Shiriya is a village in the
Kasaragod district
Kasaragod ( and Malayalam language, Malayalam: , English language, English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu language, Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic language, Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 List of districts of Kerala, districts in the southern Indi ...
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 ...
, India. Shiriya is composed of several smaller villages, those being Shiriya, Shiriya kunnil, Muttam-gate, and Olayam.
Geography
Shiriya is in
Manjeshwaram Taluk
Manjeshwaram taluk is the northern most taluk of Kerala which borders Karnataka state. It is located in Kasaragod district, Kerala which was carved out from Kasaragod taluk on 2013.
Constituent Villages
Manjeshwaram taluk has 48 revenue villag ...
which is the northernmost taluk in both Kasaragod district and the state of Kerala. The town is situated on the coast of the
Lakshadweep Sea
The Laccadive Sea or Lakshadweep Sea is a body of water bordering India (including its Lakshadweep islands), the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. It is located to the southwest of Karnataka, to the west of Kerala and to the south of Tamil Nadu. This war ...
, at the mouth of the Shiriya River. A rail line and
National Highway 66
The following highways are numbered 66:
Australia
* Barkly Highway (Northern Territory)
* Riddoch Highway
Canada
* Alberta Highway 66
* Highway 66 (Ontario)
Finland
* Kantatie 66 (Orivesi — Lapua)
France
* A66 autoroute
Germany
* Bundesa ...
pass through the town.
Demographics
As per
2011 Census, Shiriya census town had a population of 5,277, where 2,403 are male and 2,874 are female. It covered an area of 400 hectares and had 974 households in that year. 818 people, roughly 15% of the town's population, were at or below the age of 6 in 2011. Although the two official languages of the region are
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...
and English, people in Shiriya also speak
Tulu
Tulu may refer to:
People
*Derartu Tulu (born 1972), Ethiopian long-distance runner
*Walid Yacoubou (born 1997), Togolese footballer nicknamed "Tulu"
India
*Tulu calendar, traditional solar calendar generally used in the regions of southwest Kar ...
,
Beary
The Beary (also known as Byari) is a community concentrated along the southwest coast of India, mostly in the Mangalore district of the south Indian state of Karnataka. They are an ethnic group of Indian Muslims with their own distinct cul ...
, and
Konkani. Migrant workers also speak
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
language.
[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf ]
Administration
Shiriya is within
Manjeshwar State Assembly constituency, and
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency
Kasaragod (Casrod) Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, കാസർഗോഡ് ലോക്സഭാ മണ്ഡലം ) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
Assembly segments
Kasaragod Lok Sab ...
.
References
Manjeshwar area
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