.69%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:deepskyblue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> (8.77%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:darkslateblue; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> (4.23%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> (1.76%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:salmon; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a> (1.29%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others (1.26%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>Kasaragod district majorly consists of <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> speakers who form 82.69% of the population. <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> speakers concentrated in the Northern parts of the district like <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enmakaje" title="Enmakaje">Enmakaje</a>, <a href="/wiki/Badiyadka" title="Badiyadka">Badiyadka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seethangoli" title="Seethangoli">Seethangoli</a> form a significant linguistic minority with 8.77% and 4.23% each. Other languages spoken here include <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> (1.76%) and <a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a> (1.29%)<sup id="cite_ref-languages_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg/220px-Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg/330px-Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg/440px-Central_University_of_Kerala_Campus_07.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Central_University_of_Kerala" title="Central University of Kerala">Central University of Kerala</a> is situated in the district.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Kasaragod_district" title="List of educational institutions in Kasaragod district">List of educational institutions in Kasaragod district</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg/220px-CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg/330px-CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg/440px-CPCRI_Main_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2250" data-file-height="1331" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Plantation_Crops_Research_Institute" title="Central Plantation Crops Research Institute">Central Plantation Crops Research Institute</a> at Kasaragod was established in 1916.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg/220px-Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg/330px-Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg/440px-Government_college_kasaragod_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Government_College_Kasaragod" title="Government College Kasaragod">Government College Kasaragod</a> was established in 1957.</figcaption></figure> <p>Kasargod district comes under the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Kannur_University" title="Kannur University">Kannur University</a>. </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Plantation_Crops_Research_Institute" title="Central Plantation Crops Research Institute">Central Plantation Crops Research Institute</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a> was established in 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_Kasaragod" title="Government College Kasaragod">Government College Kasaragod</a> was established in 1957.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Central_University_of_Kerala" title="Central University of Kerala">Central University of Kerala</a> was established in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-site_ref1_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-site_ref1-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-foo_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foo-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Malik Deenar Institute of Management Studies is located at Seethamgoly, Kasaragod.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Lal Bahadur Shastry college of engineering, Kasaragod, was established in 1993.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_Engineering_Trikaripur" title="College of Engineering Trikaripur">College of Engineering Trikaripur</a> was established in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-about_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Khansa Women's College For Advanced Studies, Kasaragod</li> <li>Jamia Sa Adiya Arts and Science College, Kasaragod</li> <li>Sharaf Arts & Science College, Padanna</li> <li>Zainab Memorial B.Ed Centre, Kasaragod</li> <li>Peoples Arts & Science College, Munnad, Kasaragod</li> <li>Co-operative Arts & Science College, Badiadka, Kasaragod</li> <li>St. Gregorios College of Engineering, Perla, Kasaragod</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalikkadavu_(4472443272).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg/220px-Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg/330px-Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg/440px-Kalikkadavu_%284472443272%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a> town</figcaption></figure> <p>Kasaragod district is the northernmost district of Kerala, which is far away from <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, the state headquarters, which is located in the southernmost tip of state. <a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Manjeshwaram">Manjeshwaram</a> town is located about 600 km north of the state headquarters <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, about 30 km south of <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a>, about 350 km west of <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, the headquarters of the neighbouring state <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, and about 950 km south of <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> city. In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Chandy_ministry" title="Second Chandy ministry">Second Oommen Chandy ministry</a> appointed a commission under the leadership of the former Chief Secretary P. Prabhakaran to study about the backwardness and issues faced by this northernmost district of Kerala and to draw up a special package for the district.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu-kasaragod-package_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu-kasaragod-package-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, two more taluks, namely Manjeshwaram and Vellarikundu were formed in the district.