Wayanad district
Wayanad district, or Wynad, is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with its administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta.
Wayanad district, or Wynad, is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala, with its administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is set high in the Western Ghats with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2,100 meters and some areas resemble to Eastern Ghats including Kolagapara, Kurumbalakotta and some parts of Vadakkanad and Chekadi. Vellari Mala, a 2,240 m (7,349 ft) high peak situated on the trijunction of Wayanad, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts, is the highest point in Wayanad district. The district was formed on 1 November 1980 as the 12th district in Kerala, by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts. An area of 885.92 km2 in the district is forested. Wayanad has three municipal towns—Kalpetta, Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery. There are many indigenous tribes in this area.
The Kabini River, a tributary of the Kaveri River, originates at Wayanad. Wayanad district, along with the Chaliyar valley in the neighbouring Nilambur in Malappuram district, is known for natural gold fields, which are also seen in other parts of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. The Chaliyar river, which is the fourth longest river of Kerala, originates on the Wayanad plateau. The historically important Edakkal Caves are located in Wayanad district.
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Worth seeing in and around Wayanad district
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Anantnath Swami Temple
Anantnath Swami Temple (also known as the Puliyarmala Jain Temple is a Jain temple located at Puliyarmala, 6 km from Kalpetta in the Wayanad district in the state of Kerala in India. It is dedicated to Anantnath Swami, a Tirthankar of the Jain faith.
1.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wayanad district
- Airports
- Calicut (CCJ), 56 km · Kannur (CNN), 67 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 123 km
- Calicut → Wayanad district53 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · ₹475–590
- Kannur → Wayanad district77 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ₹640–800
- Coimbatore → Wayanad district114 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · ₹1,330–1,670
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wayanad district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Wayanad district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundAutorickshaws charge ₹15.00 per km Buses charge only ₹10.00 for three km.
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Next door to Wayanad district
Wayanad district is 54 km from Kozhikode, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kalpettatown1.9 km