About Village
Maruthonkara is a village in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.[1] The nearest town situated near by here is Kuttiyadi. Peruvannamuzhi, Thottilpalam, Chempanoda and Passukkadavu are near by places from here.
Demography
Maruthonkara is a village situated in Vadakara taluka of Kozhikode district in Kerala. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 5,689 families residing in the village Maruthonkara. The total population of Maruthonkara is 23,487 out of which 11,306 are males and 12,181 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Maruthonkara is 1,077. The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Maruthonkara village is 2531 which is 11% of the total population. There are 1247 male children and 1284 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Maruthonkara is 1,030 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,077) of Maruthonkara village. As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Maruthonkara is 92.5%. Thus Maruthonkara village has higher literacy rate compared to 84.7% of Kozhikode district. The male literacy rate is 96.47% and the female literacy rate is 88.88% in Maruthonkara village.
Geography
Maruthonkara is a small Village in Kunnummal Block in Kozhikode District of Kerala State, India. It is located 49 KM towards North from District head quarters Kozhikode. 9 KM from Kunnumal. 437 KM from State capital Thiruvananthapuram
Socio-Economic
The Village situates in rural area. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood of the Village people. The rubber and coconut is the main plantation crop in this village.
Tourism
Kadavanthra river