Mavilayi is a

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in Kannur district in the Indian

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. Situated i
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Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

Kuthuparamba Kuthuparamba is a town and a municipality in the Kannur district, state of Kerala, India. It is about 24 km south east of Kannur and 14 km east of Thalassery. History Kuthuparamba was part of Kottayam dynasty under the reign of Pa ...

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, 15 km away from

Kannur Town Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Mavilayi had total population of 12,286 which constitutes 5,593 (45.5%) males and 6,693 (54.5%) females. Mavilayi

spreads over an area of with 2,699 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 1,197 higher than state average of 1,084. In Mavilayi, 10.5% of the population is under 6 years of age. Mavilayi had an overall literacy of 96.6% higher than state average of 94%. The male literacy stands at 98.3% and female literacy was 95.3%.

Culture

''Maavila Kaavu'' near Maavilayi is one of the historic temple in Kannur and is famous for annual celebrations of ''Adiyutsavam'' - a mock war festival which is related to the story of ''Daivathar'' trying to resolve the issue between ''Mootha kaikor'' and ''Ilaya kaikor''.

Educational Institutions

*Mavilayi Central LP School *Mavilayi LP School *A.K.G Memorial College of Nursing *RDC Mavilayi *Mundayode LP School

Government Offices

*Mavilayi Village Office *Sub

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, Mavilayi *Veterinary Hospital

Co-Operative Sector

*Mavilayi Service Co-Operative Bank *Raidco Curry Powder Unit

Art & Culture

*Moithu Memorial Library and Public Reading Room, Mavilayi *Voice of mavilayi Arts & Sports Club, Mavilayi *Rural Development Centre (R D C Mavilayi) *Mundayode Podujana Vayanassala. Mundayode *Navajeevan Vayanasala, Mavilayi *Cheguvera Arts club, Trikkapalam *Victory Arts & Sports Club Cherumavilayi

Transportation

The national highway passes through

Thalassery Thalassery (), formerly Tellicherry, is a municipality, Commercial City on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karna ...

town.

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–Ker ...

, Goa and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

Cochin Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

and

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of

Iritty Iritty is a Municipality and a Taluk of Kannur district in Kerala State, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Iritty is known as The Coorg Valley in God's Own Country. Iritty is one o ...

connects to

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

and

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. The nearest railway station is

on Mangalore-

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. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. 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 la ...

. Both of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

Villages near Thalassery Cities and towns in Kannur district {{Kannur-geo-stub