Peral-Kannur

Kannur
Kannur
Village
	The Kamuku bridge behind the Dargah
	Kannur Location in Kerala Kannur Kannur (India)
	Coordinates: 12°34′12″N 74°58′51″E / 12.569968°N 74.980788°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Taluk	Manjeshwaram
Government
• Body	Puthige Grama Panchayat
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population
• Total	2,421
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671321
Telephone code	91–4998
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-14

Kannur is a village located in the Puthige panchayath, in Kasaragod district of the Indian state of Kerala. Kannur is home to the Ananthapura Lake Temple (12°35′03″N 74°58′55″E / 12.584209°N 74.981992°E / 12.584209; 74.981992), a Hindu temple located in the middle of a lake.

Peral-Kannur and Kannur[edit]

Peral-Kannur is a small village under the administration of Puthige panchayath in Kasaragod district. Kannur is a city and headquarters of the Kannur district some 106 kilometers south.

Demographics[edit]

As of 2011 Census, Kannur village had total population of 2,421 where 1,183 are males and 1,238 are females. Kannur village spreads over 6.86 km² (2.65 sq mi) with 445 families residing in it. Population in the age group 0-6 was 284 among which 147 are males and 137 are females. Kannur had overall literacy of 90% where male literacy stands at 94.1% and female literacy was 86.1%.^[1]

Landmarks[edit]

Peral-Kannur can be accessed from Madhur-Seethangoli road. The village school is located in this junction. The village Dargah and the watersfall can be accessed from this junction.^{[citation needed]}

Geography and climate[edit]

Kannur lies along the Konkan coast, a rugged section of the western coastline of India on the Laccadive Sea, and is bounded on the west by the Mogral River (12°34′09″N 74°58′36″E / 12.569177°N 74.976759°E / 12.569177; 74.976759) and on the east by the KINFRA Industrial Park (12°34′27″N 74°59′51″E / 12.574099°N 74.997412°E / 12.574099; 74.997412). The village has heavy rainfalls during the monsoons season. The coastal area of Kannur is very rich in natural resources including rainforests and backwaters. The village has a tropical climate, and summer and winter months experience similar temperate conditions, with average temperatures ranging from 24 to 33 °C (75 to 91 °F).

Image gallery[edit]

Kamuku bridge
Lunar landscape
The 'thodi'
Sulthan Road

References[edit]

^ Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 80,81. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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[1] Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 80,81. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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