Puthoor (Kannur)

Puthoor
Puthoor
Village
	Puthoor Location in Kerala, India Puthoor Puthoor (India)
	Coordinates: 11.7755°N 75.6033°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Taluk	Thalassery
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Kunnothuparamba Grama Panchayat
Area
• Total	15.66 km2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	19,575
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL 58

Puthoor is a village in Thalassery taluk of Kannur district in Kerala state, India. Puthoor is located 15 km east of Thalassery and 10 km south of Kuthuparamba towns.[1][2]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Puthoor had a population of 19,575 which constitute 9,051 (46.2%) males and 10,524 (53.8%) females. Puthoor village has an area of 15.66 km² (6.05 sq mi) with 4,224 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1163 higher than the state average of 1084. In Puthoor, 11.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Puthoor had average literacy of 95% higher than state average of 94%; male literacy was 97.3% and female literacy was 93.1%.[3]

Administration

Puthoor village is part of Kunnothuparamba Grama Panchayat in Kuthuparamba Block Panchayat. Puthoor is politically part of Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency) under Vatakara Loksabha constituency.[4]

References

"Villages(132) | Kannur District , Government of kerala | India". kannur.nic.in. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
"Population data - Villages with population 5000 & above". www.censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 166,167. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
"Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.

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[1] "Villages(132) | Kannur District , Government of kerala | India". kannur.nic.in. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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

[3] Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala. p. 166,167. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[4] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.