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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Kerala, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Payam<br />
| native_name = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = village<br />
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| 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|11.9765|N|75.7008|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 />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluks of Kerala|Taluk]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Iritty taluk|Iritty]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]<br />
| governing_body = Payam Grama Panchayat<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| area_total_km2 = 19.02<br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 15,429<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 670704<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = +91 490<br />
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#KL.E2.80.94Kerala|KL-78]]<br />
| website = <br />
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]<br />
| footnotes = <br />
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'''Payam''' is a village and [[Grama Panchayat]] in [[Iritty taluk]] of [[Kannur district]] in Indian state of Kerala.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx|title=Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=2008-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lsgkerala.gov.in/electionupdates/deStatusLB.php?distID=13|title = DE Status}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Payam village had a population of 15,429 with 7,425 males and 8,004 females. Payam village has an area of {{cvt|19.02|km2}} with 3,667 families residing in it. In Payam, 9.9% of the population was under 6 years of age. Payam had overall literacy of 94.9% where male literacy stands at 97.4% and female literacy was 92.7%.<br />
Payam [[Grama Panchayat]] consists of two revenue villages like Payam and [[Vilamana]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kannur |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=166,167 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Transportation==<br />
[[National Highway 66]] passes through [[Thalassery]] town which connects [[Goa]] and [[Mumbai]] in the northern side and [[Kochi]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on the southern side. Thalassery-Coorg interstate highway ([[State Highway 30 (Kerala)|SH-30]]) passes through Payam provides access to cities and towns of neighbouring [[Karnataka]] state.<br />
The nearest railway station is [[Thalassery railway station|Thalassery]] in [[Shoranur-Mangalore Section]] under southern railway. <br />
The nearest airport is [[Kannur International Airport]] of about 23&nbsp;km away.<br />
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