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Mayyil | |
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 Velam public library | |
  Mayyil Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Mayyil Mayyil (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:12°02′N75°28′E / 12.04°N 75.46°E /12.04; 75.46 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Taluk | Taliparamba |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| • Body | Mayyil Grama Panchayat |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 29,649 |
| • Density | 900/km2 (2,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 670602 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL59 |
| Nearest city | Kannur |
| Assembly constituency | Taliparamba |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
Mayyil is aCensus Town andGrama Panchayat inKannur District ofKerala State. Mayyil Panchayat established in 1962 by merging the villages of Kayaralam, Mayyil and Kandakkai.[3][4]
Mayyil is situated 20 km North East of District HQKannur, 13 km South East ofTaliparamba, 20 km North West ofMattannur, 13 km South West ofSreekandapuram and 16 km West ofIrikkur.
Mayyil Panchayat is part ofIrikkurBlock Panchayat. Mayyil is politically a part of Taliparamba Assembly constituency under Kannur Loksabha constituency.[6]
The national highway(NH 66) passes through Puthiyatheru (15 km South West), Dharmasala (11 km West),Taliparamba (13 km North West) away from Mayyil Town.Goa andMumbai can be accessed on the northern side andCochin andThiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east ofIritty connects toMysore andBangalore. The nearest railway station isKannur onMangalore-Palakkad line. Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports atMattanur,Mangalore andCalicut. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries. Newly inaugurated Kannur International Airport (Mattannur) is 22 km away from Mayyil, and the proposed 4 line airport road from Taliparamba to Mattannur passes through Mayyil.
As of 2011 Indian census, Mayyilcensus town had population of 12,490 among which 5,768 are males and 6,722 are females. Total geographic area of mayyil census town is 12.77 km2 (4.93 sq mi). Population of age group in 0-6 was 1,557 (12.5%) which constitutes 771 males and 786 females. Literacy rate of Mayyil town was 92.7% lower than state average of 94% where male literacy was 96.2% while female literacy rate was 89.7%.
MayyilGrama Panchayat had total population of 29,649 which constitutes 13,810 males and 15,839 with an area spreads over 33.1 km2 (12.8 sq mi) and 6,387 households. Mayyil panchayat has administration over Mayyil census town (urban) andKayaralam village (rural).[7]
As of 2011 Indiacensus, Mayyilcensus town had total population of 12,490 which constitute 59.8% Hindus, 40% Muslims and 0.2% others.[8]
Mayyil is surrounded by around half of its boundary byValapattanam river.
Almost every road in this grama panchayat in Kerala's Kannur district leads to or ends with a library. The panchayat, which has a population of a little over 30,000 people in 33.08 km2 (12.77 sq mi) with a literacy rate of 93.52 percent, boasts 34 functioning libraries, the highest for a local body in Kerala state.[9][10]
