Ajanur

Ajanur (also anglicized Ajanoor) is a grama panchayat and also a village of the same name in Kasargode district, Kerala state, India. It is the fifth largest town in Kasaragod district.[1]

Ajanoor

Ajanur
panchayat
Beach Road, Kanhangad
Ajanoor
Location in Kerala, India
Ajanoor
Ajanoor (India)
Coordinates: 12°20′24″N 75°5′24″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKasargode
Area
 • Total14.79 km2 (5.71 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total33,079
 • Density2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
671 531
Telephone code91 467
Vehicle registrationKL-60
Websitekasaragod.nic.in

Ajanur vs. Kanhangad

Ajanur is in fact a bureaucratic nicety. Some parts of Kanhangad town is put under an administrative unit called Ajanur Panchayath. The suburb continues to be part and parcel of Kanhangad town.


Ajanur is just north of Kanhangad, stretching for some 5 km along the Kanyakumari-Panavel Road, encompassing an area of some 28 km2. Total population was recorded as 42,467 in the 2001 Indian census, amounting to a population density of 1,526 per km2.

Wards in the local administration

Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":

wardnamelocationpopulation[2]
1Ravaneshwaram12.374°N 75.080°E / 12.374; 75.0802,546
2Ramagiri2,377
3Velashwaram12.354°N 75.086°E / 12.354; 75.0862,356
4Madiyan12.353°N 75.078°E / 12.353; 75.0782,678
5Manikoth1,775
6Adot1,908
7Bellikoth12.339°N 75.089°E / 12.339; 75.0892,326
8Kattukulangara2,190
9Mavungal12.340°N 75.104°E / 12.340; 75.1042,188
10Ramnagar2,128
11Pallot1,868
12Kizhakkumkara12.331°N 75.092°E / 12.331; 75.0922,080
13Thulichery2,204
14Athinal2,634
15Ittammal3,010
16Kolavayal12.335°N 75.073°E / 12.335; 75.0733,015
17Ajanur Beach
(Ajanur Kadappuram)		12.333°N 75.067°E / 12.333; 75.0673,370
18Muttumthala3,200
19Mattummal3,405
20Mallikamad2,933
21Chithari / Chittari12.357°N 75.065°E / 12.357; 75.065
22Barikkad
23Mukkoodu

Notable people

Ajanur is the birthplace of the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, whose younger brother P. Krishnan Nair, was the first president of the panchayat.

Ajanur was also home for the socialist party leader C. M. Padmanabhan Nair.

Temples

The Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur (12.352°N 75.081°E / 12.352; 75.081). The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.[3]

Education

Educational institutions in Ajanur are Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ravaneshwaram, Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair Memorial High School, Iqbal High School and Crescent English Medium School.

Transportation

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 Calicut.

References
  1. List of Cities and Towns in Kasaragod district
  2. as of 2009, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
  3. "Tourism in Kasaragod". Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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