Puthur (Kasaragod)

Puthur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Puthur is a suburb of Kasaragod city.^[2]

Puthur
Census Town
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Coordinates: 12.5525°N 74.9605°E / 12.5525; 74.9605
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Mogral Puthur Panchayat
Area
• Total	8.4 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,271
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671124
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-14

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Puthur had a population of 14,271 with 6,749 males and 7,522 females. Puthur census town has an area of 8.4 km² (3.2 sq mi) with 2,659 families residing in it. The average sex ratio was 1114 higher than the state average of 1084. 14.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Puthur had average literacy of 89.75% higher than the national average of 74.04% and lower than state average of 94.00%; male literacy was 93.87% and female literacy was 86.14%.^[3]

Religions

As of 2011 census, Puthur census town had total population of 14,271, among which 70.8% are Muslims, 28.6% Hindus, 0.5% Christians, and 0.1% Others.^[4]

Administration

Puthur is part of Mogral Puthur Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod Block. This area comes under Kasaragod Assembly constituency which is part of Kasaragod Loksabha.^[5]