Tirur Taluk | |
|---|---|
Taluk | |
.svg) Location in Malappuram district, Kerala, India | |
| Coordinates:11°09′09″N75°57′24″E / 11.152610°N 75.956678°E /11.152610; 75.956678 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Malappuram |
| Taluk formation | 1 November 1957; 68 years ago (1957-11-01) |
| Founded by | Government of Kerala |
| Headquarters | Tirur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | KL-55 |
Tirur Taluk comes underTirur revenue division inMalappuram district in theIndian state ofKerala.[1] Itsheadquarters is the town ofTirur.[1] Tirur Taluk contains four municipalities -Tanur,Tirur,Kottakkal, andValanchery.[1] Most of the administrative offices are located in the Mini-Civil Stations atTirur,Kuttippuram, andTanur. Most of the villages in present-day Tirur Taluk were parts of the medievalKingdom of Tanur (Vettathunadu).[2] The port ofTanur was an important port town in the southwestern coast of India during medieval period.[2]
Tirur Taluk was formed on 1 November 1957 by carving 43 villages out of the OldPonnani taluk and 30 villages out of the OldEranadTaluk.[3]Tirur,Tanur, andKuttippuramRevenue blocks were taken from the Old Ponnani taluk while theRevenue blocks ofTirurangadi andVengara were taken out of the Old Eranad Taluk.[3] At that time, Tirur Taluk was the largest coastal Taluk in Kerala which had contained the entire coastal belt wedged betweenBeypore port andPonnani port (having nearly 65 km seacoast). Later on 16 June 1969, three villages, namelyFeroke,Ramanattukara, andKadalundi, were transferred from Tirur Taluk toKozhikode Taluk, andParudur village fromKuttippuram block was transferred to theOttapalam Taluk.[4] Later in the 1990s, theRevenue blocks ofTirurangadi andVengara were separated from Tirur Taluk to formTirurangadi Taluk, and the revenue villages ofKottakkal andPonmala were added newly to Tirur Taluk from Eranad Taluk.[5]
Currently, Tirur Taluk, having 30 villages, is the most populous Taluk of Malappuram District.[5]
Tirur taluk contains the following 30villages.[1]
Tirur Betel Leaf was awarded theGeographical Indication (GI) status tag from theGeographical Indications Registry, under theUnion Government of India, on 14 August 2019.[6]
Tirur Vettila Ulpadaka Sangam fromTirur, proposed the GI registration of 'Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila)'.[7] After filing the application in December 2018, the Betel leaf was granted the GI tag in 2019 by the Geographical Indication Registry inChennai, making the name "Tirur Betel Leaf (Tirur Vettila)" exclusive to the Betel leaf cultivated in the region.[8][9] It thus became the first Betel leaf variety from Kerala and the 36th type of goods from Kerala to earn the GI tag.
The prestigious GI tag, awarded by the GI registry, certifies that a product possesses distinct qualities, adheres to traditional production methods, and has earned a reputation rooted in its geographical origin.
