Bangramanjeshwar Explained

Bangramanjeshwar
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Kerala#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates:12.7196°N 74.8871°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Kerala
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kasaragod
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2.8
Population Total:5,791
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Malayalam, English
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:671323

Bangramanjeshwar (Bangramanjeshwaram) is a census town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India.[1]

Demographics

As of 2011 Census, Bangramanjeshwar town had a population of 5,791 where 2,841 are males and 2,950 are females. Population in the age group below 6 years was 12%. Bangramanjeshwar census town has an area of with 1,041 families residing in it. Average literacy rate of Bangramanjeshwar was 92% lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 96.5% and female literacy was 87.7%.[2]

Religions

As per 2011 census report, Bangramanjeshwar town has total population of 5,791 among which 3,490 are Muslims (60.3%), 2,238 are Hindus (38.6%), 29 Christians (0.5%), 20 Jains (0.3%), 4 Sikhs and 10 people not stated their religion.[3]

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Calicut in the south. The nearest railway station is Manjeshwar on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe and Konkani And Urdu. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeshwaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

History

Manjeshwar got its name from the famous temple Sri Madananteshwar Temple. It used to be a port town for king Bangararasa hence this part of the Manjeshwar was named as Bangramanjeshwar

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India : Villages with population 5000 & above . Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India . 2008-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx . 2008-12-08 .
  2. Book: Kerala . Directorate of Census Operations . District Census Handbook, Kasaragod . Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala . Thiruvananthapuram . 100,101 . 14 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts . Census of India 2011 . Office of the Registrar General.
  4. Web site: Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies . 2008-10-18 . Kerala . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf . 2009-03-04.