Payyannur
Payyannur is a town in Kannur district of Kerala and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Taluk and Block Panchayat of Kannur district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Payyannur is 77.6 thousands out of which 35.9 thousands are males and rest 41.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 1159 females per 1000 males. There are around 7.3 thousands teenagers in Payyannur. It has literacy rate of 85% which means around 65.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 4.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 165 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 18.3 thousands households in Payyannur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 27.4 thousands.
These 3 villages comes under Payyannur Nagar Parishad.
Schools
Payyannur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Sabtm High School
- Ghss Mathamangalam
- St Mary's Girls High School Payannur
- Ghss Vellur
- Avsghss Karivellur
Payyannur Block Panchayat
Valsala P V is the President (Block Pramukh) of Block Panchayat Payyannur, who can be contacted at email address pvvalsalakankol@gmail.com and mobile number 98477xxx56. The Block landline number is 04985-20**27. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Ajith K, who can be reached at email address kajithmeenam@gmail.com and mobile number 94968xxx04. The Block address is Block Development Office, Keloth, P.O. Payyannur, Pincode - 670307. You can reach there by taking a bus till Passport Office bus stop. The Block has library facility, internet facility and Wi-Fi facility.There are ten computers, three laptops, three printers and three scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Payyannur Block Panchayat consists of total 7 Grama Panchayat.