Thayyeni is a village under located in the

Kasargod 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 ...

, India. It is a hilly area.

History

Early migration took place in 1958. There were about 30 migrated families in this area by 1965. The famine after World War II saw a large-scale migration of people from Central Travancore (specially from Meenachil Taluk) to this area. The majority of them were Roman Catholic Christians who had a different social and agricultural background. They were hard-working people, and they brought new agricultural practices to this area. They introduced cash crops like rubber to the local people. The major plantation crops of this areas since then have been rubber, arecanut, coconut, pepper etc. Lourde Matha Church, Thayyeni was established as the filial church of Palavayal Church in 1966. It was raised to a parish on 1 May 1982. The first Holy Mass was offered by Rev. Fr. Philip Murinjakallel. The construction of the new church was completed during the tenure of Rev. Fr. George Arikunnel.

Climate

Thayyeni has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(Am) with little to no rainfall from December to March and heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from April to November.

Politics

Thayyeni is part of the Kasargode Lok Sabha constituency and Trikaripur Assembly Constituency. Main political parties in Thayyeni are CPI(M), Indian National Congres and Kerala Congress(M) is the present MP from Kasaragod. M. Rajagopalan CPI(M) is the sitting MLA of Trikaripur Assembly Constituency.

Medical Facilities

Primary Health Center Thayyeni.nearest medical facilities are at: * Family Health Center Chittarikkal (10 km). * PHC, Pulingome (6 km) * Cooperative hospital Cherupuzha (13 km) * St Sebastian’s Hospital, Kakkayamchal, Cherupuzha (13 km) * Govt Homoeo Dispensary Kannivayal (9 km)

Transportation

Local roads have access to NH.66, which connects to

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 ...

in the north 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 ...

in the south. The nearest railway station is

Cheruvathur Cheruvathur is a town and grama panchayat in the Kasaragod district, state of Kerala. It is located from the district headquarters Kasaragod. Transportation Local roads have access to NH-66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Kannur i ...

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. There are airports at Kannur, Mangalore and

References

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