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Municipality in Kerala, India
This article is about the town in Kerala state, India. For the location in Tamil Nadu state, see
Tirur Village.
Municipality in Kerala, India
Tirur is a major municipal town in Tirur Taluk, Malappuram district, in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 16.55 square kilometres (6.39 sq mi).
It is one of the major business centers in Malappuram district and is situated 26 kilometres (16 mi) west of Malappuram and 52.5 kilometres (32.6 mi) south of Kozhikode, on the Shoranur–Mangalore section under Southern Railway.
Tirur is a major trading centre for electronic devices and seafood in Northern Kerala and has an average elevation of 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) above the sea level.
Wagon Tragedy Memorial HallThe medieval Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics was mainly centred in and around present-day Tirur Taluk.[3] Puthiyangadi region in Tirur served as the headquarters of the medieval feudal principality of Tanur,[4] who were allied on various occasions to the Zamorins of Calicut, prior to the East India Company rule in the region (1792–1858) and subsequent British Raj (1858–1947). Tirur railway station, built in 1861, is the oldest railway station in Kerala.[5]
As of 2001[update] India census,[6] Tirur had a population of 53,650, of which 48% are male and 52% female. Tirur has an average literacy rate of 95%, higher than the national average of 71.0%: male literacy is 96%, and female literacy is 94%. In Tirur, 13% of the population is under six years of age. Tirur Assembly constituency is part of Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency).[7]
Tirur railway stationThere are many educational institutions in Tirur region.
Name Type Sector Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Thunchan Parambu[8] Tirur University Govt. Thunchan Memorial Government College,[9] Vakkad Post Grad. College Govt. Cochin College of Engineering and Technology, Athippatta-Valanchery Professional College Self-financing MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram Professional College Self-financing Ansar Arabic College (AAC), Valavannur Post Grad. College Government-Aided SSUS Regional Centre Tirur,[10] Thazhethara Post-grad. College Private Kerala State Electronics Development Corporation (KELTRON) Knowledge Centre, Naduvilangadi Professional Govt. Seethi Sahib Memorial Polytechnic College, Tirur[11] Polytechnic Government-Aided Food Craft Institute[12] Professional Govt. MDPS[13] ITI Govt. IHRD Extension Centre[14] Professional Govt. MES Central School, Tirur[15] High School Private Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan English School,[16] Tirunavaya High School Private MET High School, Alathiyur[17] High School Private NSS English School, Tirur High School Private TIC Secondary School High School Private Fathima Matha English School High School Private JMHSS Tirur High School Private K.H.M.H.S.S Alathiyur, Higher secondary School Aided MET Tirur Central School[18] High School Private Bafakhy YatheemKhana Vocational Higher Secondary School, Valavannur, Kadungathukund Higher Secondary School Aided MSM Higher Secondary School, Kallingaparamba High School Aided Govt. HSS, Cheriyamundam High School Govt. Govt. Girls HSS, B. P. Angadi High School Govt. Govt. Boys HSS High School Govt. Govt. HSS, Ezhur High School Govt. Govt. HSS, Niramaruthur High School Govt. NMHSS, Thirunavaya High School Private GVHSS, Paravanna High School Govt. Vallathol AUP School, Mangalam Aided School Aided A.M.U.P School, Areekkad UP School AidedTirur Municipality
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