Mattannur -General Background of Municipality

                         Mattannur Municipality is one of the youngest but biggest (in area wise) municipalities in Kerala laying almost at the geographical centre of Kannur district. Mattannur was established as municipality on 01.04.1990.Mattannur Municipality has an area of 54.65sqkm and the density of population is 869.persons/sq.km.Mattannur Municipality is one of the fast growing cities in the Malabar region of Keral state.A lot of developmental  are being initiated by the Municipality and private parties in and around the city.City is steadlity growing in all the directions.The location of proposed Kannur International Airport is close to the Mattannur Municipality(hardly 2km from city centre)and it boosted the prospects of Mattannur.Municipality is expecting even bigger migration during the coming years since major projects like Kannur International Airport,KINFRA industrial park,Technopark etc are on the anvil and its location is very close to the Municipality limits.

Etymology

There are different thoughts about the origin of the term Mattannur. The name is derived from the Word Mottannur which means the place (Ooru) of barren hills (Mottakkunnu). As per the survey records it is assumed that the name Mattannur is the corrupted form of Pattinikkadu. Pattini is another name of Sagesess Kannaki, mentioned in the Chilappathikaram. Legends say that Plini, the famous Egyptian traveler had visited Mattannur in millenniums back. Another theory is that the famous Malabar King Hannan or Nannan had ruled the area with capital as Mattannur and the place got the name as land of MahanaNannan. It is also believed that another Egyptian traveler Ptolomy reached Mattannur in the year 150AD and named the region as Mastannur which means a high land or elevated land. The name mentioned as Masthanagari in the ancient historical records is also believed to be the present Mattannur.

Demographics

Demography deals with the study of human population, their structure and change (through birth,death and migration), and their relationship with natural environment, social and economic changes. The population of Mattannur Municipal Town as per 2011 census is 47196, which constitute about 1.82% of District population and 0.14% of the State population.As per 2011 census, Mattannur Municipal Town marks the least value of sex ratio (1078) when compared to other municipal towns in the district and the rate of increase is also minimum during the last decade. The literacy rate of Mattannur Municipal Town is slightly lower when compared to District (95.10%) and slightly high when compared to State (94%).Female Literacy rate of Mattannur Municipal Town(92.22%) almost matches the State average but is lower than that of the District.

Population Status

Different Housing schemes implemented in ULB under different schemes

Details of landless homeless in ULB

As per the PMAY survey landless households about 24, with land households 301.

PMAY survey details of landless/houseless/Repair

Details of construction for the last 5 years

As per the Building permit register the details of residential permits issued in the last 5 years is as follows

Strategy for addressing the issue of landless & homeless

Ø Out of 325 families, 301 Families are having their own land.

Ø 24 families have been found landless.

1. According to the survey out of 325 families, BPL families have been included in the Beneficiary lead construction scheme as per PMAY guide line. But 356 families have been added in the DPR. 
2. As per PMAY survey, 24 landless household families are identified. Houses for all these 24 families are going to allot Under the Kerala Government ‘LIFE’ project.