Kayyar is a village in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] Kayyara Kinhanna Rai an Indian independence activist, author, poet, journalist, teacher and farmer was born in Kayyar.
Kayyar
Mile Kal | |
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village | |
Coordinates: 12°39′30″N 74°59′0″E / 12.65833°N 74.98333°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kasaragod |
Talukas | Manjeshwaram |
Languages | |
• Official | Tulu, Malayalam, Konkani, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 671322 |
Vehicle registration | KL-14 |
Don Bosco primary school is situated in Kayyar.
Transportation
editLocal roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.
Languages
editThis locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Kannada, Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.
Administration
editThis village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)
References
edit- ^ "Census of India : List of villages by Alphabetical : Kerala". Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 10 December 2008.