Payyanur

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Place details

Locality: Payyanur
Region: Kerala
Country: India
Population: 72,111
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Payyanur
Settlement.native_name_lang: ml
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Payyanur.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Payyanur Railway Station
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Kerala#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Kerala, India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kerala
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kannur
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Taluk
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Payyanur
Settlement.established_title: Municipality Established
Settlement.established_date: 1990
Settlement.government_type: First Grade Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Payyanur Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 15
Image: Payyanur.jpg
Dialing code: 4985

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Commons category: Payyanur
postal code: 670307

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Contents

Location
Demographics
Etymology
Geography
History
Evolution of Payyanur
Education
Hospitals
Administration
Law and Order
Transportation
Social Service
Culture
Pavithra Mothiram
Notable people
Film and Media
Politics & Law
Science
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Payyanur (), is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India. Payyanur is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards. On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyanur taluk comprises 22 villages including 16 de-linked from the Taliparamba taluk and six from the Kannur taluk. The town is situated on the banks of the Perumba River.