Bangramanjeshwar
# Bangramanjeshwar

Bangramanjeshwar (Bangramanjeshwaram) is a census town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.

## Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Bangramanjeshwar town had a population of 5,791 where 2,841 are males and 2,950 are females. Population in the age group below 6 years was 12%. Bangramanjeshwar census town has an area of 2.8 $km^2$ (1.1 sq mi) with 1,041 families residing in it. Average literacy rate of Bangramanjeshwar was 92% lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 96.5% and female literacy was 87.7 %.

## Religions

As per 2011 census report, Bangramanjeshwar town has total population of 5,791 among which 3,490 are Muslims (60.3%), 2,238 are Hindus (38.6%), 29 Christians (0.5%), 20 Jains (0.3%), 4 Sikhs and 10 people not stated their religion.

## 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.

## Languages

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

## Administration

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

## History

Manjeshwar got its name from the famous temple Sri Madananteshwar Temple. It used to be a port town for king Bangararasa hence this part of the Manjeshwar was named as Bangramanjeshwar

