Taliparamba taluk

This article is about the Taluk Taliparamba. For the Town, see Taliparamba.

Taliparamba taluk is one of the five taluks in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India.^[1] It borders Payyanur taluk in the north, Kannur taluk and Thalassery taluk in the south and Iritty taluk in the east. It is a revenue division for the ease of administrative purposes, and is headquartered in Taliparamba. Most government offices are in the Mini Civil Station in Taliparamba. Taliparamba taluk consists of Taliparamba Municipality, Anthoor Municipality, Sreekandapuram Municipality and 15 surrounding panchayats.

Taliparamba taluk Thaliparamba
Taluk
Taluks of Kannur
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Coordinates: 12°05′30″N 75°26′29″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Type	Taluk
• Body	Taliparamba taluk
• Tehsildar	E. M. Reji
Area
• Taluk	824.76 km2 (318.44 sq mi)
• Urban	249.54 km2 (96.35 sq mi)
• Rural	575.22 km2 (222.09 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Taluk	481,746
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	191,689
• Urban density	770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
• Rural	290,057
• Rural density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670xxx
Telephone code	0460
Vehicle registration	KL 59
Nearest city	Kannur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kannur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Taliparamba, Irikkur

Constituent villages

Taliparamba taluk has 28 villages.^[2]

• Alakode, Anthoor, Cheleri, Chengalayi
• Chuzhali, Eruvessi, Irikkur, Kayaralam
• Kolachery, Kooveri, Kurumathur, Kuttiattoor
• Kuttiyeri, Malapattam, Maniyoor, Mayyil
• Morazha, Nediyanga, New Naduvil, Panniyoor
• Pariyaram, Pattuvam, Payyavoor, Sreekandapuram
• Taliparamba, Thimiri, Udayagiri and Vellad

Demographics

Religions in Taliparamba Subdistrict (2011)^[3]

1. Hinduism 56.01 (56.0%)
2. Islam 23.76 (23.8%)
3. Christianity 19.9 (19.9%)
4. Other 0.35 (0.35%)

As of 2011 Census, Taliparamba taluk had a population of 764,888 where 365,811 are males and 399,077 are females. The average sex ratio was 1091. 36.3% of the population lives in urban areas and 63.7% in rural areas. 11% of the population in the taluk was under 6 years of age. The average literacy rate was 93.85%.^[4]

Geography

Taliparamba taluk consists of highland and midland regions including rubber, pepper, cashew and coconut plantations. It has predominantly agrarian economy.