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Mahe natively (in nearby areas of Kerala) known as Mayyazhi, is a small town at the starting of the Mahe River. It is surrounded on all sides by the State of Kerala. The Kannur District surrounds Mahé on three sides. Kozhikode District surrounds it from one side. Mahe belongs to the Puducherry union territory. This town is the headquarters of the district. Formerly it was a part of French India. Mahé now forms a municipality in Mahe district.

Population

As of 2011 Indian census, Mahe had a population of 41,816, mostly Malayalis.

Mahe has an average literacy rate of 97.87%. Male and female literacy were 98.63% and 97.25% respectively. In Mahe, 10.89% of the population consists of children under six years of age.

Images for kids

  • Plan de Mahe avec les attaques de Bayanor souverain du lieu

    Mahé in 1726. Map made after taking possession of the place and the war against the Indian king of the region supported by the British.

  • Mahe FrIndia Map 1900

    Map 1900.

  • Pondicherry pro-merger activism 1954

    Freedom fighters in Mahé, 1954

  • Mahe, kerala

    Morning in Mahe

  • MAHE LIGHT HOUSE

    Mahe Light House

  • Mahé Town Hall

    Mahe Town Hall

  • Mahé India 1867

    Mahe in 1867

  • Church at Mahé, French India period

    Mahe Church, 1940

  • Kallappally Mosque, new Mahe

    Kallappally Mosque

  • KEEZHUR MONUMENT PUDUCHERRY - AN HISTORICAL PLACE

    Keezhur Monument

  • Bharathan statue-01

    Statue of freedom fighter Kumaran

See also

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