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| | name = Panoor
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| | settlement_type = Municipality | |
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| | image_alt = Panoor Municipality
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| | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
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| | coordinates = {{coord|11.7518700|N|75.595860|E|display=inline,title}}
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
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| | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
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| | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
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| | subdivision_name2 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
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| | subdivision_type3 = [[List of talukas of Kerala|Taluk]]
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| | subdivision_name3 = [[Thalassery]]
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| | governing_body = [[Municipality]]
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| | leader_title = Chairperson
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| | leader_name = V.Nasar master
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| | unit_pref = Metric
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| | area_total_km2 = 28.53
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| | elevation_m = 27
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| | population_total = 55216
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| | population_as_of = 2011
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| | population_density_km2 = auto
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| | demographics_type1 = Languages
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| | demographics1_title1 = Official
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| | demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
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| | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| | utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| | postal_code = 670692
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| | area_code_type = Telephone code
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| | area_code = 91490
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| | registration_plate = KL58
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| | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Assembly constituency]]
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| | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Kuthuparamba]]
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| | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Vadakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vadakara]]
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| | iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]
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| '''Panoor''' is a [[Municipality]] in the district of [[Kannur district|Kannur]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of [[Thalassery]]. Panoor got municipal status when the [[Government of Kerala]] decided to upgrade Panoor Grama Panchayat and added with other Panchayats, as Panoor Municipality in 2015.
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| ==History==
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| The [[Kolathunadu]] emerged into independent 10 principalities i.e., [[Kadathanadu]] ([[Vadakara]]), [[Dharmadom|Randathara]] or Poyanad ([[Dharmadom]]), [[Kingdom of Kottayam|Kottayam]] ([[Thalassery]]), [[Nileshwaram]], Iruvazhinadu (Panoor), [[Kurumbranad]] etc., under separate royal chieftains due to the outcome of internal dissensions.<ref name="Logan">{{Cite book|title=Malabar Manual (Volume-I)|last=Logan|first=William|publisher=Asian Educational Services|year=2010|isbn=9788120604476|location=New Delhi|pages=631–666}}</ref> The [[Nileshwaram]] dynasty on the northernmost part of [[Kolathiri]] dominion, were relatives to both Kolathunadu as well as the [[Zamorin]] of [[Calicut]], in the early medieval period.<ref name="Neeleswaram fete">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/neeleswaram-fete-to-showcase-its-heritage/article2645520.ece | title=Neeleswaram fete to showcase its heritage | author=The Hindu staff reporter | website=The Hindu | date=21 November 2011 | access-date=24 November 2016 }}</ref> Panoor was under Iruvazhinadu.
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| == Location ==
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| Panoor is about 11 km from [[Thalassery]], 33 km from [[Kannur]], 174 km from [[Mangalore]], 11 km from [[New Mahe]] 9 km from [[Peringathur]], and about 10 km from [[Kuthuparamba]].
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| [[File:Wiki panoor12.JPG|thumbnail|Science and Literature meet at Panoor]]
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| ==Demographics==
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| {{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Panoor has a population of 17,438. Males constitute 46% of the population and females 54%. Panoor has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 83%, and female literacy is 81%. In Panoor, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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| == Transport ==
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| Panoor is on the State Highway between Mahe and Coorg. The roads in Panoor are well laid out, although the condition of the roads is generally affected during the monsoon season. The nearest entry point to the National Highway (NH 66) is Kunchippalli which is 11km from Panoor. The nearest airport [[Kannur International Airport]] is about 20km away. The nearest railway station is at [[Thalassery railway station|Thalassery]] about 11km from Panoor.
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| == Educational institutes==
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| Higher secondary schools named P.R.M.H.S.S, NAM HSS K.K.V.M. P.H.S.S, KNHSS, [https://kvlpspanoor.in/ Kannamvelli.L.P School] and many primary schools
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| *[[Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Higher Secondary School]]
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| ==Famous personalities==
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| * [[P. R. Kurup|Puthanpurayil Ramunni Kurup]] - commonly known as P. R. Kurup was an Indian socialist leader and former minister of Kerala state.
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| * Late [[Kunhiraman Panoor]] - commonly known as K. Panoor is an author and civil rights activist.
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| * [[K. V. Ramla]], teacher - first chairperson of Panoor municipality
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| * [[P. K. Abdullah]] - businessman, social worker and state executive member of Indian union Muslim League Kerala state committee
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| *Late [[P. A. Rehman]] - famous businessman and founder of [[Pak-Arab Refinery|PARCO]] Group
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| * [[V.NASAR MASTER]]-Curent and First chairman of Panoor Municipality
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| *P.K. Ebrahim Haji - businessman, social worker, political activist, Current municipal Councilor of Panoor Municipality
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Peringalam (State Assembly constituency)]]
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| * [[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{Kannur district}}
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| {{Municipalities of Kerala}}
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