Payyavoor
# Payyavoor

Payyavoor is a small town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It's the headquarters of Payyavoor Grama Panchayat.

## Location

Payyavoor is located 43 km (27 mi) north east of district headquarters Kannur, 30 km (19 mi) east of taluk headquarters Taliparamba, 20 km (12 mi) north of Iritty and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Sreekandapuram.

## Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Payyavoor village had a population of 22,998 with 11,373 males and 11,625 females. Average sex ratio was 1,022 lower than state average of 1,084. Payyavoor village spreads over an area of 67.79 $km^2$ (26.17 sq mi) with 5,698 families residing in it. Population of children under 6 years was 2,359 (10.3%) which constitutes 1,219 males and 1,140 females. Payyavoor had an average literacy of 95.46% where male literacy was 96.8% and female literacy was 94.1%.

## Administration

Payyavoor Grama Panchayat is a part of Irikkur Block Panchayat. Payyavoor Panchayat is politically a part of Irikkur Assembly constituency in Kannur Loksabha constituency.

## Educational Institutions

* Sacred Higher Secondary School, Payyavoor
* St. Anne's English Medium School, Payyavoor
* Govt. UP School, Payyavoor
* Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi
* Devamatha Arts and Science College, Paisakari

## Economy

Payyavoor panchayat is mainly an agrarian economy. The major crops are cashew, rubber, coconut and areca nut here. A distillery has been proposed by the Kerala government here for making Kannur feni (liquor) from cashew apples. Payyavoor service co-operative bank was given nod for producing liquor. Apart from the one being set up in Kerala, Goa state is widely known for the production of feni from cashew apples.

Payyavur was one among the panchayats in Kannur district that affected by 2018 Kerala floods. 4 hecatres of cropped area was destroyed by land slide. The affected areas in the panchayat were side slope of Upland (307m) like Vanjiyam, Adampara, Thenankara and Santhi nagar.

## Transportation

The National Highway (NH 66) is accessible through Taliparamba town of about 30 km (19 mi) away. Mangalore and Mumbai can be accessed on the northern side and Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east connects to Mysore and Bangalore. The nearest railway station is Kannur on Shoranur-Mangalore Section line. Kannur is the nearest international airport, 25 km (16 mi) south of Payyavoor. There are other airports at Calicut and Mangalore.

Kerala Hill Highway (SH 59) passes through Payyavoor town which connects nearby towns like Chemperi, Ulikkal, Iritty, Naduvil, Karuvanchal, Alakode etc. Kerala state highway (SH 36) passes through Sreekandapuram town of 10 km (6.2 mi) west from here.

