Puthige is a small village with its own
panchayat administration, located in the
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
Kerala
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,
India
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.
Languages
This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak
Malayalam
Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...
,
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
,
Tulu,
Beary bashe
Byari or Beary (ಬ್ಯಾರಿ) is a geographically isolated dialect of Malayalam spoken by the Byaris who are part of the Muslim community in Tulu Nadu region of Coastal Karnataka and Northern Kerala ( Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasar ...
and
Konkani __NOTOC__
Konkani may refer to:
Language
* Konkani language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Konkan region of India.
* Konkani alphabets, different scripts used to write the language
**Konkani in the Roman script, one of the scripts used to ...
. Migrant workers also speak
Hindi
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and
Tamil
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People, culture and language
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**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
languages.
Administration
This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of
Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
Assembly segments
Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
Members of Parli ...
Constituent villages
The following 14 ''wards'' are the constituent villages of the Puthige
Panchayath administration system.
# Chennikodi
#
Dharmathadka
# Deradka
#
Badoor
# Mugu
# Urmi
# Ujampadavu
# Seethangoli
#
Kannur-puthige
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Edanad
Edanad is a village in Alappuzha district in the state of Kerala, India
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# Mukarikanda
# Puthige
# Kathib nagar
#
Angadimogar
See also
*
Kattathadka
*
Seethangoli
References
{{Kasaragod district
Manjeshwar area
Panchayats in Kasaragod district