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Country
  
India

District
  
Kasaragod

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

State
  
Kerala

Headquarters
  
Uppala

Manjeshwaram Taluk

Manjeshwaram taluk is the recently formed taluk in Kasaragod district, Kerala. It is carved out from Kasaragod taluk.

Contents

West

  • Total population : 136,674
  • Area : 100.9 km2
  • Mangalpady
  • Manjeshwaram
  • Kumbla
  • South

  • Badiadka
  • Puthige
  • East

  • Paivalike
  • Bellur, Kerala
  • Enmakaje
  • Kumbadaje
  • North

  • Meenja
  • Vorkady
  • Uppala Municipality Plan

    If Uppala municipality is carved out from the Mangalpady panchayat by adding the following to Uppala Census town:

  • Census towns - Mangalpady and Shiriya
  • villages - Ichilangod, Kodibail and Mulinja
  • Uppala Municipality will have a population of 41,212 in an area of 25.04 km2. The population density of the municipality will be around 1,650 per km2.

    Languages

    This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Beary bashe and Konkani. 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)

    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 Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

    References

    Manjeshwaram Taluk Wikipedia