Karivedakam is a village in

Kasaragod district Kasaragod ( and Malayalam: , English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 10 km south to Ullal, whi ...

in the state of

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 ...

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Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Karivedakam village had population of 10,042 with 4,996 are males and 5,046 females. Karivedakam village has an area of with 2,237 families residing in it. The average female sex ratio was 1,010 lower than the state average of 1,084. In Karivedakam, 11.75% of the population was under 6 years of age. Karivedakam had an average literacy of 89.44% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 92.60% and female literacy was 86.34%.

Transportation

This village is connected to Karnataka state through Panathur. There is a 20 km road from Panathur to Sullia in Karnataka from where Bangalore and Mysore can be easily accessed. Locations in Kerala can be accessed by driving towards the western side. The nearest railway station is

Kanhangad railway station Kanhangad railway station ''(Code:KZE)'' is a major and one of the busiest railway station under A – category stations of Palakkad Division, serving the town of Kanhangad in the Kasaragod district of Kerala. It lies in the Shoranur–Mangalor ...

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ke ...

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

line. There are airports at

and

Calicut Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

References

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