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Manjeshwar or Manjeshwaram is a coastal town and a minor port in Kasaragod district at the northern tip of Kerala. It is situated at a distance of north of the district headquarters Kasaragod and south of Mangalore city in Karnataka state. Thalappady is the northern border of Kerala, situated near Manjeshwaram town.

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Place details

Locality
Manjeshwar
Region
Kerala
Country
India
Population
8,927
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Manjeshwar
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Manjeshwar harbour.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Manjeshwar harbour
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Kerala#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Kerala, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Taluk
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kerala
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kasaragod
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Manjeshwaram
Settlement.named_for
Manjula Kshetra
Settlement.governing_body
Grama Panchayat
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
24.40
Settlement.population_total
41,515

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
24.4
Elevation
0
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Manjeshwar Jain Temple.JPG
Dialing code
49992
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Commons category
Manjeshwar
postal code
671323
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Demographics
  • Religions
  • Education
  • Health
  • See also
  • References
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Manjeshwar or Manjeshwaram is a coastal town and a minor port in Kasaragod district at the northern tip of Kerala. It is situated at a distance of north of the district headquarters Kasaragod and south of Mangalore city in Karnataka state. Thalappady is the northern border of Kerala, situated near Manjeshwaram town.

==Etymology== Manjeshwar is named after Sri Manjarisha or Srimath Anantheshwara of the sacred Manjeshwar Temple.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manjeshwar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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