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Periya (also referred to as Periye) is a small township in Kasaragod District, Kerala State, India.

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Periya is a small town located in Hosdurg of Kanhangad in the Kasaragod district, Kerala with total 3100 families residing. The Periya village has population of 14077 of which 6718 are males while 7359 are females as per Population Census 2011. [1]

In Periya the population of children with age 0-6 is 1494 which makes up 10.61% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Periya village is 1095 which is higher than Kerala state average of 1084. Child Sex Ratio for the Periya as per census 2011 is 989, higher than Kerala average of 964.

Location

Periya is located between 14km north of Kanhangad and 24 km south from Kasaragod on National Highway 66. The place has grown in prominence because of a large number of new organisations like Central University of Kerala, making Periya their home. [2]

Trivia

The village attracted wide attention for the political murder of two Indian National Congress workers by killer squad of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2019. The state government's reluctance to carry out a free and fair investigation on this matter was widely discussed [3]

Bilal Masjid, Kuniya and Mahavishnu Temple, Ayambara in Periya have become a symbol of communal harmony and both have a shared arch entrance from National Highway. [4]

Suburbs and Villages

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Transportation

Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Kannur.

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References

  1. ↑ "Revenue Portal". village.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Revenue Portal". village.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (3 January 2025). "Periya twin murder case: Double life imprisonment to 10 convicts involved". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 6 January 2025.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Poikayil, George (10 January 2021). "Temple, mosque build a common gateway in Kasaragod's Kuniya". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 January 2025.

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