Ajanur (also anglicized Ajanoor) is a census town and grama panchayat in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. It is also a suburb of Kanhangad city.
Administration Ajanur census town fall under the administrative jurisdiction of Ajanur Grama Panchayat. The area functions as a suburb of Kanhangad city. Ajanur is just north of Kanhangad, stretching along the State Highway 57.
Demographics As of the 2011 census of India, Ajanur had a population of 33,079 of which 15,364 are males while 17,715 are females. The child population in the age group 0–6 years is 4,122, which constitutes 12.46% of the total population.
Ajanur has a female sex ratio of 1,153 against the state average of 1,084. The child sex ratio is 994, compared to the Kerala average of 964. The literacy rate of Ajanur is 89.07%, lower than the state average of 94.00%. Male literacy is 93.67% and female literacy is 85.16%.
Wards in the local administration Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards": ward name location populationas of 2009, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 1 Ravaneshwaram 2,5462 Ramagiri 2,3773 Velashwaram 2,3564 Madiyan 2,678 5 Manikoth 1,7756 Adot 1,9087 Bellikoth 2,3268 Kattukulangara 2,1909 Mavungal 2,18810 Ramnagar 2,12811 Pallot 1,86812 Kizhakkumkara 2,08013 Thulichery 2,20414 Athinal 2,63415 Ittammal 3,01016 Kolavayal 3,01517 Ajanur Beach(Ajanur Kadappuram) 3,37018 Muttumthala 3,20019 Mattummal 3,40520 Mallikamad 2,93321 Chithari / Chittari 22 Barikkad23 Mukkoodu
Notable people Ajanur is the birthplace of the poet P. Kunhiraman Nair, whose younger brother P. Krishnan Nair, was the first president of the panchayat.
Ajanur was also home for the socialist party leader C. M. Padmanabhan Nair.
Temples The Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur (). The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.
Education Educational institutions in Ajanur are Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ravaneshwaram, Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair Memorial High School, Iqbal High School and Crescent English Medium School.
Transportation Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Kanhangad on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There are airports at Mangalore and Calicut.
References
Kasargod district official website LSGI Election 2010
External links Chithari