Vellora

Not to be confused with Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Vellora
village
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Coordinates: 12°10′0″N75°21′0″E / 12.16667°N 75.35000°E / 12.16667; 75.35000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Taluk	Payyanur
Government
• Body	Eramam-Kuttur Gram panchayat
Area
• Total	30.82 km2 (11.90 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,239
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670306
Telephone code	0498
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-86
Lok Sabha constituency	Kasaragod
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Payyanur

Vellora is a village in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It has state road connectivity, schools, hospitals, post office, and bank dating back to the 1950s. ^[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Vellora had total population of 10,239 where 4,859 are males and 5,380 females. Vellora village has an area of 30.82 km² (11.90 sq mi) with 2,564 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Vellora was 1,107 higher than state average of 1,084. In Vellora, Population of children under 6 years was 10.2%. Vellora had overall literacy of 93.5%, higher than national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%. ^[2]

Transportation

The national highway passes through Perumba junction. Goa 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 of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Payyanur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and Calicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

1. "Census of India: Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
2. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 14 July 2020.