Tirur Taluk

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Tirur Taluk
Taluk
Subdistricts of Malappuram (August 2020).svg
Location in Malappuram district, Kerala, India
Coordinates: 11°09′09″N75°57′24″E / 11.152610°N 75.956678°E / 11.152610; 75.956678
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Kerala
District Malappuram
Taluk formation1 November 1957;67 years ago (1957-11-01)
Founded by Government of Kerala
Headquarters Tirur
Languages
 • Official Malayalam, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration KL-55

Tirur Taluk comes under Tirur revenue division in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. [1] Its headquarters is the town of Tirur. [1] Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities - Tanur, Tirur, Kottakkal, and Valanchery. [1] Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Stations at Tirur, Kuttippuram, and Tanur. Most of the villages in present-day Tirur Taluk were parts of the medieval Kingdom of Tanur (Vettathunadu). [2] The port of Tanur was an important port town in the southwestern coast of India during medieval period. [2]

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Tirur

History

Tirur Taluk was formed on 1 November 1957 by carving 43 villages out of the Old Ponnani taluk and 30 villages out of the Old Eranad Taluk. [3] Tirur, Tanur, and Kuttippuram Revenue blocks were taken from the Old Ponnani taluk while the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were taken out of the Old Eranad Taluk. [3] At that time, Tirur Taluk was the largest coastal Taluk in Kerala which had contained the entire coastal belt wedged between Beypore port and Ponnani port (having nearly 65 km seacoast). Later on 16 June 1969, three villages, namely Feroke, Ramanattukara, and Kadalundi, were transferred from Tirur Taluk to Kozhikode Taluk, and Parudur village from Kuttippuram block was transferred to the Ottapalam Taluk. [4] Later in the 1990s, the Revenue blocks of Tirurangadi and Vengara were separated from Tirur Taluk to form Tirurangadi Taluk, and the revenue villages of Kottakkal and Ponmala were added newly to Tirur Taluk from Eranad Taluk. [5]

Currently, Tirur Taluk, having 30 villages, is the most populous Taluk of Malappuram District. [5]

Villages

Tirur taluk contains the following 30 villages. [1]

  1. Ananthavoor
  2. Athavanad
  3. Cheriyamundam
  4. Edayur
  5. Irimbiliyam
  6. Kalpakanchery
  7. Kattiparuthy
  8. Kottakkal
  9. Kurumbathur
  10. Kuttippuram
  11. Mangalam
  12. Marakkara
  13. Melmuri
  14. Naduvattom
  15. Niramaruthur
  16. Ozhur
  17. Pariyapuram
  18. Perumanna
  19. Ponmala
  20. Ponmundam
  21. Purathur
  22. Tanalur
  23. Tanur
  24. Thalakkad
  25. Tirunavaya
  26. Tirur
  27. Trikkandiyur
  28. Triprangode
  29. Valavannur
  30. Vettom

Notable people from Tirur Taluk

Tirur region

Kottakkal region

Valanchery region

Taluks of Malappuram

Geographical indication

Tirur Betel Leaf was awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) status tag from the Geographical Indications Registry, under the Union Government of India, on 14 August 2019. [6]

Tirur Vettila Ulpadaka Sangam from Tirur, proposed the GI registration of 'Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila)'. [7] After filing the application in December 2018, the Betel leaf was granted the GI tag in 2019 by the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai, making the name "Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila)" exclusive to the Betel leaf cultivated in the region. [8] [9] It thus became the first Betel leaf variety from Kerala and the 36th type of goods from Kerala to earn the GI tag.

The prestigious GI tag, awarded by the GI registry, certifies that a product possesses distinct qualities, adheres to traditional production methods, and has earned a reputation rooted in its geographical origin.

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References

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  5. 1 2 Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. District Census Handbook, Malappuram (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala.
  6. ↑ "Tirur Betel Leaf". Intellectual Property India. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "GI tag: What's special about Kerala Tirur betel leaf, TN's Palani Panchamirtham?". The Week. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Kerala's Tirur betel leaves, bonding India and Pakistan over paan, get GI tag". Livemint. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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