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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox settlement 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]

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":

ward name location population[2]
1 Ravaneshwaram Шаблон:Coord 2,546
2 Ramagiri 2,377
3 Velashwaram Шаблон:Coord 2,356
4 Madiyan Шаблон:Coord 2,678
5 Manikoth 1,775
6 Adot 1,908
7 Bellikoth Шаблон:Coord 2,326
8 Kattukulangara 2,190
9 Mavungal Шаблон:Coord 2,188
10 Ramnagar 2,128
11 Pallot 1,868
12 Kizhakkumkara Шаблон:Coord 2,080
13 Thulichery 2,204
14 Athinal 2,634
15 Ittammal 3,010
16 Kolavayal Шаблон:Coord 3,015
17 Ajanur Beach
(Ajanur Kadappuram)
Шаблон:Coord 3,370
18 Muttumthala 3,200
19 Mattummal 3,405
20 Mallikamad 2,933
21 Chithari / Chittari Шаблон:Coord
22 Barikkad
23 Mukkoodu

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 (Шаблон:Coord). 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

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External links

Шаблон:Kasaragod district