Kasaragod Town
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Kasaragod കാസര്കോട് |
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 Kasaragod
 Kasaragod
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| Coordinates: 12°30′N 75°00′E / 12.5°N 75.0°ECoordinates: 12°30′N 75°00′E / 12.5°N 75.0°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| Region | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Nearest Airport(s) | Mangalore International Airport, Calicut International Airport |
| Area | |
| • City | 16.7 km2 (6.4 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Urban | 54,172 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam |
| • Regional | Tulu,Beary, Kannada |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 671121 |
| Telephone | 91–4994 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-14 |
| Website | www |
Kasaragod , is a town and a municipality in the Kasaragod district, state of Kerala. Kasargod is located 585 km north of Thiruvananthapuram and 50 km south of Mangalore.
The major political parties are Indian Union Muslim League, CPI(M), INC,INL Indian National League and BJP. North Kasaragod is dominated by Indian Union Muslim League and the south part of Kasaragod is dominated by CPI(M). The central part and some of the rural and urban areas is dominated by INC. NA Nellikkunnu is the present Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala Legislature. Kasaragod assembly constituency is part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency). CPI(M) member P .Karunakaran is the present MP from Kasargod.
Kasaragod is home to the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, originally established in 1916 as the Coconut Research Station. It is part of India's National Agricultural Research System under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. According to the Institute, Kerala "lies in the heart of the major coconut growing areas of the country." It is also home to the Indian Society for Plantation Crops, which publishes the Journal of Plantation Crops and holds symposiums on the subject.
The primary and administrative language of the town is Malayalam.
Tulu, Beary bhashe (spoken by the Tuluva-Malayalee Muslims) and Konkani are also widely used and Hindi and Urdu to a lesser extent. Havyaka speakers have a strong base in Kannada.
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