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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kunjathur<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = Kunja Nadu<br />
| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]<br />
| image_skyline = Kunjathur Mahalingeshwara.jpg<br />
| image_alt = Mahalingeshwara Temple at Kunjathur<br />
| image_caption = Mahalingeshwara Temple, Kunjathur<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12|44|35|N|74|53|10|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]<br />
| governing_body = Manjeshwar Grama Panchayat<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 12.65<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 13,633<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Kannada]], English<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = 671323<br />
| registration_plate = KL-14<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Kunjathur''' is a [[census town]] in [[Kasaragod district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref> It is located {{convert|22|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Mangalore]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Kunjathur had a population of 13,633, where 6,729 are males and 6,904 are females. Kunjathur [[census town]] has an area of {{cvt|12.65|km2}} with 2,634 families residing in it. In Kunjathur, 12.3% of the population was under the age of 6. Kunjathur had an average literacy of 90.2%, lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 94.9%, and female literacy was 85.7%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=100,101 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Religions==<br />
As of 2011 census, Kunjathur town had 13,633 population, which comprises 6,824 Muslims (50.1%), 5,924 Hindus (43.5%), 852 Christians (6.2%) and Others (0.2%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web |title=Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS |work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General}}</ref><br />
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==Transportation==<br />
Local roads have access to [[NH 66|National Highway No.66]] which connects to [[Mangalore]] in the north and [[Calicut]] in the south. The nearest railway station is [[Manjeshwaram railway station|Manjeshwar]] on [[Shoranur-Mangalore section]] under southern railway zone. The nearest airport is at [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]].<br />
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==Languages==<br />
This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak [[Malayalam]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Beary bashe]], [[Kannada]] and [[Konkani language|Konkani]] and Dakhini [[Urdu]] . Migrant workers also speak [[Hindi]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] languages.<br />
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==Administration==<br />
This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kasaragod district}}<br />
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[[Category:Manjeshwar area]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Kasaragod district]]<br />
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