Payam, Kerala

Payam
village
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Coordinates: 11°58′35″N75°42′03″E / 11.9765°N 75.7008°E / 11.9765; 75.7008
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Taluk	Iritty
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Payam Grama Panchayat
Area
• Total	19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,429
• Density	810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670704
Telephone code	+91 490
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-78

Payam is a village and Grama Panchayat in Iritty taluk of Kannur district in Indian state of Kerala. ^{[1] [2]}

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Payam village had a population of 15,429 with 7,425 males and 8,004 females. Payam village has an area of 19.02 km² (7.34 sq mi) with 3,667 families residing in it. In Payam, 9.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Payam had overall literacy of 94.9% where male literacy stands at 97.4% and female literacy was 92.7%. Payam Grama Panchayat consists of two revenue villages like Payam and Vilamana. ^[3]

Transportation

National Highway 66 passes through Thalassery town which connects Goa and Mumbai in the northern side and Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram on the southern side. Thalassery-Coorg interstate highway (SH-30) passes through Payam provides access to cities and towns of neighbouring Karnataka state. The nearest railway station is Thalassery in Shoranur-Mangalore Section under southern railway. The nearest airport is Kannur International Airport of about 23 km away.

References

1. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
2. "DE Status".
3. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 166,167. Retrieved 14 July 2020.