Ajanur

Ajanur is a grama panchayat and also a village of the same name in Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. It is the fifth largest town in Kasaragod district.

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 Kanyakumari-Panavel Road, encompassing an area of some 28 km².
Total population was recorded as 33,079 in the 2011 Indian census.

Wards in the local administration

Ajanur panchayat consists of the following 23 villages or "wards":

ward	name	location	population
1	Ravaneshwaram		2,546
2	Ramagiri		2,377
3	Velashwaram		2,356
4	Madiyan		2,678
5	Manikoth		1,775
6	Adot		1,908
7	Bellikoth		2,326
8	Kattukulangara		2,190
9	Mavungal		2,188
10	Ramnagar		2,128
11	Pallot		1,868
12	Kizhakkumkara		2,080
13	Thulichery		2,204
14	Athinal		2,634
15	Ittammal		3,010
16	Kolavayal		3,015
17	Ajanur Beach		3,370
18	Muttumthala		3,200
19	Mattummal		3,405
20	Mallikamad		2,933
21	Chithari / Chittari		-
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. The main deity of the temple is Bhadrakali.

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 and Calicut.