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Periya (also referred to as Periye) is a small township in Kasaragod District, Kerala State, India.
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.
Periya is located between 14 km 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]
The village was the site of the killing of two Indian National Congress workers in 2019. [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]
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.