<sup id="cite_ref-tal_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tal-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before it the district had only two Taluks. The decision to implement a gas-based powerplant at <a href="/wiki/Cheemeni" title="Cheemeni">Cheemeni</a> was taken by the <a href="/wiki/Second_Chandy_ministry" title="Second Chandy ministry">second Chandy government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-power_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-power-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A government medical college was allowed for Kasaragod district, as a part of the government's new policy to establish at ensure availability of at least one Government Medical College in all the <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Kerala" title="List of districts of Kerala">14 districts</a> of the state in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Kasaragod" title="List of tourist attractions in Kasaragod">List of tourist attractions in Kasaragod</a></div> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:408px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kottappuram walking bridge, Nileshwar"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg/400px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg/600px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg/800px-Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="12848" data-file-height="3941" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking_bridge.jpg" title="File:Kottappuram-nileshwaram-walking bridge.jpg"> </a></div>Kottappuram walking bridge, <a href="/wiki/Nileshwar" class="mw-redirect" title="Nileshwar">Nileshwar</a></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edayilakkad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Edayilakkad.jpg/220px-Edayilakkad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Edayilakkad.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="194" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Edayilakkad" title="Edayilakkad">Edayilakkad</a> island in <a href="/wiki/Valiyaparamba" title="Valiyaparamba">Valiyaparamba</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ananthapura_Lake_Temple" title="Ananthapura Lake Temple">Ananthapuram Lake Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arikady_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Arikady fort">Arikady fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandragiri_Fort,_Kerala" title="Chandragiri Fort, Kerala">Chandragiri Fort</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edayilakkad" title="Edayilakkad">Edayilakkad Island</a><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kanwatheertha beach</li> <li>Kappil beach<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Kottanchery hills</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malik_Dinar_Mosque" title="Malik Dinar Mosque">Malik Dinar Mosque</a></li> <li>Mayipady palace<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a> <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">Estuary</a> beach.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Sorrows_Church,_Kasargode" title="Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kasargode">Our Lady of Sorrows Church</a></li> <li>Pallikkara beach</li> <li>Manjeshwaram beach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranipuram" title="Ranipuram">Ranipuram Hill Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valiyaparamba" title="Valiyaparamba">Valiyaparamba Island</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1208px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SeaFromBakel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view from inside Bekal Fort"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/SeaFromBakel.jpg/1200px-SeaFromBakel.jpg" decoding="async" width="1200" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/SeaFromBakel.jpg/1800px-SeaFromBakel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/SeaFromBakel.jpg/2400px-SeaFromBakel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8113" data-file-height="1625" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:SeaFromBakel.jpg" title="File:SeaFromBakel.jpg"> </a></div>Panoramic view from inside <a href="/wiki/Bekal_Fort" title="Bekal Fort">Bekal Fort</a></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panathur_town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Panathur_town.jpg/220px-Panathur_town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Panathur_town.jpg/330px-Panathur_town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Panathur_town.jpg/440px-Panathur_town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Panathur" title="Panathur">Panathur</a> is an important hilly town in the district (Closer to <a href="/wiki/Western_Ghats" title="Western Ghats">Western Ghats</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg/220px-Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg/330px-Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg/440px-Badiyadka_Town_Night_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="662" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Badiyadka" title="Badiyadka">Badiyadka</a> town during night</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambikasuthan_Mangad" title="Ambikasuthan Mangad">Ambikasuthan Mangad</a> - Malayalam Writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Kumble" title="Anil Kumble">Anil Kumble</a> - Indian Cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arya_(actor)" title="Arya (actor)">Arya</a> - Indian Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asif_Kottayil" title="Asif Kottayil">Asif Kottayil</a> - Indian Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bellikoth_Raghunath_Shenoy" title="Bellikoth Raghunath Shenoy">BR Shenoy</a> - Indian Economist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Chowta" title="D. K. Chowta">DK Chowta</a> - Indian Businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Chandrasekharan" title="E. Chandrasekharan">E Chandrasekharan</a>- Ex. Minister of Kerala</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harikumar_Pallathadka" title="Harikumar Pallathadka">Harikumar Pallathadka</a> - RTI activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">KK Venugopal</a> - <a href="/wiki/Attorney-General_for_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney-General for India">Attorney General