Kuttur (Kannur)

Kuttur

Kuttoor
Kuttur Kuttoor
Village
	Kuttur Location in Kerala, India Kuttur Kuttur (India)
	Coordinates: 12.1535°N 75.3106°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Taluk	Payyanur
Government
• Body	Eramam-Kuttur Grama panchayat
Area
• Total	22.58 km2 (8.72 sq mi)
Population
• Total	8,143
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670306
Telephone code	04985
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-86
Literacy	92.3%
Niyamasabha constituency	Payyanur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kasaragod

Kuttur is a village in Payyanur Taluk of Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.[1]

Location

Kuttur is located 17 km east of Payyanur town, 4 km away from Mathamangalam and 40 km north of Kannur city.

Educational Institutions

Aditya Kiran College of Applied Studies, Kuttoor
Jaybees Training College of B. Ed., Kuttoor [2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kuttoor village had a population of 8,143 where 3,821 are males and 4,322 females. Kuttur village has an area of 22.58 km² (8.72 sq mi) with 2,022 families. Population in the age group 0-6 was 875 (10.7%) which constitutes 432 males and 443 females. Kuttoor had overall literacy of 92.3% where male literacy stands at 96.2% and female literacy was 88.9%.[3]

Transportation

The national highway(NH 66) 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 Shoranur-Mangalore section under Southern Railway. The nearest airport is Kannur, about 54 km away.

References

"Population data - Villages with population 5000 & above". www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
"Higher Education Institutes in Kannur University".
Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

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[1] "Population data - Villages with population 5000 & above". www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[2] "Higher Education Institutes in Kannur University".

[3] Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 14 July 2020.