Kanayi is a village in Kannur district,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, in

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. It is at a distance of 12 km from

Payyannur Payyanur, , is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyan ...

. Vannathi Puzha and Meenkuzhi Dam are very important for its agriculture and fishing.

Geography

Kanayi is located on the northern bank of

Perumba River The Perumba River is a 51 km long river which flows through the Kannur and Kasargod districts of the Malabar region in Kerala, India. The town of Payyannur is situated on the banks of this river subsequently the river is locally known as Payyannu ...

. Its average elevation is at 13 metres above the sea level.

Climate

Kanayi has a

Tropical Monsoon Climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(Am) under the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

. Its monsoon season starts in late April and ends in Early November. It receives the least amount of rainfall in February, with an average precipitation of 4 mm; and the most rainfall in June, with an average precipitation of 615 mm.

Plants of Kanayi

*Rijuraj M P et al (2017) reported a new endemic plant ''Rotala kanayensis ''from the marshy substratum of a drying depression on the lateritic rock surface.'

References

Villages near Payyanur {{Kannur-geo-stub