Kunjathur

Kunjathur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] It is located 22 km (14 mi) south of Mangalore.

Kunjathur
Census Town
Mahalingeshwara Temple, Kunjathur
Nickname:  Kunja Nadu
Kunjathur Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 12°44′35″N 74°53′10″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Manjeshwar Grama Panchayat
Area
• Total	12.65 km2 (4.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	13,633
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, Kannada, English
• Spoken	Malayalam, Tulu, Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-14

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kunjathur had a population of 13,633, where 6,729 are males and 6,904 are females. Kunjathur census town has an area of 12.65 km² (4.88 sq mi) with 2,634 families residing in it. In Kunjathur, 12.3% of the population was under the age of 6. Kunjathur had an average literacy of 90.2%, lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 94.9%, and female literacy was 85.7%.^[2]

Religions

As of 2011 census, Kunjathur town had 13,633 population, which comprises 6,824 Muslims (50.1%), 5,924 Hindus (43.5%), 852 Christians (6.2%) and Others (0.2%).^[3]

Transportation

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 Shoranur-Mangalore section under southern railway zone. The nearest airport is at Mangalore.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe, Kannada and Konkani and Dakhini Urdu . Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)