Payyanur

Payyanur
Municipality
Payyanur Railway Station
Payyanur Location in Kerala, India Show map of Kerala Payyanur Payyanur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 12°06′27″N 75°11′40″E / 12.1076100°N 75.1943590°E / 12.1076100; 75.1943590
State	Kerala
District	Kannur
Taluk	Payyanur
Municipality Established	1990
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Municipal chairperson	Mahfooz Muhammed
• MLA	TI. Madhusoodanan
• Deputy Superintendent of Police	K.E Premachandran [1]
Area
• Total	54.63 km2 (21.09 sq mi)
Elevation	14 m (46 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	72,111
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	670307
Telephone code	+91 4985
ISO 3166 code	IN-KL
Vehicle registration	KL-86
Nearest cities	Taliparamba, Kannur
Sex ratio	1159 ♂/♀
Literacy	94.08%
Assembly constituency	Payyanur
Lok Sabha constituency	Kasaragod

Payyanur (Malayalam: [pɐjːɐnːuːr]), is a municipal town and a taluk, a sub-district administrative unit, in the Kannur district of Kerala, India.^[3] On 10 March 2018, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyanur taluk comprises 22 villages including 16 de-linked from the Taliparamba taluk and six from the Kannur taluk. The town is situated on the banks of the Perumba River.^[4]