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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Vorkady<br />
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| settlement_type = Gram Panchayat<br />
| image_skyline = File:Vorkady. Majeerpalla jn.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Majeerpalla Vorkady<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.7598|N|74.9311|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 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]<br />
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| area_total_km2 = 45.4<br />
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| population_total = 25,756<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<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 />
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| registration_plate = KL-14<br />
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[[File:Gandhi nagar. Vorkady.jpg|thumb|Gandhinagar]]<br />
''' Vorkady ''' is a [[Gram Panchayat]] in [[Kasaragod district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]].<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 |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=8 December 2008 }}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Vorkady village had population of 8,787 which constitutes 4,350 (49.5%) males and 4,437 (50.5%) females. Vorkady village has an area of {{cvt|13.51|km2}} with 1,737 families residing in it. In Vorkady, 11.4% of the population was under 6 years of age. Vorkady had an average literacy of 87.4% higher than the national average of 74% and lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 93.2% and female literacy was 81.8%.<br />
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Vorkady Grama Panchayat consists of 4 revenue villages. Vorkady, [[Pathur, Kasaragod|Pathur]], [[Pavoor]] and [[Kodalamogaru]]. Vorkady Grama Panchayat had 25,576 population where 12,767 are malaes and 12,989 are females. Total number of households were 4,751 in the panchayat limits. Vorkady Panchayat had an average literacy of 85.8% lower than state average of 94%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod |publisher=Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=80,81,120,121 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Transportation==<br />
Local roads have access to [[NH 66|National Highway No.66]] which connects to [[Mangalore]] in the north and [[Kasaragod]] in the south. The nearest railway station is [[Manjeshwaram railway station|Manjeshwar]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] nearest airport is Mangalore in Karnataka state.<br />
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==Languages==<br />
This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak [[Malayalam]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Beary bashe]] and [[Konkani]]. Migrant workers also speak [[Hindi]] language.<br />
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==Education==<br />
There are nine schools in the village and all of them are Kannada medium.one of them is an English medium school,(S.T. Mary's English medium school kaliyoor vorkady)<br />
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==Administration==<br />
This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Uppala]]<br />
* [[Manjeshwaram]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Kasaragod district}}<br />
[[Category:Manjeshwar area]]<br />
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