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Ajanur

Field	Value
name	Ajanoor
other_name	Ajanur
settlement_type	panchayat
image_skyline	File:Kanhangad, Kerala, India. (4804997740).jpg
image_caption	Beach Road, Kanhangad
pushpin_map	India Kerala#India
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Kerala, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Kerala
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Kasargode
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	14.79
population_total	33079
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Malayalam, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	671 531
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	91 467
registration_plate	KL-60
website

Ajanur (also anglicized Ajanoor) is a grama panchayat and also a village of the same name in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. It is the fifth largest town in Kasaragod district.

Ajanur vs. Kanhangad

Ajanur is in fact a bureaucratic nicety. Some parts of Kanhangad town is put under an administrative unit called Ajanur Panchayath. The suburb continues to be part and parcel of Kanhangad town.

Ajanur is just north of Kanhangad, stretching for some 5 km along the Kanyakumari-Panavel Road, encompassing an area of some 28 km2. Total population was recorded as 33,079 in the 2011 Indian census.

Wards in the local administration

Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":

ward	name	location	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811142543/http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/Reports/rws/rpt_CoverageHabitationStatusDistrictWiseLink.aspx?DistrictId=0214&DistrictName=KASARAGOD&StateName=KERALA&Flag=1
1	Ravaneshwaram		2,546
2	Ramagiri		2,377
3	Velashwaram		2,356
4	Madiyan		2,678
5	Manikoth		1,775
6	Adot		1,908
7	Bellikoth		2,326
8	Kattukulangara		2,190
9	Mavungal		2,188
10	Ramnagar		2,128
11	Pallot		1,868
12	Kizhakkumkara		2,080
13	Thulichery		2,204
14	Athinal		2,634
15	Ittammal		3,010
16	Kolavayal		3,015
17	Ajanur Beach
(Ajanur Kadappuram)		3,370
18	Muttumthala		3,200
19	Mattummal		3,405
20	Mallikamad		2,933
21	Chithari / Chittari
22	Barikkad
23	Mukkoodu

Notable people

Ajanur is the birthplace of the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, whose younger brother P. Krishnan Nair, was the first president of the panchayat.

Ajanur was also home for the socialist party leader C. M. Padmanabhan Nair.

Temples

The Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur (). The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.

Education

Educational institutions in Ajanur are Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ravaneshwaram, Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair Memorial High School, Iqbal High School and Crescent English Medium School.

Transportation

Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.

References

[[List of Cities and Towns in Kasaragod district]]
"Ajanur Census Town City Population Census 2011-2025 {{!}} Kerala".
link. (11 August 2014)
"Tourism in Kasaragod".

Wikipedia Source

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