Kattukukke

Katukukke
village
Katukukke Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 12°39′50″N75°08′13″E / 12.6640°N 75.1370°E / 12.6640; 75.1370
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Taluk	Manjeshwaram
Area
• Total	13.62 km2 (5.26 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,955
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English, Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671552
Vehicle registration	KL-14

Katukukke is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. ^[1] .The famous Shri Subraya Deva Temple present in this village so the village got the name Katukukke.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kattukukke village had population of 3,955 which constitutes 2,002 males and 1,953 females. Kattukukke village spreads over an area of 13.62 km² (5.26 sq mi) with 797 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 976 lower than kerala state average of 1084. Population in the age group 0-6 was 365 (9.2%) where 193 are males and 172 are females. Kattukukke had overall literacy of 87.2% lower than state average of 94% where male literacy stands at 92.3% and female literacy was 82.1%. ^[2]

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The main languages spoke here are Kannada and Tulu. The people also speak Malayalam, Havyaka, Beary bashe and Konkani.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeshwar (State Assembly constituency) which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

1. "Census of India : List of villages by Alphabetical : Kerala". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
2. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 80,81. Retrieved 14 July 2020.