Parappa (Kasaragod)

Parappa is a village and block panchayat in Vellarikundu taluk of Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala.^[1][2]

Parappa
Village, Block Panchayat
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Coordinates: 12.3714°N 75.2450°E / 12.3714; 75.2450
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Taluk	Vellarikundu
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Block Panchayat
Area
• Total	40.22 km2 (15.53 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	14,137
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	671533
Telephone code	04672
Vehicle registration	KL-79

Location

Parappa is located 7 km west of Vellarikundu on Odayanchal-Cherupuzha road, 24 km east of Kanhangad and 44 km south east of District headquarters Kasaragod.

Administration

Local bodies in Kasaragod district

Parappa is a village in Balal Grama Panchayat. The Parappa Block Panchayat consists of 7 Grama Panchayats, including Balal, East Eleri, Kallar, Kinanoor-Karindalam, Kodom-Belur, Panathady and West Eleri.^[3] Parappa village is politically a part of Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency) which belongs to Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency).^[4]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Parappa village had total population of 14,137 which constitutes 6,834 males and 7,303 females. Parappa village spreads over an area of 40.22 km² (15.53 sq mi) with 3,463 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Parappa was 1068 lower than state average of 1084. Population in the age group 0-6 was 1,542 (10.9%) where 793 are males and 749 are females. Parappa had overall literacy of 88.3%, lower than state average of 94%. Male literacy stands at 92.1% and female literacy was 84.8%.^[5]

References

1. "Taluk Offices". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
2. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
3. "Administrative divisions of Kasaragod district". Official website of Kasaragod district. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "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.
5. Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 92,93. Retrieved 14 July 2020.