Keezhur
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Keezhur is a village
in Kannur district
in the India
n state of Kerala
near Iritty
. Keezhur Mahadeva Temple is in this village.
, Keezhur had a population of 15,979 with 7,875 males and 8,104 females.
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Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Kannur district
Kannur district
Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the district headquarters, and gives the district its name. The old name Cannanore is the anglicised form of the Malayalam name Kannur. Kannur District is bounded by Kasaragod District to the north and...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
near Iritty
Iritty
Iritty is a small town in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala, India. It comes in Keezhur-Chavassery Panchayath. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions.-Location:...
. Keezhur Mahadeva Temple is in this village.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Keezhur had a population of 15,979 with 7,875 males and 8,104 females.
Educational institutions
- Mahatma Gandhi College, Keezhur KunnuKeezhur KunnuKeezhur Kunnu or Keezhoor Kunnu, also known as Keezhur Theru , Andi Company is a small town near Iritty, in Kannur district, Kerala....
was founded by Iritty Educational Society and is affiliated to the Kannur UniversityKannur UniversityKannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad districts of Kerala, India.It was established after the promulagation of Act No. 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly...
. Initially the college was affiliated to University of CalicutUniversity of CalicutThe University of Calicut is an affiliating university in the southern state of Kerala in India. It is situated in Thenjipalam, in the district of Malappuram with a number of off-campus centres in neighbouring districts. The University conducts courses and examinations for the students of the...
. - VUPS - The school where students of this village get their primary education.
- Iritty High School - Over 50 years of service from standard 5th till 10th
Vivekananda Samskarika Kendram
This is acting as a cultural centre of Keezhur. Thousands of people in this region are readers of the library.Keezhur Sree Mahadeva Temple
This temple is in keezhur where thousands of people offer their prayers to Lord SivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
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