Parudur

Parudur is a village and gram panchayat in Pattambi taluk, Palakkad district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] Parudur was originally a part of Kuttippuram Block Panchayat in Tirur Taluk of erstwhile Kozhikode district, before the formation of Malappuram district.^[2][3] After the formation of Malappuram district, Tirur Taluk became a part of Malappuram and Parudur village was transferred to Ottapalam Taluk.^[3][4] Today it forms part of Pattambi taluk.

Parudur
village
Parudur, Mukkilappeedika
Coordinates: 10.817370°N 76.1177500°E / 10.817370; 76.1177500
India	India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Population  (2001)
• Total	24,345
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	679305
Vehicle registration	KL-52

The village is in the Trithala Niyamasabha constituency and the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency represented by CPI(M) and IUML respectively.^{[citation needed]}

Its panchayat president is APM Zakkariya

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census, Parudur had a population of 24,345 with 11,572 males and 12,773 females.^[5]

References

1. "Reports of National Panchayat Directory". Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
2. Devassy, M. K. (1965). District Census Handbook (2) - Kozhikode (1961) (PDF). Ernakulam: Government of Kerala.
3. K. Narayanan (1972). District Census Handbook - Malappuram (Part-C) - 1971 (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 3.
4. "Parudur". palakkad.nic.in.
5. "Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.