Manjeshwar

Manjeshwar
Town
Manjeshwar harbour
Manjeshwar harbour
Manjeshwar is located in Kerala
Manjeshwar
Manjeshwar
Location in Kerala, India
Manjeshwar is located in India
Manjeshwar
Manjeshwar
Manjeshwar (India)
Coordinates: 12°43′27″N 74°52′27″E / 12.7243°N 74.8743°E / 12.7243; 74.8743
Country India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
TalukManjeshwaram
Named forManjula Kshetra
Government
 • BodyGrama Panchayat
Area
 • Total28.38 km2 (10.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total41,515
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMalayalam, English and Kannada[2][3]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
671323
Telephone code4998
Vehicle registrationKL-14

Manjeshwar is a town and a minor port in Kasaragod district at the northern tip of Kerala. It is situated at a distance of 584 kilometres (360 mi) from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, 28 kilometres (20 mi) north of district HQ Kasaragod and 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of Mangalore city in neighboring Karnataka. It is a coastal town in Kasaragod district.

Etymology

Manjeshwar is named after Sri Manjarisha or Srimath Anantheshwara of the sacred Manjeshwar Temple.[4]

Demographics

The Manjeshwar Census Town (CT) has an area of 3.98 km2. As of 2011, it had a population of 8,742.

The Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1149 which is 13.14% of the total population of Manjeshwar (CT). The literacy rate of Manjeshwar is 92.91%, which is lower than the state average of 94.00%.[5]

Religions

As per 2011 census report, the Manjeshwar Census Town had a total population of 8,742 among which 5,827 were Muslims (66.7%), 2,742 were Hindus (31.4%), 165 were Christians (1.9%), 28 people did not stat their religion (0.3%) with 4 marked "other.[6]

Year Male Female Total Population Change Religion (%)
Hindu Muslim Christian Sikhs Buddhist Jain Other religions Religion not stated
2001[7] 8675 4285 4417 - 33.98 61.72 4.25 0 0 0 0 0.05
2011[8] 8742 4178 4564 +0.77% 31.37 66.66 1.89 0.01 0 0 0 0.08

Education

Health

Manjeshwar is one of the areas with large number of HIV patients. 970 HIV cases were registered in Kasaragod district. Ten HIV deaths were reported from Kasaragod district within a short period of two months in 2016. There is no special facility or doctors for HIV patients in this area. HIV affected areas in Kasaragod include Dharmathadka, Nileshwaram, Manjeshwar, Bandiyod, Vellarikundu, Kasaragod town and Padannakkad.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://censusindia.gov.in › 3...PDF Web results Kasaragod - DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK
  2. ^ "Kasargod: Success for Kannadigas - Manjeshwar gets linguistic minority status". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ "The Kerala Official Language (Legislation) Act, 1969" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Manjeshwar Temple - Welcome to Srimath Anantheshwar Temple, Manjeshwar". www.manjeshwar.org/. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  5. ^ Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 100,101. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts". Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General.
  7. ^ Census India 2001.
  8. ^ Census India 2011.
  9. ^ "10 HIV deaths reported in Kasargod dist within 2 months".
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