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| nickname = ''The Land of Seven Languages, The Land of God''<ref name="seven">{{Cite web|url=https://invest.kerala.gov.in/?district=kasaragod|title=Cazrod - the land of seven languages|access-date=12 September 2020|website=invest kerala|publisher=Government of Kerala}}</ref>

"Kottara: This is the name of a place in the country of the 'Aii', or ' Paralia ' (identical with South Travancore), which is called ‘Kottiara Metropolis' by Ptolemy, ' Cottora' by Pliny. Undoubtedly the town referred to is ‘Kôțţâra' or, as it is ordinarily spelled by Europeans, ‘ Kotaur,' the principal town in South Travancore, and now , as in the time of the Greeks, distinguished for its commerce. The name of the place is derived from ‘ Kôd-u, ' Tam., a line of circumvallation, a fortification , and “ ârú, ' a river. It is a rule in the Tamil and the Malayalam , that when a word like ‘Kôd is the first member of a compound, the final ' ' must be doubled for the purpose of giving the word the force of an adjective : it is another rule that sonants when doubled become surds. Consequently the compound ‘kôd- ara' becomes by rule 'kôţt-âra' . It is interesting to perceive that in the time of the Greeks the same peculiar phonetic rules existed which are now in operation . It is also worth noticing that the Greek writers represent the last syllable of the name of the town, not as ' âru ,' but as 'âra . The Tamil has ' âru, ' the Malayalam 'ara ' At Kotaur, the dialectic peculiarities of the Malayalam language begin to supersede those of the Tamil ; and this appears to have been the case even in the time of the

There are different views on the derivation of the name ''Kasaragod'' though none accepted.

In 1763, [[Hyder Ali]] raided Bedanoor (Bidnur), the capital of the Ikkery Naiks. His son [[Tippu Sultan]] raided much of [[Malabar district|Malabar]] region in Kerala. As per the [[Treaty of Seringapatam#:~:text=The Treaty of Seringapatam (also, Sultan, the ruler of Mysore.|Treaty of Seringapatam]] of 1792, Tippu surrendered Malabar, except [[Kanara]] to the [[British India|British]]. The British occupied Kanara only after the death of Tippu Sultan.<ref name="history" /> it is said that ''Kinavoor Molom'' (Sree Dharma Shashtha Temple) is belonging to ''Karinthalam'' (one of 64 Brahmin villages in old Kerala). Initially [[South Canara]] was placed under the [[Bombay presidency]].<ref name="ksd_81">{{cite book

As of [[2011 Census of India|2011 Census]], Kasaragod municipality had a population of 54,172 which constitutes 26,319 males and 27,853 females. Kasaragod municipality spreads over an area of {{cvt|16.69|km2}} with 10,202 families residing in it. The municipality is divided into 35 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The female sex ratio was 1058 against state average of 1084. Population in the age group 0-6 was 7,234 (13.4%) where 3,716 are males and 3,518 are females. The literacy rate of Kasaragod town was 94.76% higher than state average of 94%. Male literacy stands at 96.5% and female literacy was 93.1%.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerala |first1=Directorate of Census Operations |title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod |publisher=DirectorateofDirectorate of Census Operations, Kerala |location=Thiruvananthapuram |page=86,87 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf |access-date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

The major political parties are [[Indian Union Muslim League]], [[CPI(M)]], [[Indian National Congress|INC]] , [[CPI]], and [[BJP]]. North Kasaragod is dominated by [[IUML]] which is followed by [[BJP]], and the south is dominated by [[CPI(M)]]. [[N. A. Nellikkunnu]] is the present Member of Legislative Assembly, from [[Kasaragod (State Assembly constituency)|Kasaragod Assembly Constituency]]. It is a part of [[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Indian National Congress (INC) member [[Rajmohan Unnithan]] is the present MP from Kasaragod (2019 elections).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kasargod.nic.in/administration/mp.htm |title=Kasaragod Parliament Constituency |access-date=18 October 2009 |work=Kerala |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621111710/http://kasargod.nic.in/administration/mp.htm |archive-date=21 June 2008 }}</ref>

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