Kayaralam

Kayaralam
village
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Coordinates: 12°0′0″N75°25′0″E / 12.00000°N 75.41667°E / 12.00000; 75.41667
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Body	Mayyil Grama Panchayat
Area
• Total	20.33 km2 (7.85 sq mi)
Population
• Total	17,159
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-59
Nearest city	Mayyil
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur

Kayaralam is one of the villages in Mayyil Gram panchayat in the Kannur District, state of Kerala, India. ^[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kayaralam had a population of 17,159 with 8,042 males (46.9%) and 9,117 females (53.1%). Kayaralam village has an area of 20.33 km² (7.85 sq mi) with 3,800 families residing in it. The average male female sex ratio was 1,134 higher than state average of 1,084. In Kayaralam, 11.75% of the population was under 6 years age. Kayaralam had overall literacy of 94.1% higher than state average of 94%. ^[2]

Administration

Before the formation of the Mayyil panchayath, it was a panchayath. Orappadi is the nearest town.^{[ citation needed ]}

Transportation

The national highway passes through Valapattanam town. Goa and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mattanur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

1. "List of villages in Kannur district". Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
2. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 14 July 2020.