Peralasseri is a census town

Census town

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 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

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n state

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 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....

. Situated on Kannur Kuthuparamba

Kuthuparamba

Kuthuparamba is a town and a municipality in Kannur district in the Kerala state of the country India.-Geography:Kuttuparamba has an average elevation of ....

 high road 12 km from Kannur town.

Demographics

India census

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, Peralasseri had a population of 15,818. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Peralasseri has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 85%. In Peralasseri, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

This is one of the smallest towns in kannur district of kerala state . Kannur - Kuthuparamba state highway is passing through this place. Peralassery is 15 km away from KANNUR town and about 14 km away from the Proposed Kannur (Mattannur) air port.

Establishments

• Peralassery Grama Panchayath Office
• Post office
• Govt. Ayurvedic Dispensary
• AKG smaraka Govt.Higher secondary school
• AKG smaraka co- op hospital