Kasaragod taluk
Kasaragod or Casrod a taluk which along with Hosdurg taluk, Manjeshwaram Taluk and Vellarikundu taluk constitute the Kasaragod district, Kerala, India. Its educational center is Vidyanagar. The major areas include Kasaragod municipality, Chemnad, Bedira, and Chengala. The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute is located in the taluk.
Villages in Kasaragod
Kasaragod taluk has 34 villages.- Adkathbail, Adoor, Adhur, Badiadka, Bandadka, Bedadka,
- Bela, Bellur, Chemnad, Chengala, Delampady, Kalnad
- Karivedakam, Karadka, Kasaragod, Kolathur, Kudlu
- Kumbadaje, Kuttikole, Madhur, Muliyar, Munnad, Muttathody
- Neerchal, Nekraje, Nettanige, Pady, Patla, Perumbala
- Puthoor, Shiribagilu, Thalangara, Thekkil and Ubrangala
Demographics
Kasaragod taluk constitutes 48.84% Hindus, 48.15% Muslims followed by 2.82% Christians and others.
As of 2011 Indian census, Kasaragod subdistrict had total population of 681,736, among which 480,405 registered Malayalam as their mother tongue, 110,621 marked Tulu as their mother tongue, 43,664 marked Kannada as mother tongue, 18,718 marked Marathi as mother tongue, 15,378 marked Konkani as mother tongue, 5657 marked Urdu as mother tongue and 1.11% marked under other Indian languages.