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Kasaragod District is a beautiful area in the state of Kerala, India. It's one of the 14 districts that make up Kerala. Kasaragod became its own district on May 24, 1984. Before that, it was part of the Kannur district when Kerala was formed on November 1, 1956.

People of Kasaragod

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A map showing Kasaragod District in Kerala.

In 2011, a big count of people called a census was done in India. It showed that Kasaragod district had about 1,307,375 people living there. This is roughly the same number of people as in the country of Mauritius!

The district is quite busy, with about 654 people living in every square kilometer. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of people living here grew by about 8.18%.

Kasaragod is also known for having more females than males. For every 1000 males, there were about 1079 females. This is called the sex ratio. Also, many people in Kasaragod can read and write. About 89.85% of the people here are literate, which is a very good literacy rate.

Images for kids

  • Anantapura Lake Temple

    Ananthapadmanabhaswamy temple at Ananthapura, Kumbla

  • Malikdeenar Mosque in the Morning

    Malik Dinar Mosque, Kasaragod, is one of the oldest mosques in India.

  • Maipady palace

    Maipady palace

  • Arikady fort

    Arikady fort at Kumbla

  • Buchanan Journey map

    A map of Malabar District (Malayalam district) drawn by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1807. Kasaragod region to the south of Payaswini/Chandragiri river of South Canara was also included in Malayalam region (just above the blue shaded region).

  • Malkassignboard

    Road sign in Kasaragod town

  • Valiyaparamba Beach sun set

    Sunset at Valiyaparamba beach

  • Manjeshwar harbour

    Manjeshwar harbour

  • KanhangadMulticipalOffice1

    Kanhangad Municipal Office

  • Subdistricts of Kasaragod

    Taluks in Kasargod

  • Kasaragod Railway Station (4601247110)

    Kasaragod railway station lies on Mangalore-Shoranur railway line in Palakkad railway division.

  • Central University of Kerala Campus 07

    The Central University of Kerala is situated in the district.

  • CPCRI Main Building

    The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute at Kasaragod was established in 1916.

  • Government college kasaragod 03

    The Government College Kasaragod was established in 1957.

  • Kalikkadavu (4472443272)

    Thrikaripur town

  • Edayilakkad

    Edayilakkad island in Valiyaparamba

  • Panathur town

    Panathur is an important hilly town in the district (Closer to Western Ghats)

  • Badiyadka Town

    Badiyadka town during night

See also

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