Payyavoor

Payyavoor
Town
Payyavoor town
Payyavoor Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Payyavoor Payyavoor (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12°03′22″N75°34′55″E / 12.056050°N 75.581990°E / 12.056050; 75.581990
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Type	Panchayati Raj (India)
• Body	Payyavoor Grama Panchayat
Area
• Total	67.79 km2 (26.17 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2011) [2]
• Total	22,998
• Density	340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670633
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-59
Nearest city	Sreekandapuram
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Irikkur

Payyavoor is a small town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. ^[3] It is the headquarters of Payyavoor Grama Panchayat. ^[4]

Location

Payyavoor is located 43 km (27 mi) north east of district headquarters Kannur, 30 km (19 mi) east of Taluk headquarters Taliparamba, 20 km (12 mi) north of Iritty and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Sreekandapuram. ^[5]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Payyavoor village had a population of 22,998 with 11,373 males and 11,625 females. The average sex ratio was 1,022 lower than state average of 1,084. Payyavoor village spreads over an area of 67.79 km² (26.17 sq mi) with 5,698 families residing in it. The population of children under 6 years was 2,359 (10.3%) which constitutes 1,219 males and 1,140 females. Payyavoor had an average literacy of 95.46% where male literacy was 96.8% and female literacy was 94.1%. ^[6]

Administration

Payyavoor Grama Panchayat is a part of Irikkur Block Panchayat. Payyavoor Panchayat is politically a part of Irikkur Assembly constituency in Kannur Loksabha constituency. ^{[7] [8]}

Educational Institutions

Paisakari Devamatha College

Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi

• Sacred Higher Secondary School, Payyavoor
• St. Anne's English Medium School, Payyavoor
• Govt. UP School, Payyavoor ^[9]
• Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi ^[10]
• Devamatha Arts and Science College, Paisakari ^[11]
• Cherupushpa High School Chandanakampara.

Economy

Payyavoor panchayat is mainly an agrarian economy. The major crops are cashew, rubber, coconut and areca nut. A distillery has been proposed by the Kerala government for making Kannur feni (liquor) from cashew apples. Payyavoor service co-operative bank was given nod for producing liquor. Apart from the one being set up in Kerala, Goa state is widely known for the production of feni from cashew apples. ^[12]

Payyavur was one among the panchayats in Kannur district that affected by 2018 Kerala floods. 4 hecatres of cropped area was destroyed by land slide. The affected areas in the panchayat were side slope of Upland (307m) like Vanjiyam, Adampara, Thenankara and Santhi nagar. ^[13]

Transportation

Hill Highway in Payyavoor

The National Highway (NH 66) is accessible through Taliparamba town of about 30 km (19 mi) away. Mangalore 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 connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Shoranur-Mangalore Section line. Kannur is the nearest international airport, 25 km (16 mi) south of Payyavoor. There are other airports at Calicut and Mangalore.

Kerala Hill Highway (SH 59) passes through Payyavoor town which connects nearby towns like Chemperi, Ulikkal, Iritty, Naduvil, Karuvanchal, Alakode etc. ^[14] Kerala state highway (SH 36) passes through Sreekandapuram town of 10 km (6.2 mi) west from here.

References

1. "Topographic map of Payyavur, Kannur, India".
2. "കണ്ണൂര്‍ ജില്ലയിലെ ഗ്രാമ പഞ്ചായത്തുകളുടെ അടിസ്ഥാന വിവരങ്ങള്‍ | Deparyment of Panchayats".
3. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
4. "DE Status".
5. "Routes & locations". keralatourism.org.
6. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
7. "Niyamasabha constituencies of Kannur". ceo.kerala.gov.in.
8. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
9. "Schoolist". www.dhsekerala.gov.in.
10. "Higher Education Institutes in Kannur University".
11. "List of degree colleges in Kannur-Kerala". vidyatime.com.
12. "Kannur Feni' to start rolling next December". Mathrubhumi . Retrieved 4 July 2022.
13. "Soil-Flood.pdf - Kerala State Disaster Management Authority" (PDF). sdma.kerala.gov.in.
14. "Hill Highway in Kerala; DPR ready for just 79 kms". Mathrubhumi . Retrieved 13 September 2016.