Payyanur
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Place details
- Locality
- Payyanur
- Region
- Kerala
- Country
- India
- Population
- 72,111
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kannur district
- Elevation
- +15
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Payyanur.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
21 sectionsContents
- 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
- Miscellaneous
- See also
- References
thumbnail|Backwaters in Payyannur
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.