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{{short description|Census Town in Kerala, India}}
{{Distinguish|Kottayam|Kottayam district}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kottayam-Malabar
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| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|11.8269|N|75.5495|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 = [[Kannur district|Kannur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 8.43
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| population_total = 19,176
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670643
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0490
| registration_plate = KL-58
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Thalassery
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 1000:1176 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Vatakara
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Kuthuparamba
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| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-KL]]
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'''Kottayam-Malabar''' is a [[census town]] near [[Kuthuparamba]] in [[Kannur district]] of Kerala state in India. It is different from the city of [[Kottayam]] in Kottayam district of the same state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>

==History==
[[Kingdom of Kottayam]] is a historic province of old Malabar district in India. It covered what is today Talassery Taluk of Kannur district. The headquarters of the kingdom was at Kottayam-Malabar town. The Raja of Kottayam presided over the province. Pazhassi Raja was a member of the western branch of the Kottayam royal clan. When [[Hyder Ali]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] [[Mysore invasion of Kerala|occupied Malabar]] in 1773, the Raja of Kottayam found political asylum in Kallara near Vikom in Kottayam district of Kerala. Pazhassi Raja, the fourth prince in line for succession to the throne during this period, became one of the ''de facto'' heads of state, surpassing several older royal contenders.<ref name="Logan2000">{{cite book|author=William Logan|title=Malabar Manual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mR2QXrVEJIC&pg=PA1|year=2000|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0446-9|pages=1–}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Menon|first=A. Sreedhara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RE5rewAACAAJ|title=A Survey of Kerala History|date=2006|publisher=S. Viswanathan|isbn=978-81-87156-01-7|pages=172|language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Kottayam-Malabar [[census town]] had population of 19,176 which constitutes 8,813 males and 10,363 females. Kottayam-Malabar census town spreads over an area of {{convert|8.43|km2}} with 3,815 families residing in it. The sex ratio was 1176 higher than state average of 1084. Population of children in the age group 0-6 was 2,302 (12%) where 1,141 are males and 1,161 are females. Kottayam-Malabar had an overall literacy of 96.2% higher than state average of 94%. The male literacy stands at 97.7% and female literacy was 95%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kannur |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=204,205 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

==Transportation==
The national highway passes through [[Thalassery]] town. [[Mangalore]], Goa and [[Mumbai]] can be accessed on the northern side and [[Kochi]] and [[Thiruvananthapuram]] can be accessed on the southern side. The road to the east of [[Iritty]] connects to [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]]. The nearest railway station is [[Thalassery]] on Mangalore-[[Palakkad]] line.
Trains are available to almost all parts of India subject to advance booking over the internet. There are airports at Mattannur known as Kannur Airport,[[Mangalore Airport|Mangalore]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Kozhikode]]. All of them are international airports but direct flights are available only to Middle Eastern countries.

==See also==
* [[Kingdom of Kottayam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101106011523/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2006/05/21/stories/2006052100310400.htm The Royal 'Rebel']
* [http://www.shreevarma.homestead.com/books2.html Pazhassi Raja: The Royal Rebel] by Shreekumar Varma (Macmillan, 1997)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070717153127/http://www.keralahistory.ac.in/peasantprotests.htm Peasant Protests in Kerala]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110304173935/http://www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/lema/1797/1797may.html Eye witness account from Lachlan Macquarie who participated in one of the battle against Pazhassi Raja ]

{{Kannur district}}

[[Category:Kingdoms of Kerala]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Villages near Kuthuparamba]]

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Shreyasingh at 17:05, 11 March 2026