Ajanur

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]

Ajanoor Ajanur
panchayat
Beach Road, Kanhangad
Ajanoor Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Ajanoor Ajanoor (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12°20′24″N 75°5′24″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasargode
Area
• Total	14.79 km2 (5.71 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	33,079
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671 531
Telephone code	91 467
Vehicle registration	KL-60
Website	kasaragod.nic.in

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	12.374°N 75.080°E / 12.374; 75.080	2,546
2	Ramagiri		2,377
3	Velashwaram	12.354°N 75.086°E / 12.354; 75.086	2,356
4	Madiyan	12.353°N 75.078°E / 12.353; 75.078	2,678
5	Manikoth		1,775
6	Adot		1,908
7	Bellikoth	12.339°N 75.089°E / 12.339; 75.089	2,326
8	Kattukulangara		2,190
9	Mavungal	12.340°N 75.104°E / 12.340; 75.104	2,188
10	Ramnagar		2,128
11	Pallot		1,868
12	Kizhakkumkara	12.331°N 75.092°E / 12.331; 75.092	2,080
13	Thulichery		2,204
14	Athinal		2,634
15	Ittammal		3,010
16	Kolavayal	12.335°N 75.073°E / 12.335; 75.073	3,015
17	Ajanur Beach (Ajanur Kadappuram)	12.333°N 75.067°E / 12.333; 75.067	3,370
18	Muttumthala		3,200
19	Mattummal		3,405
20	Mallikamad		2,933
21	Chithari / Chittari	12.357°N 75.065°E / 12.357; 75.065
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 (12.352°N 75.081°E / 12.352; 75.081). 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

1. List of Cities and Towns in Kasaragod district
2. as of 2009, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation Archived 11 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Tourism in Kasaragod". Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.

• Kasargod district official website
• LSGI Election 2010 Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Chithari