of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanayi_Kunhiraman" title="Kanayi Kunhiraman">Kanayi Kunhiraman</a> - Indian Sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavya_Madhavan" title="Kavya Madhavan">Kavya Madhavan</a> - Film Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayyar_Kinhanna_Rai" title="Kayyar Kinhanna Rai">KK Rai</a> - Independence activist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesavananda_Bharati" title="Kesavananda Bharati">Kesavananda Bharati</a> - Hindu Monk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahima_Nambiar" title="Mahima Nambiar">Mahima Nambiar</a> - Film Actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirshad_Michu" title="Mirshad Michu">Mirshad Michu</a> - Indian Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi_(footballer)" title="Mohammed Rafi (footballer)">Mohammed Rafi</a> - Indian Footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Azharuddeen" title="Mohammed Azharuddeen">Mohammed Azharuddeen</a> - Indian Cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Kunhiraman_Nair" title="P. Kunhiraman Nair">P Kunhiraman Nair</a> - Malayalam Poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Bare" title="Prakash Bare">Prakash Bare</a> - Film Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallathadka_Pramoda_Kumari" title="Pallathadka Pramoda Kumari">PP Kumari</a> - Indian Materials Scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roopesh_Shetty" title="Roopesh Shetty">Roopesh Shetty</a> - Film Actor, RJ & Model</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santhosh_Echikkanam" class="mw-redirect" title="Santhosh Echikkanam">Santhosh Echikkanam</a> - Malayalam Writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Aboobacker" title="Sara Aboobacker">Sara Aboobacker</a> - Kannada Writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathya_(Tamil_actor)" title="Sathya (Tamil actor)">Sathya</a> - Fil Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vysakh" title="Vysakh">Vysakh</a> - Malayalam Film Director</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Localities">Localities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Localities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athinhal" title="Athinhal">Athinhal</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_North" title="Kasaragod North">Kasaragod North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodoth" title="Kodoth">Kodoth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunjar" title="Kunjar">Kunjar</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavilakadappuram" title="Mavilakadappuram">Mavilakadappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Periyanganam" title="Periyanganam">Periyanganam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kolathunadu" title="Kolathunadu">Kolathunadu</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Kozhikode: P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mathrubhumi+Yearbook+Plus+-+2019&rft.place=Kozhikode&rft.edition=Malayalam&rft.pub=P.+V.+Chandran%2C+Managing+Editor%2C+Mathrubhumi+Printing+%26+Publishing+Company+Limited%2C+Kozhikode&rft.date=2018&rft.aulast=Chandran&rft.aufirst=VP&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><i>Manorama Yearbook 1995</i> (Malayalam Edition) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0970-9096">0970-9096</a>.</li> <li><i>Manorama Yearbook 2003</i> (English Edition) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-900461-8-7" title="Special:BookSources/81-900461-8-7">81-900461-8-7</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFS._Muhammad_Hussain_Nainar1942" class="citation cs2">S. Muhammad Hussain Nainar (1942), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/Tuhfat-al-MujahidinAnHistoricalWorkInTheArabicLanguage"><i>Tuhfat-al-Mujahidin: An Historical Work in The Arabic Language</i></a>, University of Madras</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Tuhfat-al-Mujahidin%3A+An+Historical+Work+in+The+Arabic+Language&rft.pub=University+of+Madras&rft.date=1942&rft.au=S.+Muhammad+Hussain+Nainar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FTuhfat-al-MujahidinAnHistoricalWorkInTheArabicLanguage&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._Sturrock1894" class="citation cs2">J. Sturrock (1894), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3200/page/n1/mode/2up"><i>Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-I)</i></a>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Madras+District+Manuals+-+South+Canara+%28Volume-I%29&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1894&rft.au=J.+Sturrock&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdli.csl.3200%2Fpage%2Fn1%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarold_A._Stuart1895" class="citation cs2">Harold A. Stuart (1895), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281736/mode/2up"><i>Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-II)</i></a>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Madras+District+Manuals+-+South+Canara+%28Volume-II%29&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1895&rft.au=Harold+A.+Stuart&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.281736%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_Madras1905" class="citation cs2">Government of Madras (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177471/page/n1/mode/2up"><i>Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for South Canara District</i></a>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Madras+District+Gazetteers%3A+Statistical+Appendix+for+South+Canara+District&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1905&rft.au=Government+of+Madras&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.177471%2Fpage%2Fn1%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_Madras1915" class="citation cs2">Government of Madras (1915), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.16591/page/n5/mode/2up"><i>Madras District Gazetteers South Canara (Volume-II)</i></a>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Madras+District+Gazetteers+South+Canara+%28Volume-II%29&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1915&rft.au=Government+of+Madras&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdli.ministry.16591%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ._I._Arputhanathan1955" class="citation cs2">J. I. Arputhanathan (1955), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6447/1/50056_1951_SOU.pdf"><i>South Kanara, The Nilgiris, Malabar and Coimbatore Districts (Village-wise Mother-tongue Data for Bilingual or Multilingual Taluks)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=South+Kanara%2C+The+Nilgiris%2C+Malabar+and+Coimbatore+Districts+%28Village-wise+Mother-tongue+Data+for+Bilingual+or+Multilingual+Taluks%29&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1955&rft.au=J.