Ajanur

Ajanoor അജന്നൂർ Ajanur
panchayat
Beach Road, Kanhangad
Ajanoor Show map of Kerala Ajanoor Show map of India Location in Kerala, India
Coordinates: 12°20′24″N 75°5′24″E / 12.34000°N 75.09000°E / 12.34000; 75.09000Coordinates: 12°20′24″N 75°5′24″E / 12.34000°N 75.09000°E / 12.34000; 75.09000
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasargode
Area
• Total	14.79 km2 (5.71 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	33,079
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	671 531
Telephone code	91 467
Vehicle registration	KL-60
Website	kasaragod.nic.in

Ajanur (also anglicized Ajanoor) is a grama panchayat and also a village of the same name in Kasargode district, Kerala state, India. It is the fifth largest town in Kasaragod district.

Ajanur is in fact a bureaucratic nicety. Some parts of Kanhangad town is put under an administrative unit called Ajanur Panchayath. The suburb continues to be part and parcel of Kanhangad town.

Ajanur is just north of Kanhangad, stretching for some 5 km along the Kanyakumari-Panavel Road, encompassing an area of some 28 km². Total population was recorded as 42,467 in the 2001 Indian census, amounting to a population density of 1,526 per km².

Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":

Ajanur is the birthplace of the famous Malayalam poet P. Kunhiraman Nair. The first president of the panchayat was P. Krishnan Nair, younger brother of P. Kunhiraman Nair.

Ajanur has been the birthplace for many famous freedom fighters, poets, and writers such as the famous poet Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair and the famous freedom fighter and author Vidwan P. Kelu Nair. Ajanur has been the home also for many social reformers and political leaders such as the veteran socialist party leader C. M. Padmanabhan Nair (popular as CMP or C. M. P. Nair). Sri. P. Krishnan Nair, popularly known as the "President Krishnan Nair" was the president of this panchayat for a long time in the beginning.

The famous Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur (12°21′07″N 75°04′52″E / 12.352°N 75.081°E / 12.352; 75.081). The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.