Kasaragod taluk

Kasaragod or Casrod, a taluk which along with Hosdurg taluk, Manjeshwaram Taluk and Vellarikundu taluk constitute the Kasaragod district, Kerala, India.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

Villages in Kasaragod

Kasaragod taluk has 34 villages.

Demographics

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)[6]
  1. Hinduism (48.8%)
  2. Islam (48.1%)
  3. Christianity (2.82%)
  4. Other (0.20%)

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.

Languages in Kasaragod Subdistrict[7]
Language Speakers
Malayalam
 
 70.5%
Tulu
 
 16.2%
Kannada
 
 6.4%
Marathi
 
 2.7%
Konkani
 
 2.3%
Others
 
 1.9%
Distribution of languages
Source: 2011 Census

References

  1. ↑ "Taluk Offices | Website of Kasargod | India". Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "CMO Kerala". cmo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Vidyanagar Pin Code, Vidyanagar, Kasargod Map, Latitude and Longitude, Kerala". indiamapia.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. ↑ indcareer.com (31 July 2012). "Central University of Kerala, Vidyanagar". IndCareer.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "villages in kasaragod taluk".
  6. ↑ "Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.
  7. ↑ "Census of India - Language". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 17 April 2020.


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