Mangalpady

Mangalpady is a Grama Panchayat in Kasaragod district, Kerala. Uppala is the major town in this panchayat.

Mangalpady
Panchayat
Olayam Masjidh, Shiriya
Mangalpady Location in Kerala, India Mangalpady Mangalpady (India)
Coordinates: 12°38′35″N 74°55′10″E
Country	India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Area
• Total	36.3 km2 (14.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	48,441
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Malayalam, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KL-14

According to census 2011, it has a population of 48,441 in an area of 36.3 square km. With a population density of 1332.5 per square km, it is one of the densely populated panchayat in Kerala.

Villages in Mangalpady panchayat

• Mangalpady
• Bekoor
• Heroor
• Ichilangod
• Kodibail
• Kubanoor
• Mulinja

Census towns in Mangalpady panchayat

• Uppala
• Bandiyod
• Mangalpady
• Shiriya

Uppala Municipality Plan

If Uppala municipality is carved out from the Mangalpady and Manjeshwaram panchayat by adding the following to Uppala Census town:

• Census towns - Mangalpady, Shiriya, Bangra Manjeshwar, Hosabettu, Manjeshwar
• villages - Kodibail, Mulinja, Majibail and Badaje

Uppala Municipality will have a population of 66,431 in an area of 41.66 km². The population density of the municipality will be around 1,600 per km².

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Mangalpady had a population of 48468.

Languages

This locality is an essentially multi-lingual region. The people speak Malayalam, Tulu, Kannada, Urdu, Beary bashe and Konkani. Migrant workers also speak Hindi and Tamil languages.

Administration

This village is part of Manjeswaram assembly constituency which is again part of Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)

Transportation

Local roads have access to National Highway No.66 which connects to Mangalore in the north and Trivandrum in the south. The nearest railway station is Uppala on Mangalore-Palakkad line. There is an airport at Mangalore.