+I.+Arputhanathan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F6447%2F1%2F50056_1951_SOU.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="District_Census_Handbooks">District Census Handbooks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: District Census Handbooks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_Madras1953" class="citation cs2">Government of Madras (1953), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6023/1/7746_1951.pdf"><i>1951 Census Handbook- South Canara District</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Madras Government Press</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1951+Census+Handbook-+South+Canara+District&rft.pub=Madras+Government+Press&rft.date=1953&rft.au=Government+of+Madras&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F6023%2F1%2F7746_1951.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._K._Devassy1965" class="citation cs2">M. K. Devassy (1965), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5668/1/22055_1961_CAN.pdf"><i>1961 Census Handbook- Cannanore District</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala and The Union Territory of Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1961+Census+Handbook-+Cannanore+District&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala+and+The+Union+Territory+of+Laccadive%2C+Minicoy%2C+and+Amindivi+Islands&rft.date=1965&rft.au=M.+K.+Devassy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5668%2F1%2F22055_1961_CAN.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK._Narayanan1973" class="citation cs2">K. Narayanan (1973), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5695/1/25255_1971_CAN.pdf"><i>1971 Census Handbook- Cannanore District (Part-A&B)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1971+Census+Handbook-+Cannanore+District+%28Part-A%26B%29&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=1973&rft.au=K.+Narayanan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5695%2F1%2F25255_1971_CAN.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK.Narayanan1973" class="citation cs2">K.Narayanan (1973), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5711/1/28874_1971_CAN.pdf"><i>1971 Census Handbook- Cannanore District (Part-C)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1971+Census+Handbook-+Cannanore+District+%28Part-C%29&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=1973&rft.au=K.Narayanan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5711%2F1%2F28874_1971_CAN.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Vijayanunni1983" class="citation cs2">M. Vijayanunni (1983), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5747/1/27978_1981_CAN.pdf"><i>1981 Census Handbook- Cannanore District (Part-A&B)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1981+Census+Handbook-+Cannanore+District+%28Part-A%26B%29&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=1983&rft.au=M.+Vijayanunni&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5747%2F1%2F27978_1981_CAN.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFM._Vijayanunni" class="citation cs2">M. Vijayanunni, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5757/1/51134_1981_KAS.pdf"><i>1981 Census Handbook- Kasaragod District</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1981+Census+Handbook-+Kasaragod+District&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.au=M.+Vijayanunni&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5757%2F1%2F51134_1981_KAS.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN._M._Samuel1993" class="citation cs2">N. M. Samuel (1993), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5784/1/35807_1991_KAS.pdf"><i>1991 Census Handbook- Kasaragod District (Part-A&B)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=1991+Census+Handbook-+Kasaragod+District+%28Part-A%26B%29&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=1993&rft.au=N.+M.+Samuel&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5784%2F1%2F35807_1991_KAS.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSheela_Thomas2003" class="citation cs2">Sheela Thomas (2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/5791/1/37444_2001_KAS.pdf"><i>2001 Census Handbook- Kasaragod District (Part-A&B)</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=2001+Census+Handbook-+Kasaragod+District+%28Part-A%26B%29&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=2003&rft.au=Sheela+Thomas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flsi.gov.in%3A8081%2Fjspui%2Fbitstream%2F123456789%2F5791%2F1%2F37444_2001_KAS.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_India2014–2015" class="citation cs2">Government of India (2014–2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_A_KASARAGOD.pdf"><i>District Census Handbook - Kasaragod (Part-A) 2011</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=District+Census+Handbook+-+Kasaragod+%28Part-A%29+2011&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=2014%2F2015&rft.au=Government+of+India&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcensusindia.gov.in%2F2011census%2Fdchb%2F3201_PART_A_KASARAGOD.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGovernment_of_India2014–2015" class="citation cs2">Government of India (2014–2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf"><i>District Census Handbook - Kasaragod (Part-B) 2011</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=District+Census+Handbook+-+Kasaragod+%28Part-B%29+2011&rft.pub=Directorate+of+Census+Operations%2C+Kerala&rft.date=2014%2F2015&rft.au=Government+of+India&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcensusindia.gov.in%2F2011census%2Fdchb%2F3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKasaragod+district" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kasaragod_district&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Bird</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Great_hornbill" title="Great hornbill">Great hornbill</a></dd> <dt>Animal</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Indian_elephant" title="Indian elephant">Indian