Chittur taluk

This article is about the Taluk Chittur. For the Village, see Chittur.

Chittur taluk ചിറ്റൂർ താലൂക്ക്
Taluk
Taluks in Palakkad district
Chittur taluk Location in Kerala, India Chittur taluk Chittur taluk (India)
Coordinates: 10.7005°N 76.7490°E / 10.7005; 76.7490
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Area
• Total	1,136.23 km2 (438.70 sq mi)
Population
• Total	437,738
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	678101
Telephone code	04923
Vehicle registration	KL-70
Lok Sabha constituency	Alathur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Chittur

Chittur is one among the 6 taluks in Palakkad district of Indian state of Kerala. There are 30 revenue villages in chittur taluk. It is situated on the eastern side of Palakkad district.

Constituent villages

• Ayiloor, Chittur, Elavanchery, Eruthempathy, Kairadi

• Koduvayoor-1, Koduvayoor-2, Kollengode-1, Kollengode-2, Kozhinjampara

• Kozhipathy, Moolathara, Muthalamada-1, Muthalamada-2, Nallepilly

• Nelliyampathy, Nenmara, Ozhalapathy, Pallassana, Pattanchery

• Perumatty, Puthunagaram, Thathamangalam, Thekkedesom, Thiruvazhiyad

• Vadakarapathy, Vadavannur, Valiyavallampathy, Vallanghy and Vandithavalam

Demographics

According to 2011 census, chittur taluk had population of 437,738 people, of which 215,309 are male and 222,429 are female. The average sex ratio is 1033 females per 1000 males is higher than national average (943 females per 100 males).

Religions

Chittur taluk constitutes majority of Hindus followed by Muslims, Christians and other minorities.

Religions in Chittur taluk

  Hinduism (80.55%)

  Islam (13.83%)

  Christianity (6.08%)

  Not stated (0.29%)

  Sikh (0.01%)

  Buddhism (0.01%)

  Others (0.01%)

Languages

Languages in Chittur taluk
Language			Speakers
Malayalam			79.43%
Tamil			18.02%
Telugu			1.86%
Others			0.69%
Distribution of languages Source: 2011 Census