Kasaragod
| Kasaragod കാസർഗോഡ് |
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| State : | Kerala | ||
| District : | Kasaragod | ||
| Location : | 12 ° 30 ′ N , 75 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 27 m | ||
| Area : | 16.68 km² | ||
| Residents : | 54,172 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 3248 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Website : | www.kasaragodmunicipality.in/ | ||
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Kasaragod ( Malayalam : കാസർഗോഡ് Kāsargōḍ [ ˈkaːsərɡoːɖ ]; also: Kasargod, Kasargode ) is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala with about 54,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located on the Malabar coast in northern Kerala not far from the border with the neighboring state of Karnataka at the mouth of the Chandragiri (Payaswini) river in the Arabian Sea . The next largest cities are Mangalore 50 kilometers north and Kozhikode (Calicut) 185 kilometers south. Kasaragod is the administrative seat of the Kasaragod district .
Kasaragod was an important port and a center of overseas trade with Arabia early on . In the 14th century the city came under the rule of the Vijayanagar Empire. After its decline in the 16th century who took Nayak of Ikkeri control of the coastal area. During the reign of the Nayaks, the Fort Chandragiri was built on the other bank of the Chandagiri River in the 17th century. At the end of the 18th century, the Tippoo Sultan , ruler of Mysore , conquered Kasaragod. After Tipu Sultan's defeat by the British , the city 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 was detached from the Dakshina Kannada district because of its predominantly Malayalam-speaking population and added to the Kannur district of the newly established state of Kerala. In 1984 the city became the administrative seat of the district of Kasaragod.
Kasaragod is a very strongly Muslim city. In the Thalangara district is the Malik Dinar Mosque, built in the traditional Keralesian architectural style, which is said to have been founded by Malik Ibn Dinar , who is said to have brought Islam to Kerala in the 7th century. The mosque houses the tomb of Malik Ibn Mohammed, a descendant of Malik Ibn Dinar. Furthermore, the Hindu Mallikarjuna temple, which is dedicated to the god Shiva , is located in Kasaragod .
Kappil Beach is nearby .
climate
Kasaragod has a tropical climate . The annual mean temperature is 27.1 ° C, the average annual rainfall is 3825 mm. The rainiest months are June and July.
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education
Kasaragod has been the headquarters of the Central University of Kerala (CUK) since 2009 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ www.census2011.co.in
- ↑ www.mustseeindia.com ( Memento of the original from August 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ climate-data.org
