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Mayyil
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Mayyil
Mayyil (India)
Coordinates: 12°02′N75°28′E / 12.04°N 75.46°E / 12.04; 75.46 Coordinates: 12°02′N75°28′E / 12.04°N 75.46°E / 12.04; 75.46
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Kannur
Taluk Taliparamba
Government
  Type Panchayati raj (India)
  BodyMayyil Grama Panchayat
Area
  Total33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total29,649
  Density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Languages
  Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
670602
ISO 3166 code IN-KL
Vehicle registration KL59
Nearest city Kannur
Assembly constituency Taliparamba
Lok Sabha constituency Kannur
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Arimbra Subrahmanya Temple
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Perumacheri AUP School, Kolacherry, Mayyil
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Padikkunnu

Mayyil is a Census Town and Grama Panchayat in Kannur District of Kerala State. Mayyil Panchayat established in 1962 by merging the villages of Kayaralam, Mayyil and Kandakkai. [3] [4]

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Location

Mayyil is situated 20  km North East of District HQ Kannur, 13  km South East of Taliparamba, 20  km North West of Mattannur, 13  km South West of Sreekandapuram and 16  km West of Irikkur.

Educational institutions

Temples

Administration

Mayyil Panchayat is part of Irikkur Block Panchayat. Mayyil is politically a part of Taliparamba Assembly constituency under Kannur Loksabha constituency. [6]

Transportation

The national highway(NH 66) passes through Puthiyatheru (15 km South West), Dharmasala (11 km West), Taliparamba (13 km North West) away from Mayyil 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. Newly inaugurated Kannur International Airport (Mattannur) is 22 km away from Mayyil, and the proposed 4 line airport road from Taliparamba to Mattannur passes through Mayyil.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian census, Mayyil census town had population of 12,490 among which 5,768 are males and 6,722 are females. Total geographic area of mayyil census town is 12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi). Population of age group in 0-6 was 1,557 (12.5%) which constitutes 771 males and 786 females. Literacy rate of Mayyil town was 92.7% lower than state average of 94% where male literacy was 96.2% while female literacy rate was 89.7%.

Mayyil Grama Panchayat had total population of 29,649 which constitutes 13,810 males and 15,839 with an area spreads over 33.1 km2 (12.8 sq mi) and 6,387 households. Mayyil panchayat has administration over Mayyil census town (urban) and Kayaralam village (rural). [7]

Religion

As of 2011 India census, Mayyil census town had total population of 12,490 which constitute 59.8% Hindus, 40% Muslims and 0.2% others. [8]

Geography

Mayyil is surrounded by around half of its boundary by Valapattanam river.

Libraries

Almost every road in this grama panchayat in Kerala's Kannur district leads to or ends with a library. The panchayat, which has a population of a little over 30,000 people in 33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi) with a literacy rate of 93.52 percent, boasts 34 functioning libraries, the highest for a local body in Kerala state. [9] [10]

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