Kayyar

Kayyar is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] Kayyara Kinhanna Rai an Indian independence activist, author, poet, journalist, teacher and farmer was born in Kayyar.

Kayyar
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village
Kayyar village
Kayyar village
Kayyar is located in Kerala
Kayyar
Kayyar
Location in Kerala, India
Kayyar is located in India
Kayyar
Kayyar
Kayyar (India)
Coordinates: 12°39′30″N 74°59′0″E
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
TalukasManjeshwaram
Languages
 • OfficialTulu , Malayalam, Konkani, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
671322
Vehicle registrationKL-14
Wafi College


Don Bosco primary school is situated in Kayyar.

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

References
  1. "Census of India : List of villages by Alphabetical : Kerala". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.


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