title: Kunjathur
text: # Kunjathur
  
  Kunjathur is a census town in Kasaragod district in the state of Kerala, India. It is 22 km (14 mi) south of Mangalore.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As of 2011 Census, Kunjathur had a population of 13,633 where 6,729 are males and 6,904 are females. Kunjathur census town has an area of 12.65 $km^2$ (4.88 sq mi) with 2,634 families residing in it. In Kunjathur, 12.3% of the population was under 6 years of age. Kunjathur had an average literacy of 90.2% lower than state average of 94%: male literacy was 94.9% and female literacy was 85.7%.
  
  ## Religions
  
  As of 2011 census, Kunjathur town had 13,633 population, which comprises 6,824 Muslims (50.1%), 5,924 Hindus (43.5%), 852 Christians (6.2%) and Others (0.2%).
  
  ## 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 Shoranur-Mangalore section under southern railway zone. The nearest airport is at Mangalore.
  
  ## Languages
  
  This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Beary bashe, Kannada and Konkani and Dakhini Urdu . Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.
  
  ## Administration
  
  This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)
  
  