Nileshwaram
Sign in to saveNileshwaram or Nileshwar or Neeleeswaram is a municipality and a major town in Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India. It is one of the three municipalities in Kasaragod district; the others are Kasaragod and Kanhangad. Nileshwaram is located on the estuary of Kavvayi Backwaters and Neeleshwaram River (also known as Thejaswini River). Nileshwaram is referred to as the cultural capital of Kasaragod, the northernmost district of Kerala. "The first Chief Minister of Kerala and communist leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad,Kamaran Nair had contested elections to the Assembly from the Neeleswaram seg
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nileshwaram
- Settlement.official_name
- Nileshwar / nileshwaram
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nileshwar palace building -May 2023 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Nileshwar palace
- Settlement.nickname
- Nileshwar(cultural capital of Kasargod District)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town / Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kerala #India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Kerala, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kasaragod
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Taluk
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Hosdurg
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.governing_body
- Nileshwar municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kerala
- Area
- 26.23
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Skyline from municipal bus stand raja road.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0467
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- Nileshwaram
- postal code
- 671314
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Nileshwaram or Nileshwar or Neeleeswaram is a municipality and a major town in Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India. It is one of the three municipalities in Kasaragod district; the others are Kasaragod and Kanhangad. Nileshwaram is located on the estuary of Kavvayi Backwaters and Neeleshwaram River (also known as Thejaswini River). Nileshwaram is referred to as the cultural capital of Kasaragod, the northernmost district of Kerala. "The first Chief Minister of Kerala and communist leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad,Kamaran Nair had contested elections to the Assembly from the Neeleswaram segment."
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nileshwaram” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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