Manjeshwaram Taluk

Olayam Masjidh in Shiriya

Manjeshwaram taluk മഞ്ചേശ്വരം താലൂക്ക് ಮಂಜೇಶ್ವರ
taluk
Coordinates: 12°40′59″N 74°54′00″E / 12.683°N 74.9°E / 12.683; 74.9Coordinates: 12°40′59″N 74°54′00″E / 12.683°N 74.9°E / 12.683; 74.9
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Headquarters	Uppala
Area
• Total	545.3 km2 (210.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	326,187
• Density	600/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English, Tulu, Urdu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Manjeshwaram taluk is the recently formed taluk in Kasaragod district, Kerala. It is carved out from Kasaragod taluk.

Panchayath in Manjeshwaram taluk

West

• Total population : 136,674
• Area : 100.9 km²
• Mangalpady
• Manjeshwaram
• Kumbla

South

• Badiadka
• Puthige

East

• Paivalike
• Bellur, Kerala
• Enmakaje
• Kumbadaje

North

• Meenja
• Vorkady

Uppala Municipality Plan

If Uppala municipality is carved out from the Mangalpady panchayat by adding the following to Uppala Census town:

• Census towns - Mangalpady and Shiriya
• villages - Ichilangod, Kodibail and Mulinja

Uppala Municipality will have a population of 41,212 in an area of 25.04 km². The population density of the municipality will be around 1,650 per km².

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Kannada, Tulu, Beary bashe and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.