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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 627252
- Pincode
- 670703
- Post office
- Iritty
- Population
- 16,597
- Households
- 3,622
- Literacy rate
- 84.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1069 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 5,781
- Distance to district centre
- 18 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Thiruvananthapuram
- 409 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 237 km
- Nearest railway station
- Etakkot · 31 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- R Vision Eye Hospital · 1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Keezhur compares
By population, Keezhur ranks #7 of 17 villages in Iritty mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.3%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Keezhur
- 84.3%
- Iritty mandal
- 83.8%
- Kannur district
- 84.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,069
+23 vs mandal average
- Keezhur
- 1,069
- Iritty mandal
- 1,046
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Keezhur
- 4.6
- Iritty mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Keezhur at a glance
Keezhur is a village of 16,597 people in 3,622 households (Census 2011) in Iritty taluk, Kannur district, Kerala, the 7th-largest of 17 villages in Iritty taluk. Literacy is 84%, about the same as the taluk average of 84% and the sex ratio is 1,069 women per 1,000 men. It lies 18 km from the Kannur district centre, 3 km from Muzhakkunnu, the nearest town, 31 km from Etakkot railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 670703, served by Iritty post office; the LGD village code is 627252. Mapped within or next to the village: primary school, high school, bank. The village votes in Peravoor assembly constituency, represented by MLA Adv. Sunny Joseph. The population is estimated at 19,568 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keezhur · this village | 16,597 | 84% | — |
| Muzhakkunnu · Iritty | 21,807 | 82% | 3.3 km S |
| Padiyoor · Iritty | 12,114 | 84% | 4.2 km NW |
| Payam · Iritty | 15,429 | 86% | 4.2 km E |
| Vilamana · Iritty | 14,059 | 86% | 4.6 km N |
| Thillenkeri · Iritty | 14,583 | 82% | 6.2 km SW |
| Nuchiyad · Iritty | 12,686 | 84% | 6.9 km N |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Keezhur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 23
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 2
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Mattannur
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 40
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Keezhur-Chavassery
- Total area (ha)
- 1,862
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 155.17
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Keezhur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Keezhur
- LGD code
- 627252
- Pincode
- 670703
- Post office
- Iritty
- Population (Census 2011)
- 16,597
- Population (projected 2026)
- 19,568
- Households
- 3,622
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1069
- Literacy rate
- 84.3%
- Coordinates
- 11.98230°N, 75.66352°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kannur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Peravoor
- Member of Parliament
- K. Sudhakaran
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Adv. Sunny Joseph
- Block / Mandal
- Iritty
- Nearest bank
- Canara Bank (0.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Keezhur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Thiruvananthapuram409 kmcapital
- Bengaluru237 km
- Chennai515 km
- Hyderabad673 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationEtakkot31 km
- Bus stopKeezhur<1 km
- Hospital / PHCR Vision Eye Hospital1 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank<1 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum<1 km
- CollegeMG College Iritty1 km
- Police stationIrritty Police Station2 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Keezhurunder 1 km
- Bank / ATM
- Canara Bankunder 1 km
- Petrol pump
- Bharat Petroleumunder 1 km
Village amenities · Census 2011 / OpenStreetMap within 2 km
- ✓ Primary school
- ✓ High school
- ✓ Bank
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Keezhur
5 Temples, 2 Mosques, 1 Church mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Keezhur
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫Vazhunnavars Upper Primary SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🏫Seventh Day Adventtist English SchoolSchool<1 km ↗
- 🎓Iritty Higher Secondary SchoolHigh school<1 km ↗
- 🏫Pragathi Career GuidanceSchool1.2 km ↗
- 🎓MG College IrittyCollege1.3 km ↗
- 🏫Irshadul Islam Madrassa A Lower Primary School IrrittySchool1.4 km ↗
- 🏫Edakkanam Lower Primary SchoolSchool2.1 km ↗
- 📚Payanchery LibraryLibrary2.6 km ↗
- 📚Payam Grama Panchayath library and Reading RoomLibrary3.6 km ↗
- 🏫Vattiara Lower Primary SchoolSchool3.7 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 670703
Villages near Keezhur
Other villages in Iritty mandal
View all 19 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)