elephant</a></dd> <dt>Tree</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">Coconut</a></dd> <dt>Flower</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cassia_fistula" title="Cassia fistula">Golden rain</a></dd> <dt>Fish</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Karimeen" class="mw-redirect" title="Karimeen">Karimeen</a></dd> <dt>Fruit</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jackfruit" title="Jackfruit">Jackfruit</a></dd> <dt>Insect</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Papilio_buddha" title="Papilio buddha">Papilio buddha</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_taluks_of_Kerala" title="List of taluks of Kerala">Taluks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: #f6fbf7;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoor" title="Adoor">Adoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alathur" title="Alathur">Alathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambalappuzha" title="Ambalappuzha">Ambalappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalakudy" title="Chalakudy">Chalakudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavakkad" title="Chavakkad">Chavakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengannur" title="Chengannur">Chengannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherthala" title="Cherthala">Cherthala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirayinkeezhu_taluk" title="Chirayinkeezhu taluk">Chirayinkeezhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittur-Thathamangalam" title="Chittur-Thathamangalam">Chittur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eranad_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Eranad Taluk">Eranad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hosdurg_taluk" title="Hosdurg taluk">Hosdurg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idukki" class="mw-redirect" title="Idukki">Idukki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty_taluk" title="Iritty taluk">Iritty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanayannur" title="Kanayannur">Kanayannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanjirappally" title="Kanjirappally">Kanjirappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur_taluk" title="Kannur taluk">Kannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karthikappally" title="Karthikappally">Karthikappally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod_taluk" title="Kasaragod taluk">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattakada" title="Kattakada">Kattakada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_taluk" title="Kollam taluk">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty_taluk" title="Kondotty taluk">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konni,_Kerala" title="Konni, Kerala">Konni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhencherry" title="Kozhencherry">Kozhencherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathur,_Kerala" title="Kunnathur, Kerala">Kunnathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttanad" title="Kuttanad">Kuttanad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallapally" title="Mallapally">Mallapally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mananthavady" title="Mananthavady">Mananthavady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwaram_taluk" title="Manjeshwaram taluk">Manjeshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannarkkad" title="Mannarkkad">Mannarkkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenachil" title="Meenachil">Meenachil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukundapuram_Taluk" title="Mukundapuram Taluk">Mukundapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad_taluk" title="Nedumangad taluk">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara_taluk" title="Neyyattinkara taluk">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur_taluk" title="Paravur taluk">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanapuram" title="Pathanapuram">Pathanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pattambi" title="Pattambi">Pattambi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur_taluk" title="Payyanur taluk">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna_taluk" title="Perinthalmanna taluk">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani_taluk" title="Ponnani taluk">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranni,_Kerala" title="Ranni, Kerala">Ranni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Bathery" title="Sultan Bathery">Sultan Bathery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba_taluk" title="Taliparamba taluk">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalapilly" title="Thalapilly">Thalapilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Taluk" title="Thiruvananthapuram Taluk">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur" title="Thrissur">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur_Taluk" title="Tirur Taluk">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi_Taluk_Office" title="Tirurangadi Taluk Office">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udumbanchola" title="Udumbanchola">Udumbanchola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu_Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellarikundu Taluk">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">Municipal corporations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Corporation" title="Thiruvananthapuram Corporation">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kozhikode Municipal Corporation">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kochi_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kochi Municipal Corporation">Kochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kollam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kollam Municipal Corporation">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrissur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Thrissur Municipal Corporation">Thrissur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kannur Municipal Corporation">Kannur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Kerala">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: #f6fbf7;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoor" title="Adoor">Adoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthoor" title="Anthoor">Anthoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alappuzha" title="Alappuzha">Alappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aluva" title="Aluva">Aluva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angamaly" title="Angamaly">Angamaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attingal" title="Attingal">Attingal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalakudy" title="Chalakudy">Chalakudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changanassery" title="Changanassery">Changanassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chavakkad" title="Chavakkad">Chavakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengannur" title="Chengannur">Chengannur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherthala" title="Cherthala">Cherthala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittur-Thathamangalam" title="Chittur-Thathamangalam">Chittur-Thathamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eloor" title="Eloor">Eloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruvayur" title="Guruvayur">Guruvayur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irinjalakuda" title="Irinjalakuda">Irinjalakuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iritty" title="Iritty">Iritty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalamassery" title="Kalamassery">Kalamassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalpetta" title="Kalpetta">Kalpetta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanhangad" title="Kanhangad">Kanhangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karunagappalli" title="Karunagappalli">Karunagappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasaragod" title="Kasaragod">Kasaragod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattappana" title="Kattappana">Kattappana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayamkulam" title="Kayamkulam">Kayamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Kodungallur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kondotty" title="Kondotty">Kondotty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuthuparamba" title="Kuthuparamba">Kuthuparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kothamangalam,_Kerala" title="Kothamangalam, Kerala">Kothamangalam, Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottarakkara" title="Kottarakkara">Kottarakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottayam" title="Kottayam">Kottayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koyilandy" title="Koyilandy">Koyilandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamkulam" title="Kunnamkulam">Kunnamkulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malappuram" title="Malappuram">Malappuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeri" title="Manjeri">Manjeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maradu" title="Maradu">Maradu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattanur" title="Mattanur">Mattanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mavelikkara" title="Mavelikkara">Mavelikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha" title="Muvattupuzha">Muvattupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumangad" title="Nedumangad">Nedumangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neyyattinkara" title="Neyyattinkara">Neyyattinkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilambur" title="Nilambur">Nilambur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nileshwaram" title="Nileshwaram">Nileshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Paravur" title="North Paravur">North Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottapalam" title="Ottapalam">Ottapalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pala,_Kerala" title="Pala, Kerala">Pala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palakkad" title="Palakkad">Palakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panoor" title="Panoor">Panoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappanangadi" title="Parappanangadi">Parappanangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paravur,_Kollam" title="Paravur, Kollam">Paravur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathanamthitta" title="Pathanamthitta">Pathanamthitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Payyanur" title="Payyanur">Payyanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perinthalmanna" title="Perinthalmanna">Perinthalmanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perumbavoor" title="Perumbavoor">Perumbavoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punalur" title="Punalur">Punalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoranur" title="Shoranur">Shoranur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreekandapuram" title="Sreekandapuram">Sreekandapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanur,_Malappuram" title="Tanur, Malappuram">Tanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thalassery" title="Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taliparamba" title="Taliparamba">Taliparamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvalla" title="Thiruvalla">Thiruvalla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thodupuzha" title="Thodupuzha">Thodupuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikkakkara" title="Thrikkakkara">Thrikkakkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrippunithura" title="Thrippunithura">Thrippunithura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirur" title="Tirur">Tirur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirurangadi" title="Tirurangadi">Tirurangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valanchery" title="Valanchery">Valanchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatakara" title="Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikom" title="Vaikom">Vaikom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varkala" title="Varkala">Varkala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Other towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background: transparent; text-align: left/center;;background: transparent;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">North</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edappal" title="Edappal">Edappal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thavanur" title="Thavanur">Thavanur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthanathani" title="Puthanathani">Puthanathani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottakkal" title="Kottakkal">Kottakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angadipuram" title="Angadipuram">Angadipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankada" title="Mankada">Mankada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttippuram" title="Kuttippuram">Kuttippuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karipur" title="Karipur">Karipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Areekode" title="Areekode">Areekode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wandoor,_Kerala" title="Wandoor, Kerala">Wandoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vengara,_Malappuram_district" title="Vengara, Malappuram