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  • General Information - Wayanad, Kerala

    Altitude: 7002100 mts above mean sea level.
    Temperature: 13°c 32°c
    Main crops: Coffee, Pepper, Tea, Rubber, Cardamom, Vanilla.
    Language: Malayalam is the local language. English and Hindi are widely spoken and understood. Kannada and Tamil are also understood towards border region.
    STD codes: Mananthavady 91 (0)4935, Kalpetta & Other 91 (0)4936
    Area: 2132 km ˛
    Population (2001 census): 780,619
    Density of Population: 369 people/ km˛
    No. of Taluks: 3 (Mananthavady, Sulthan Bathery, Vythiri)
    No. of State Legislative Assembly Constituencies: 3 (North Wayanad, Sulthan Bathery and Kalpetta)
    Lok Sabha Constituencies: North Wayanad Assembly Seat is in Kannur Lok Sabha Seat, the other two in Kozhikode.
    District Headquarters: Kalpetta (Municipality, population 29,602 in 2001 census)
    Other Important Towns: Sulthan Bathery, Mananthavady, Vythiri.

    District Administration

    Kalpetta is the headquarters of the Wayanad District Administration with Civil Station and other main offices. For the smooth running of the revenue administration, the district is devided in to three taluks, names, Sulthan Bathery, Vythiri and Mananthavady. There are six firkas and 49 villages under these taluks. There is only one Revenue Divisional Office in this district that functioning at Mananthavady.

    District Panchayat

    The Wayanad District Panchayat office functions at Kalpetta near Civil Station. There are three Block Panchayat and 25 Grama Panchayat in this district.
    The block Panchayat are (1) Sulthan Bathery, (2) Kalpetta and (3) Mananthavady. Kalpetta is the only Municipality in the district.

    Municipality,1 (Kalpetta)

    Grama Panchayaths,25
    Block Panchayaths,3
    District Head Quarters, Kalpetta
    Parliament Constituencies,2 Kannur (North Wayanad) & Kozhikode (Kalpetta, S.Bathery)

    Boundaries

    East Nilgiris, Mysore
    North Coorg, Kannur
    South Kozhikode, Malappuram
    West Kozhikode, Kannur.




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