Kannur (district)

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Kannur
District കണ്ണൂർ ജില്ല
District map
State Kerala
Administrative headquarters : Kannur
Area : 2,966 km²
Residents : 2,525,637 (2011)
Population density : 852 inhabitants / km²
Website : kannur.gov.in

The district of Kannur ( Malayalam : കണ്ണൂർ ജില്ല , formerly Cannanore ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Kannur .

geography

Coast of the Arabian Sea in the Kannur district

The district of Kannur is located on the Malabar Coast in northern Kerala. It borders the Arabian Sea to the west, the Kasaragod district to the north, the neighboring state of Karnataka ( Kodagu district ) to the northeast, the Wayanad district to the southeast and the Kozhikode district to the south . The exclave of Mahé , which belongs to the Union territory of Puducherry , is completely enclosed by the territory of the Kannur district. The Kannur District has an area of ​​2,966 square kilometers and stretches from the seashore to the mountains of the Western Ghats .

The district of Kannur is divided into the three taluks Taliparamba, Kannur and Thalassery.

history

Representation of Kannur from the 17th century.

The area of ​​today's Kannur district was under the influence of European colonial powers early on: from the beginning of the 16th century, the city of Kannur became one of the first bases of the Portuguese in India, and in the middle of the 17th century, Kannur came under Dutch rule. The British , however, settled in Thalassery (Tellicherry) in 1682 , while the French maintained a base in Mahé , which is adjacent to the south. As a result of the Anglo-Mysore Wars , the entire area of today's district was in 1792 a part of British India and was part of the district Malabar in the Madras Presidency incorporated.

After Indian independence, the state of Kerala was formed in 1956 as part of the States Reorganization Act according to the language borders of Malayalam from the Malabar district and the Travancore-Cochin Federation . The district of Kannur was formed from the northern parts of the former Malabar district. At the same time, the area adjacent to the north around the city of Kasaragod , which had previously belonged to the South Kanara district (Dakshina Kannada), became part of Kerala and was incorporated into the Kannur district. In 1984 this area was detached from the Kannur district as an independent district of Kasaragod .

population

Theyyam dancers performing in Payyannur

According to the 2011 census, the Kannur district has 2,525,637 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 4.8 percent. The growth rate thus corresponds to the mean value of Kerala (4.9 percent). The population density of 852 inhabitants per square kilometer is also close to the state average (859 inhabitants per square kilometer). 65.1 percent of the residents of the Kannur district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus significantly higher than the average for Kerala (47.7 percent). At 95.4 percent, the literacy rate is slightly higher than the already high Kerala average of 93.9 percent.

According to the 2001 census, Hindus make up the majority of the residents of the Kannur district with 61.5 percent. For Islam to 27.6 percent of the population profess Christians make 10.8 percent.

Cities

city Population
(2001)
Ancharakandy 21,882
Azhikode North 22.001
Azhikode South 23,948
Chala 15,530
Chelora 19,566
Cheruthazham 26,240
Chirakkal 43,290
Chockli 31,779
Dharmadom 29,169
Elayavoor 31,545
Eranholi 24,610
Iriveri 15,672
Kadachira 17,438
Kadirur 28,989
Calliasseri 28,066
Kanhirode 13,954
Kannadiparamba 12,656
Kannapuram 18,568
Kannur 63,795
Kannur Cantonment 4,699
Koothuparamba 29,532
Kottayam-Malabar 17,500
Mattannur 44,317
Mavilayi 11,953
Munderi 19,478
Muzhappilangad 21,905
Narath 12,553
New Mahe 11,230
Paduvilayi 19,167
Pallikkunnu 26,963
Panniyannur 20,860
Panoor 16,288
Pappinisseri 33,266
Pathiriyad 16.608
Pattiyom 19,948
Payyannur 68,711
Peralasseri 15,818
Peringathur 42,079
Pinarayi 15,828
Puzhathi 33,470
Taliparamba 67,441
Thalassery 99,386
Thottada 36,357
Valapattanam 8,369
Varam 14,739

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals India, Kerala State and Districts. (PDF; 37 kB)
  2. ↑ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals: India, Kerala State and Districts (PDF; 37 kB) and Rural and Urban Distribution (India, Kerala, Districts) (PDF; 428 kB).
  3. ^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet: District Kannur (02), Kerala (32). (PDF; 55 kB)
  4. ^ Census of India 2001: Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities / Towns (in alphabetic order). ( Memento from June 16, 2004 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Kannur  - collection of images, videos and audio files