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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Enmakaje
| other_name = [[Perla, Kasaragod]]
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Perla MIALP School.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = MIALP School
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| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12|39|0|N|75|4|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]
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| established_date =
| founder =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| area_total_km2 = 78.23
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| population_total = 26,824
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada language|Malayalam]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 671552 [[Perla]]
| registration_plate = KL- 14
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''' Enmakaje ''' is a village in [[Kasaragod district]] in the state of [[Kerala]], India.<ref name="censusindia">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |title=Census of India: Villages with population 5000 & above |others=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208044522/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Village_Directory/Population_data/Population_5000_and_Above.aspx |archivedate=2008-12-08 }}</ref>
The administrative capital of the village is [[Perla, Kasaragod]].

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]], Enmakaje had a population of 11773 with 5932 males and 5841 females.<ref name="censusindia" />

==Transportation==
Local roads have access to [[NH 66|National Highway No.66]] which connects to [[Mangalore]] in the north and [[Calicut]] in the south. The nearest railway station is [[Manjeshwaram railway station|Manjeshwar]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] line. There is an airport at [[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]].

==Schools==
* [[SSHSS Katukukke]]
* [[SNHS Perla]]
* MIALP School, Kannatikana
* Little Flower English Medium School
* GHSS Padre Vaninagar
* SSHSS SHENI

==Languages==
It is a multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Kannada, [[Tulu language|Tulu]], [[Beary bashe]], and [[Konkani]]. Migrant workers also speak [[Hindi]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] languages. This village is part of Manjeshwaram assembly constituency which is again part of [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

== Destruction caused by pesticide ==
From 1975 onwards, the pesticide [[Endosulfan]] was used for various plantations in Enmakaje without any restrictions or control. This resulted in a huge number of deaths as well as serious injuries. Majority of the 4,000 deaths caused by Endosulfan in the [[Kasargode District]] occurred in Enmakaje.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://endosulfanvictims.com/no-end-to-endosulfan-tragedy-in-karala-kasaragod-281.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421002030/http://endosulfanvictims.com/no-end-to-endosulfan-tragedy-in-karala-kasaragod-281.html |archive-date=21 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/environmental_study/Effect_of_endosulfan.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304163355/http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/environmental_study/Effect_of_endosulfan.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Padre village in the Enmakaje Panchayath was the most severely affected area, partly because it is surrounded on all sides by [[cashew nut]] plantations.<ref>[http://www.healtoxics.org/cbm/endo_ind.htm :Heal Toxics:]</ref>

==References==
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{{Kasaragod district}}
[[Category:Manjeshwar area]]

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