Kurumbathur
[{{Cite web, title=https://village.kerala.gov.in/Office_websites/about_village.php?nm=582Kurumbathoorvillageoffice] village is located in
Tirur Taluk of
Malappuram district
Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the to ...
in Kerala, India. According to Census 2011 information.
[{{cite web, url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx , title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above , access-date=2008-12-10 , author=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx , archive-date=8 December 2008 ] It is situated sub-district headquarter Tirur (tehsildar office) and 30km away from district headquarter Malappuram. As per 2009 stats, Athavanad is the gram panchayat of Kurumbathur village.
The total geographical area of village is 1333 hectares. Kurumbathur has a total population of 20,707 peoples, out of which male population is 9,686 while female population is 11,021. Literacy rate of kurumbathur village is 90.57% out of which 90.44% males and 91.68% females are literate. When it comes to administration, Kurumbathur village is administrated by a sarpanch who is elected representative of the village by the local elections. As per 2019 stats, Kurumbathur village comes under
Tirur Assembly constituency &
Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.
The ''Kurumbathur'' name is came from the word ''Kuru'' which means small, since the land has many small path ways, it is situated in between Pakkathu mana and Edassery kavu temple,
Transportation
Kurumbathur village connects National highway No.66 passes through
Puthanathani and the northern stretch connects to
Goa and
Mumbai. The southern stretch connects to
Cochin and
Trivandrum. State Highway No.28 starts from Nilambur and connects to
Ooty,
Mysore and
Bangalore through Highways.12,29 and 181. National Highway No.966 connects to
Palakkad and
Coimbatore
Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...
. The nearest airport is at
Kozhikode. The nearest major railway station is at
Tirur.
References
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