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Vayathur
Vayathur
Village
	Vayathur Location in Kerala, India
	Coordinates: 12°04′11″N 75°40′57″E / 12.069860°N 75.68247°E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Government
• Type	Village
Area
• Total	43.4 km2 (16.8 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	22,743
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670705
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-78

Vayathur is a village in Ulikkal Grama panchayat of Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.^[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Vayathur village had population of 22,743 which comprises 11,207 males and 11,536 females. Vayathur village spreads over an area of 43.4 km² (16.8 sq mi) with 5,395 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Vayathur was 1,029 lower than state average of 1,084. Population of children in the age group 0-6 was 2,326 (10.2%) where 1,227 are males and 1,099 are females. Vayathur had an overall literacy of 95.1% higher than state average of 94%. The male literacy stands at 96.6% and female literacy was 93.7%.^[2]

Transportation

The national highway passes through Kannur town. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of Iritty connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mattannur.

References

^ "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.
^ Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 14 July 2020.