Panniyoor is a village in Kannur district in the

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Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Panniyoor had a population of 12,382 with 5,932 (47.9%) males and 6,450 (52.1%) females. Panniyoor village spreads over an area of with 2,673 families residing in it. The male female sex ratio was 1,087 higher than state average of 1,084. In Panniyoor, 11% of the population were under 6 years age. Panniyoor had overall literacy of 91.8% lower than state average of 94%.

Pepper Research Station

Panniyoor has become famous because the prestigious pepper reserearch station of

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is located there. The station has developed a high yield hybrid pepper variety called Panniyoor One.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

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town.

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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can be accessed on the southern side. Taliparamba has a good bus station and buses are easily available to all parts of Kannur district. The road to the east of

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connects to

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but buses to these cities are available only from

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, 22 km to the south. The nearest railway stations are

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line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India. There are airports at

and

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. All of them are small international airports with direct flights available only to Middle Eastern countries.

References

Villages near Taliparamba {{Kannur-geo-stub