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[[File:East Palayad Paddy Feild.jpg|thumb|East Palayad -Anjarakkandy River]]<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Palayad<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = ml<br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = town<br />
| image_skyline = File:Ripe jackfruit.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Jackfruit from Palayad<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11|47|30|N|75|28|5|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
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| population_total = 16462<br />
| population_as_of = <br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 670661<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91 (0)490<br />
| registration_plate = KL 58-<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Thalassery<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1000:1040 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = 83%<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = Kannur<br />
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank5_info_sec1 = Dharmadom<br />
| website = <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Palayad''' is a [[census town]] in [[Thalassery]] Taluk in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Kerala]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Palayad had a population of 16,462. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Palayad has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 79%. In Palayad, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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==Educational institutions==<br />
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As part of the National Education Policy (1986), District Institute for Education and Training (DIETs) were established in selected districts all over India in 1986, along with Kannur DIET here. Govt. Brennen College, founded in 1851, is one of the oldest educational institutions in the region. There is also a Center of [[Kannur University]] here which provides Post Graduate courses.<br />
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'''Important Educational Institutions in and around Palayad are'''<br />
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* District Institute for Education and Training, [[Kannur]]<br />
* Government Higher Secondary School<br />
* [[Brennen College]], [[Thalassery]]<br />
* [[Kannur University]], Palayad Campus, [[Thalassery]]<br />
* Kendriya Vidyalaya<br />
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==University Campus==<br />
University of Calicut maintained its English and Anthropology departments at Palayad for a long time. When the University of Calicut was bifurcated to form a new Kannur University, Palayad came under the jurisdidiction of Kannur University.<br />
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''See Also'' [[Educational Institutions in Thalassery]]<br />
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==Transportation==<br />
The national highway passes through [[Dharmadam]] town. [[Mangalore]], Goa and [[Mumbai]] can be accessed on the northern side and [[Cochin]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] can be accessed on the southern side. The nearest railway stations are [[Dharmadam railway station|Dharmadam]] and [[Thalassery railway station|Thalassery]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] line. <br />
Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur]], [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]]. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Villages near Thalassery]]<br />
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