Kasargod District.

¨ Formed on May 24th 1984.

¨ Northern most District.

¨ Northern most Taluk - Kasargod.

¨ Northern most Place - Thallapadi.

¨ Smallest river in Kerala - Manjeswaram.("Land of Gods").

¨ Languages-Malayalam (72%)Kannada, Thulu, Hindusthani, Marathi.

¨ First in production Arechnut, Tobacco, Red Chilli.

¨ Bauxite deposit highest

¨ Forts-Hosdurg, Bekal, Kasargod, Chandragiri.

¨ Bakel fort built by Shivappa Naikal of Ikeri dynasty 1650 (Largest fort in Kerala)

¨ Centre Plantation Crop Research Institute 1916.

¨ (TxD developed here)

¨ Land of `Kavus` (Sacred Groves)

¨ Sea Shore 77 km.

¨ Kappil Beach and Pallikara Beach.

¨ Kumbala Lagoon.

¨ Anathapura temple only Lake Temple in Kerala. The temple is believe to the `moola stanam`(Original

¨ seat) of Anandapadamnaba of Sri. Padmanaba Temple at Trivandrum.

¨ Cultural center of of Kasargod of distrct - Neeleswaram.

¨ Tourisam Resort Kerala Ltd (TRKL) motto "Save Culture Develop Tourisam".

¨ Kayur Samaram (Strike)-1941.

¨ P. Kujiraman Nair Smarakam (Memorial)at Kanjangad (designed by M.V. Devan).

¨ M. Govinda Pai Smarakam (Memorial) at Manjeshwaram.

¨ Malik Dinar Mosque.

¨ Endosulfan issue probed by Mr. Achuthan Committee.

¨ Yakshaganam was proponded by Partha Subaya of Manjeshwaram Taluk

 

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