Payyavoor is located 43 km (27 mi) north east of district headquarters Kannur, 30 km (19 mi) east of taluk headquarters Taliparamba, 20 km (12 mi) north of Iritty and 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Sreekandapuram.[5]
Demographics
As of 2011 Census, Payyavoor village had a population of 22,998 with 11,373 males and 11,625 females. Average sex ratio was 1,022 lower than state average of 1,084. Payyavoor village spreads over an area of 67.79 km2 (26.17 sq mi) with 5,698 families residing in it. Population of children under 6 years was 2,359 (10.3%) which constitutes 1,219 males and 1,140 females.
Payyavoor had an average literacy of 95.46% where male literacy was 96.8% and female literacy was 94.1%.[6]
Payyavoor panchayat is mainly an agrarian economy. The major crops are cashew, rubber, coconut and areca nut here. A distillery has been proposed by the Kerala government here for making Kannur feni (liquor) from cashew apples. Payyavoor service co-operative bank was given nod for producing liquor. Apart from the one being set up in Kerala, Goa state is widely known for the production of feni from cashew apples.[12]
Payyavur was one among the panchayats in Kannur district that affected by 2018 Kerala floods. 4 hecatres of cropped area was destroyed by land slide. The affected areas in the panchayat were side slope of Upland (307m) like Vanjiyam, Adampara, Thenankara and Santhi nagar.[13]
^Kerala, Directorate of Census Operations. District Census Handbook, Kannur(PDF). Thiruvananthapuram: Directorate of Census Operations, Kerala. p. 154,155. Retrieved 24 June 2022.