district">Vengara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallikkunnu" title="Vallikkunnu">Vallikkunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olavanna" title="Olavanna">Olavanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnamangalam" title="Kunnamangalam">Kunnamangalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamarassery" title="Thamarassery">Thamarassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruvambady" title="Thiruvambady">Thiruvambady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodencheri" title="Kodencheri">Kodencheri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balussery" title="Balussery">Balussery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perambra" title="Perambra">Perambra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadapuram" title="Nadapuram">Nadapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuttiady" title="Kuttiady">Kuttiady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakkidi,_Wayanad" title="Lakkidi, Wayanad">Lakkidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vythiri" title="Vythiri">Vythiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chundale" title="Chundale">Chundale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meppadi" title="Meppadi">Meppadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kottappadi_Part,_Meppadi" title="Kottappadi Part, Meppadi">Kottappadi Part</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muttil,_Kalpetta" title="Muttil, Kalpetta">Muttil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padinharethara" title="Padinharethara">Padinharethara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenangadi" title="Meenangadi">Meenangadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamaram" title="Panamaram">Panamaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulpally" title="Pulpally">Pulpally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peravoor" title="Peravoor">Peravoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmadom" title="Dharmadom">Dharmadom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjarakkandy" title="Anjarakkandy">Anjarakkandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzhappilangad" title="Muzhappilangad">Muzhappilangad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhikode_and_Azhikkal" title="Azhikode and Azhikkal">Azhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherukunnu" title="Cherukunnu">Cherukunnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pappinisseri" title="Pappinisseri">Pappinisseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalliasseri" title="Kalliasseri">Kalliasseri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irikkur" title="Irikkur">Irikkur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alakode,_Kannur_district" title="Alakode, Kannur district">Alakode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrikaripur" title="Thrikaripur">Thrikaripur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheruvathur" title="Cheruvathur">Cheruvathur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bekal" title="Bekal">Bekal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udma" title="Udma">Udma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellarikundu" title="Vellarikundu">Vellarikundu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parappa_(village)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parappa (village)">Parappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karadka" title="Karadka">Karadka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbla" title="Kumbla">Kumbla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangalpady" title="Mangalpady">Mangalpady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppala" title="Uppala">Uppala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjeshwar" title="Manjeshwar">Manjeshwar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: #cde0d2; padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peermade" title="Peermade">Peermade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandiperiyar" title="Vandiperiyar">Vandiperiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumily" title="Kumily">Kumily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajakkad" title="Rajakkad">Rajakkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munnar" title="Munnar">Munnar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devikulam" title="Devikulam">Devikulam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimali" title="Adimali">Adimali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolenchery" title="Kolenchery">Kolenchery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthencruz" title="Puthencruz">Puthencruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunnathunad" title="Kunnathunad">Kunnathunad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalady" title="Kalady">Kalady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayattoor" title="Malayattoor">Malayattoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chottanikkara" title="Chottanikkara">Chottanikkara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udayamperoor" title="Udayamperoor">Udayamperoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varappuzha" title="Varappuzha">Varappuzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreemoolanagaram" title="Sreemoolanagaram">Sreemoolanagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedumbassery" title="Nedumbassery">Nedumbassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mala,_Kerala" title="Mala, Kerala">Mala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kodakara" title="Kodakara">Kodakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthukkad" title="Puthukkad">Puthukkad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manaloor" title="Manaloor">Manaloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavaratty" title="Pavaratty">Pavaratty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelakkara" 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