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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ajanoor
| other_name = Ajanur
| nickname =
| settlement_type = panchayat
| image_skyline = File:Kanhangad, Kerala, India. (4804997740).jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Beach Road, Kanhangad
| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12|20|24|N|75|5|24|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kasargode district|Kasargode]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 14.79
| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 33079
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 671 531
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91 467
| registration_plate = KL-60
| website = {{URL|kasaragod.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''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.<ref>[[List of Cities and Towns in Kasaragod district]]</ref>

==Ajanur vs. Kanhangad==
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 [[State Highway 17 (Kerala)|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.

==Wards in the local administration==
Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!ward !! name !! location !! population<ref>as of 2009, according to the [http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/Reports/rws/rpt_CoverageHabitationStatusDistrictWiseLink.aspx?DistrictId=0214&DistrictName=KASARAGOD&StateName=KERALA&Flag=1 Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811142543/http://indiawater.gov.in/IMISWeb/Reports/rws/rpt_CoverageHabitationStatusDistrictWiseLink.aspx?DistrictId=0214&DistrictName=KASARAGOD&StateName=KERALA&Flag=1 |date=11 August 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|1 ||Ravaneshwaram || {{coord|12.374|N|75.080|E|}} ||2,546
|-
|2|| Ramagiri || || 2,377
|-
|3|| Velashwaram || {{coord|12.354|N|75.086|E|}} || 2,356
|-
|4|| Madiyan || {{coord|12.353|N|75.078|E|}} || 2,678
|-
|5|| Manikoth || || 1,775
|-
|6|| Adot || || 1,908
|-
|7|| Bellikoth || {{coord|12.339|N|75.089|E|}} || 2,326
|-
|8|| Kattukulangara || || 2,190
|-
|9|| [[Mavungal]] || {{coord|12.340|N|75.104|E|}} || 2,188
|-
|10|| Ramnagar || || 2,128
|-
|11|| Pallot || || 1,868
|-
|12|| Kizhakkumkara || {{coord|12.331|N|75.092|E|}} || 2,080
|-
|13|| Thulichery || || 2,204
|-
|14|| Athinal || || 2,634
|-
|15|| Ittammal || || 3,010
|-
|16|| Kolavayal || {{coord|12.335|N|75.073|E|}} || 3,015
|-
|17|| Ajanur Beach (Ajanur Kadappuram) || {{coord|12.333|N|75.067|E|}} || 3,370
|-
|18|| Muttumthala || || 3,200
|-
|19|| Mattummal || || 3,405
|-
|20|| Mallikamad || || 2,933
|-
|21|| Chithari / Chittari || {{coord|12.357|N|75.065|E|}}
|-
|22|| Barikkad
|-
|23|| Mukkoodu
|}

==Notable people==
Ajanur is the birthplace of the poet [[P. Kunhiraman Nair]], whose younger brother P. Krishnan Nair, was the first president of the panchayat.

Ajanur was also home for the socialist party leader [[C. M. Padmanabhan Nair]].

==Temples==
The Madiyan Koolom temple is situated in Ajanur ({{coord|12.352|N|75.081|E|}}). The main deity of the temple is [[Bhadrakali]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kasargod.nic.in/tourism/tourspots1.htm |title=Tourism in Kasaragod |access-date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110223138/http://kasargod.nic.in/tourism/tourspots1.htm |archive-date=10 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==
Educational institutions in Ajanur are Govt. Higher Secondary School, Ravaneshwaram, Maha Kavi P. Kunhiraman Nair Memorial High School, Iqbal High School and Crescent English Medium School.

==Transportation==
Local roads have access to NH.66 which connects to [[Mangalore]] in the north and [[Calicut]] in the south. The nearest railway station is [[Kanhangad]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] line. There are airports at [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]].

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110822163407/http://kasargod.nic.in/administration/pangrama.htm#AJANUR Kasargod district official website]
*[http://lsg.kerala.gov.in/election/candidateDetails.php?year=2010&lb=1198&ln=en LSGI Election 2010]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321174815/http://kasaragod.8k.com/chithari/index.htm Chithari]

{{Kasaragod district}}
[[Category:Kanhangad area]]

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