Payyavoor
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Location
Payyavoor is located Template:Cvt north east of district headquarters Kannur, Template:Cvt east of Taluk headquarters Taliparamba, Template:Cvt north of Iritty and Template:Cvt east of Sreekandapuram.[3]
Demographics
As of 2011 Census, Payyavoor village had a population of 22,998 with 11,373 males and 11,625 females. The average sex ratio was 1,022 lower than state average of 1,084. Payyavoor village spreads over an area of Template:Cvt with 5,698 families residing in it. The population of children under 6 years was 2,359 (10.3%) which constitutes 1,219 males and 1,140 females. Payyavoor had an average literacy of 95.46% where male literacy was 96.8% and female literacy was 94.1%.[4]
Administration
Payyavoor Grama Panchayat is a part of Irikkur Block Panchayat. Payyavoor Panchayat is politically a part of Irikkur Assembly constituency in Kannur Loksabha constituency.[5][6]
Educational Institutions
- Sacred Higher Secondary School, Payyavoor
- St. Anne's English Medium School, Payyavoor
- Govt. UP School, Payyavoor[7]
- Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi[8]
- Devamatha Arts and Science College, Paisakari[9]
- Cherupushpa High School Chandanakampara.
Economy
Payyavoor panchayat is mainly an agrarian economy. The major crops are cashew, rubber, coconut and areca nut. A distillery has been proposed by the Kerala government for making Kannur feni (liquor) from cashew apples. Payyavoor service co-operative bank was given nod for producing liquor. Apart from the one being set up in Kerala, Goa state is widely known for the production of feni from cashew apples.[10]
Payyavur was one among the panchayats in Kannur district that affected by 2018 Kerala floods. 4 hecatres of cropped area was destroyed by land slide. The affected areas in the panchayat were side slope of Upland (307m) like Vanjiyam, Adampara, Thenankara and Santhi nagar.[11]
Transportation
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The National Highway (NH 66) is accessible through Taliparamba town of about Template:Cvt away. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Shoranur-Mangalore Section line. Kannur is the nearest international airport, Template:Cvt south of Payyavoor. There are other airports at Calicut and Mangalore.
Kerala Hill Highway (SH 59) passes through Payyavoor town which connects nearby towns like Chemperi, Ulikkal, Iritty, Naduvil, Karuvanchal, Alakode etc.[12] Kerala state highway (SH 36) passes through Sreekandapuram town of Template:Cvt west from here.
References
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