Enmakaje

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Enmakaje is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] The administrative capital of the village is Perla, Kasaragod.

Enmakaje Perla, Kasaragod
Village
MIALP School
Coordinates: 12°39′0″N 75°4′0″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Area
• Total	78.23 km2 (30.20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	26,824
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL- 14

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Enmakaje had a population of 11,773, with 5,932 males and 5,841 females.^[1]

Transportation

The local roads have access to National Highway No.66, which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on the Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

Schools

• SSHSS Katukukke
• SNHS Perla
• MIALP School, Kannatikana
• Little Flower English Medium School
• GHSS Padre Vaninagar
• SSHSS SHENI

Languages

It is a multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Beary bashe, and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages. This village is part of Manjeshwaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Destruction caused by pesticide

Main article: Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala

From 1975 onwards, the pesticide Endosulfan was used for various plantations in Enmakaje without any restrictions or control. This resulted in a huge number of deaths as well as serious injuries. Majority of the 4,000 deaths caused by Endosulfan in the Kasargode District occurred in Enmakaje.^[2][3] Padre village in the Enmakaje Panchayath was the most severely affected area, partly because it is surrounded on all sides by cashew nut plantations.^[4]

See also

• Nadubail, an area near Enmakaje