Puthur (Kasaragod)

Puthur
Census Town
Puthur Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Puthur Puthur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12°33′09″N74°57′38″E / 12.5525°N 74.9605°E / 12.5525; 74.9605
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Mogral Puthur Panchayat
Area
• Total	8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,271
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English [1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671124
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-14

Puthur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Puthur is a suburb of Kasaragod city. ^[2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Puthur had a population of 14,271 with 6,749 males and 7,522 females. Puthur census town has an area of 8.4 km² (3.2 sq mi) with 2,659 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1114 higher than the state average of 1084. 14.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Puthur had average literacy of 89.75% higher than the national average of 74.04% and lower than state average of 94.00%; male literacy was 93.87% and female literacy was 86.14%. ^[3]

Religions

As of 2011 census, Puthur census town had total population of 14,271, among which 70.8% are Muslims, 28.6% Hindus, 0.5% Christians, and 0.1% Others. ^[4]

Administration

Puthur is part of Mogral Puthur Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod Block. This area comes under Kasaragod Assembly constituency which is part of Kasaragod Loksabha. ^[5]

References

1. "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014.
2. "Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
3. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 100,101. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
4. "Population by Religious Community". Census of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
5. "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.