Kannur is a village located in the Puthige panchayath, in

Kasaragod district Kasaragod ( (, , ; English: ''Kassergode'') is one of the 14 districts in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Its northern border Thalappady is located just 9 km south to Ullal, which is the southernmost portion of the major port city ...

of the

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n state of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, 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 ...

. Kannur is home to the

Ananthapura Lake Temple Ananthapadmanabhaswamy Temple or Ananthapura Lake Temple is a Hindu temple in the middle of a lake in the village of Ananthapura, around 6 km from the town of Kumbla in Manjeshwaram Taluk of Kasaragod District of Kerala, South India. This ...

(), a

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located in the middle of a lake.

Peral-Kannur and
Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and Municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the maj ...

Peral-Kannur is a small village under the administration of Puthige panchayath in Kasaragod district.

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

is a city and headquarters of the

Kannur district Kannur () is one of the 14 Districts of Kerala, districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India. The city of Kannur is the district headquarters and gives the district its name. The old name, Cannanore, is the anglicized form of th ...

some 106 kilometers south.

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Kannur village had total population of 2,421 where 1,183 are males and 1,238 are females. Kannur village spreads over with 445 families residing in it. Population in the age group 0-6 was 284 among which 147 are males and 137 are females. Kannur had overall literacy of 90% where male literacy stands at 94.1% and female literacy was 86.1%.

Landmarks

Peral-Kannur can be accessed from Madhur-Seethangoli road. The village school is located in this junction. The village Dargah and the watersfall can be accessed from this junction.

Geography and climate

Kannur lies along the

Konkan The Konkan is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, bound by the river Daman Ganga at Damaon in the north, to Anjediva Island next to Karwar town in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau to the eas ...

coast, a rugged section of the western coastline of India on the

Laccadive Sea The Laccadive Sea ( ), also known as the 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 ...

, and is bounded on the west by the

Mogral River The Mogral River (also known as the Madhuvahini River) is a west-flowing river in the Kasaragod district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is named after Mogral, a coastal village on its northern banks. The river empties into the Arabian Sea at ...

() and on the east by the

KINFRA Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) is a government agency under the government of the Indian state of Kerala headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It undertakes development of industrial estates to nurture industrial ...

Industrial Park (). The village has heavy rainfalls during the

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...

s season. The coastal area of Kannur is very rich in natural resources including

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s and

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s. The village has a

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, and summer and winter months experience similar temperate conditions, with average temperatures ranging from .

Image gallery

File:Peralkannur Kamuku Bridge.jpg, Kamuku bridge File:Peralkannur Road.jpg, Lunar landscape File:Peralkannur Arecanut bridge - Copy.jpg, The 'thodi' File:Sulthan Nagar. Peralkannur Kumbla.jpg, Sulthan Road

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