Wayanad, one  of the fourteen districts in kerala(India) 
situated at height of  700 m to 2100 m above sea- level,
came into   being   on   1st    November 1980 by merging 
North Wayanad, part  of  Kannur  district, South Wayanad 
of Kozhikode district and  is  situated  in  an elevated 
Picturesque mountainous Plateau in Western Ghats.Wayanad
is one of the most important historic place with evidences
of STONE AGE life.Natural wonders,history and tradition,
vast expanse of greenary,spice scented breeze, mist capped 
mountains,salubrious climate, hypnotising scenic beauty 
makes Wayanad one of the loveliest hill stations of Kerala. 

The leading tourist centers of south India like Ootty,
Mysore, Coorg, Kozhikode, Kannur and Bekal are around this 
hill station. 
This station is full of plantations,forests and wildlife.
Wayanad hills are continuous to Mudumala in Tamil Nadu and
Bandhipur in Karnataka, thus forming a vast land mass for
the wild life to move about in its most natural abode. 
 
The name Wayanad has been derived from the expression
 'Vayal nadu' - the village of paddy fields.



Important Towns

Kalpetta 
	Kalpetta the Head Quarters of Wayanad is the only
municipality  in this Dist:. It is 72.K.M s north east of 
Kozhikode  and is  well connected by Road to all important 
places  like Ooty,Mysore etc.  All  the major Office’s are
situated here. 


Sulthan Bathery :-
	Sulthan Bathery is one of the earliest settlement 
in Wayand  located 25 Km.north east of Kalpetta. This place 
was the store of war weapons of Tipu Sulthan to fight 
against the British, hence the name Sulthan’s Battery.

Mananthavady:-
	Mananthavady is situated 32 Km north east of
 Kalpetta.This town is connected by roads to Mysore via 
Bavali,Coorg Via Tholpetty,Thalassery via Periya and Kozhikode
 via Kalpetta. Veera Pazhashi Raja's tomb is situated here.

Meppady:-
	Meppady is at a distance of 10 Km east of
 Kalpetta is an important place on the Kozhikode -Ooty state 
highway. There are some important tourist spots nearby Mepady.

Tourism

Wayanad has many tourist spot which could be developed
into potential tourist destinations. Unfortunately due
to want of proper marketing, locational advantages, 
poor infra structural facilities etc, many of these 
places are not visited by tourist. It is sad to note 
that only a small percentage of tourist who visit other
parts of Kerala visit Wayanad. 
For those who wish to experiance the real natural spots 
untouched by human, WAYANAD is the best place. You find
evidences of Stone age people only in Wayanad.  Wayanad
has a rare  collection of Flaura and  Fauna,  some even 
reported extinct in RED Book.



Land & People

The district has an area of 2126 sq kms with a population
 of 6,72,000 as per 1991 census.
Total geographical area of Wayanad Dist: is approximately 
 2.13 lakhs hectors, representing 5.48 % of the states 
 geographical area.
The forest land of the Dist: covers an area of  
 78787 hectors.	
The Scheduled Tribe population comes to 17.1% of the total
 population.
The average literacy rate is 82.73%.
There are  three rivers in this Dist:. The main river of the 
Dist: is Kabani which is a tributary of River Caevery, the
 other rivers are in Mananthavady and Panamaram, which joint
 kabani . Generally the rivers in Kerala are west flowing,but
 in wayand all the rivers are eastflowing.

District Profile

This back word Dist: is perhaps one of the biggest foreign 
exchange earners of the state, thanks to the cash crops of
pepper, cardamom, coffee, Tea, spices and other condiments. 
A large percentage of the population in this region are 
tribals.The native adivaseis mainly consist of various sects 
like Paniyas,Kurumas,Ooralis, Kattunaikas Etc.The Dist
profile at a glace is shown below:

No: of taluks		:3.	
No:of Blocks		:3.
No: of villages 	:49.	
No:of panchayathas	:25.
No:of Municipality	:1


Climate


The year can be broadly divided into 4 seasons, 

Cold weather (December-February),
Hot weather(March-May),
South-west Monsoon (July-September) and
North-west Monsoon (Octaber-November). 

The temperature varies from 11 degree to 35 degree and average
rain fall is 300 cm per year. 




Language

The offical language is Malayalam, but English and Hindi are
widely spoken and understood.

To learn a little Malayalam which would help a traveller 
click here.












Clothing

Light summer clothes can be worn most of the year.














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