Puthur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. Puthur is a suburb of Kasaragod city.[2]
Puthur | |
|---|---|
  Puthur Location in Kerala, India  Puthur Puthur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 12°33′09″N 74°57′38″E / 12.5525°N 74.9605°E | |
| 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
editAs 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
editAs 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
editPuthur is part of Mogral Puthur Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod Block. This area comes under Kasaragod Assembly constituency which is part of Kasaragod Loksabha.[5]
References
edit- ^ "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF).
- ^ "Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 100,101. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Population by Religious Community". Census of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2008.
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