Kasaragod (district)
| Kasaragod District കാസർഗോഡ് ജില്ല , |
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| State | Kerala |
| Administrative headquarters : | Kasaragod |
| Area : | 1,992 km² |
| Residents : | 1,302,600 (2011) |
| Population density : | 604 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | kasargod.gov.in |
The district of Kasaragod ( കാസർഗോഡ് ജില്ല , also Kasargod, Kasargode ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Kasaragod .
geography
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Located on the Malabar Coast on the border with the neighboring state of Karnataka , the Kasaragod district is the northernmost district of Kerala. Neighboring districts are Dakshina Kannada in the north, Kodagu in the east (both Karnataka) and Kannur (Kerala) in the south. To the west lies the coast of the Arabian Sea .
The district area covers an area of 1,992 square kilometers and stretches from the seashore to the mountains of the Western Ghats . The district is traversed by several rivers, the most important of which is the Chandragiri (Payaswati), which flows into the sea near the district capital Kasaragod .
The Kasaragod district is divided into the two talks Kasaragod and Hosdurg.
history
The area of Kasaragod came under the rule of the Vijayanagar Empire in the 14th century . After its decline in the 16th century who took Nayak of Ikkeri control of the coastal area. During the Nayak period in the 17th century, the forts Bekal, Chandragiri and Hosdurg were built in what is now the district. At the end of the 18th century, Tippu Sultan , the ruler of Mysore , conquered the area. After Tipu Sultan's defeat by the British , the area came to British India in 1799 and was incorporated into the Madras presidency as the district of South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada) .
After Indian independence in 1947, the states were reorganized according to language boundaries by the States Reorganization Act in 1956 . Kasaragod and the surrounding area were detached from the Dakshina Kannada district because of the predominantly Malayalam- speaking population and added to the newly founded state of Kerala . Initially, the area was part of the Kannur district . In 1984, the independent Kasaragod district was formed from the northern part of the Kannur district.
population
According to the 2011 census, the Kasaragod district has 1,302,600 inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population grew by 8.2 percent, faster than the average in Kerala (4.9 percent). The population density of 654 people per square kilometer is below the state average, but above the Indian average. 38.8 percent of the population of the Kasaragod district live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus lower than the average in Kerala (47.7 percent). At 90.0 percent, the literacy rate is lower than the average in Kerala, but still very high compared to the rest of India.
According to the 2001 census, Hindus make up the majority of the inhabitants of the Kozhikode district with 58.6 percent. There is also a large Muslim minority of 34.3 percent and a smaller number of Christians (7.0 percent).
In addition to Malayalam , the main language of Kerala, the regional language Tulu is also spoken in the district of Kasaragod and in the coastal areas adjacent to the north of Karnataka . Traditionally, the Chandragiri River marks the southern border of the Tulu area. According to the 2001 census, there are around 120,000 Tulu speakers in Kerala.
Cities
| city | Population (2001) |
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| Bangramanjeshwar | 5,636 |
| Hosabettu | 5,916 |
| Kanhangad | 65,499 |
| Kasaragod | 52,683 |
| Kudlu | 23,328 |
| Manjeshwar | 8,674 |
| Udma | 8,144 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals India, Kerala State and Districts. (PDF; 37 kB)
- ↑ 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).
- ^ Census of India 2001: Basic Data Sheet: District Kasaragod (01), Kerala (32). (PDF; 55 kB)
- ^ Census of India 2001: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages-India / States / Union Territories - 2001 Census.
- ^ 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 )
