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Taluk in Kerala, India
Kasaragod
or
Casrod
a taluk which along with
Hosdurg taluk
,
Manjeshwaram Taluk
and
Vellarikundu
taluk constitute the
Kasaragod district
,
Kerala
,
India
. Its educational center is Vidyanagar. The major areas include Kasaragod municipality, Chemnad, Bedira, and Chengala. The
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute
is located in the taluk.
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Villages in Kasaragod
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Kasaragod taluk has 34 villages.
- Adkathbail,
Adoor
,
Adhur
,
Badiadka
,
Bandadka
,
Bedadka
,
- Bela
,
Bellur
,
Chemnad
,
Chengala
,
Delampady
,
Kalnad
- Karivedakam
,
Karadka
,
Kasaragod
,
Kolathur
,
Kudlu
- Kumbadaje
,
Kuttikole
,
Madhur
,
Muliyar
,
Munnad
,
Muttathody
- Neerchal
,
Nekraje
,
Nettanige
,
Pady
,
Patla
,
Perumbala
- Puthoor
,
Shiribagilu
,
Thalangara
,
Thekkil
and
Ubrangala
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Demographics
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According to 2011 census, Kasaragod taluk had a population of 681,736, which includes 332,754 males and 349,032 females. The average sex ratio is 1049 lower than state average of 1084. Total literacy rate is 89.45% lower than state average of 94%.
Kasaragod taluk constitutes 48.84% Hindus, 48.15% Muslims followed by 2.82% Christians and others.
Religions in Kasaragod Subdistrict
(2011)
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Other (0.2%)
As of 2011 Indian
census
, Kasaragod subdistrict had total population of 681,736, among which 480,405 (70.5%) registered Malayalam as their mother tongue, 110,621 (16.2%) marked Tulu as their mother tongue, 43,664 (6.4%) marked Kannada as mother tongue, 18,718 (2.7%) marked Marathi as mother tongue, 15,378 (2.26%) marked Konkani as mother tongue, 5657 (0.83%) marked Urdu as mother tongue and 1.11% marked under other Indian languages.
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