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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kurumathur
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = [[Census Town]]
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|12.0326|N|75.4170|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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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)]]
| governing_body = Kurumathur Grama Panchayat
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 26.26
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| population_total = 18,641
| 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
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 670142
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Taliparamba
| website =
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''' Kurumathur ''' is a [[census town]] in [[Taliparamba taluk]] of [[Kannur district]] in Kerala state, India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/kerala/|title = Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref><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 |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2008-12-10}}</ref> Kurumathur is located {{cvt|8|km}} east of [[Taliparamba|Taliparamba town]] in [[State Highway 36 (Kerala)|SH 36]].

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Kurumathur had a population of 18,641 of which 8,723 are males and 9,918 are females. Kurumathur census town spreads over an area of {{cvt|26.26|km2}} with 4,117 families residing in it. The sex ratio of Kurumathur was 1,137 higher than state average of 1,084. In Kurumathur, population of children under 6 years was 12.8%. Kurumathur had overall literacy of 93.4%, higher than national average of 59% and lower than state average of 94%.

As of 2011 census, Kurumathur [[Grama Panchayat]] had total population of 31,023 among which 12,382 people resides in rural village of [[Panniyoor]] and 18,641 resides in urban town of Kurumathur. Kurumathur Grama Panchayat has administration over Kurumathur census town and rural village of Panniyoor.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kannur |publisher=Directorateof Census Operations,Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=180,181,248 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3202_PART_B_KANNUR.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

==Religion==
As of 2011 Indian [[census]], Kurumathur census town had population of 18,641 which constitutes 57.5% Hindus, 39.7% Muslims, 2.4% Christians and 0.4% others.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web |title=Religion – Kerala, Districts and Sub-districts |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW32C-01%20MDDS.XLS |work=Census of India 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General}}</ref>

==Administration==
Kurumathur census town is a part of Kurumathur Grama Panchayat. Kurumathur is politically a part of [[Taliparamba (State Assembly constituency)]] under Kannur Loksabha constituency.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies
|accessdate = 2008-10-18
|work = Kerala
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf
|archivedate = 2009-03-04
}}</ref>

==Transportation==
National Highway [[National Highway 66 (India)|NH 66]] passes through [[Taliparamba]] town. [[Mangalore]] 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 connects to [[Mysore]] and [[Bangalore]].
The nearest railway station is [[Kannapuram railway station|Kannapuram]] and [[Pazhayangadi railway station|Pazhayangadi]] on [[Shoranur-Mangalore Section]] under southern railway.
The nearest airports are at [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur]] and [[Calicut International Airport|Calicut]].

==References==
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{{Kannur district}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Kannur district]]
[[Category:Taliparamba]]

{{Kannur-geo-stub}}

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