Peringathur is a census town in

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 List of districts of India, districts of Mahé, India, Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode ...

taluk of Kannur district in the

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. It is a part of

Panoor Panoor is a Municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the City of Thalassery. Panoor got mu ...

municipality.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Peringathur had a population of 40,292. Males constitute 46% of the population and females were 54%. Peringathur had an average literacy rate of 96%, higher than the state average of 94%: male literacy was 97.6%, and female literacy was 94.6%. In Peringathur, 12.5% of the population was under 6 years of age.

Etymology

It is believed that the name "Peringathur" was derived from Peringalath Ur, which means the place where great wars took place. It gradually came to be known as Peringathur.. Kanakamala is a developing tourist spot and the hill ranges of Wayanad and Mahe beach can be viewed from this hilltop. Peringathur town is situated in the southern border of Kannur district. This town comes under Panoor Municipality and is 6 km away from The Union Territory, Mahe. Mayyazhi river flows through this town. Nearest towns include Panoor, Nadapuram, Kadavathur, Chokli, Thalassery, and Kuthuparamba.

Famous Personality

Famous footballer V.P. Sathyan who represented Kerala in Santosh Trophy was born in Mekkunnu. P K Noushad Master who represent India (he was the only keralite) as a volunteer in FIFA world cup South africa, Brazil and volunteer coordinator in Russia .and also won FIFA Fair Play award along with other FIFA Brazil volunteers in the year 2015,and He was co-operating with Kerala Blasters in ISL.

Transportation

The national highway passes through

town. Goa and

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can be accessed on the northern side and

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and

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

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connects to

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. The nearest railway station is

on Mangalore-

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line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There three airports to Mangalore Airport angalorend Calicut International Airport 92km alicutannur international airport35km

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all of them are international airports.

References

Cities and towns in Kannur district {{Kannur-geo-stub