Kasaragod district
The Kasaragod District ( കാസര്ഗോഡ് ജില്ല, also Kasargod, Kasargode ) is a district in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Council is based in the eponymous town Kasaragod.
Geography
Situated on the Malabar Coast on the border of the neighboring Federal State of Karnataka, the district Kasaragod is the northernmost district of Kerala. Neighboring districts of Dakshina Kannada are in the north, Kodagu in the east (both Karnataka ) and Kannur ( Kerala ) in the south. To the west lies the coast of the Arabian Sea.
The district has an area of 1,992 square kilometers and extends from the coast to the mountains of the Western Ghats. The district is crossed by several rivers, the most important is the Chandragiri ( Payaswati ), which opens at the district capital of Kasaragod into the sea.
The Kasaragod District is divided into two taluks Kasaragod and Hosdurg.
History
The area of Kasaragod came in the 14th century under the rule of the Vijayanagar Empire. After its decline in the 16th century, the Nayak of Ikkeri took control of the coastal area. During the Nayak period originated in the 17th century in what is now District area, the Fort Bekal, Chandragiri and Hosdurg. End of the 18th century Tippu Sultan conquered, the ruler of Mysore the area. After Tipu Sultan's defeat by the British, it became part of British India in 1799 and was called the District South Kanara ( Dakshina Kannada ) incorporated into the Madras Presidency.
After the Indian independence in 1947 the states were reorganized in 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by the language barrier. Kasaragod and surroundings were thereby solved because of the predominantly Malayalam -speaking population from the district of Dakshina Kannada and added to the newly formed state of Kerala. Initially, the area was part of the district of Kannur. 1984, the independent Kasaragod District was formed from the northern part of the district of Kannur.
Population
According to the 2011 Census of Kasaragod District has 1.3026 million inhabitants. Between 2001 and 2011, the population ( 4.9 per cent ) grew by 8.2 percent, faster than the average of Kerala. The population density is 654 inhabitants per square kilometer below the average of the state, but above the average of India. 38.8 percent of the residents of the district Kasaragod live in cities. The degree of urbanization is thus lower than the average of Kerala ( 47.7 per cent). The literacy rate is 90.0 percent lower than the average of Kerala, compared to the rest of India but still very high.
Hindus ask according to the 2001 census, 58.6 percent of the majority of the inhabitants of the district of Kozhikode. There is also a large Muslim minority of 34.3 percent and a smaller number of Christians (7.0 percent).
Besides Malayalam, the main language of Kerala and the regional language Tulu is spoken in the Kasaragod District as in the north adjacent coastal areas of Karnataka. Traditionally, the Chandragiri River marks the southern boundary of the Tulu region. In total there are in Kerala after the 2001 census 120,000 Tulu spokesman.