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Wayanad

Wayanad is a beautiful mountainous district in the of located on the western ghats. It is sparsely populated and rural, with most of the land area covered with forests.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Kalpetta and Mananthavady.

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is a city in the mountainous Wayanad region of Kerala, South India. It’s a gateway to the trails of lofty Chembra Peak and to Neelimala Viewpoint, which overlooks waterfalls and forested valleys.

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is a city in the region of , . It is a transportation hub of Eastern Wayanad and buses to , , and start from the KSRTC depot here.

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, also spelled Sulthan Bathery and previously known as Sultan's Battery, is a town of 27,000 people in the mountainous Wayanad region of . The place is famous for its Jain temple.

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is the most scenic village of the Wayanad District of the region in state, . It has excellent opportunities for hiking and mountaineering. The main attraction of are the undulating tea estates.

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is a hill station in in . The hill station is at 1,300 m and has coffee, tea, cardamom, pepper and rubber plantations and mountain scenery.

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, popularly known as the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary, is an animal sanctuary in the Wayanad District of in .

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is a small town in Wayanad district of state, , between Sultan Battery and towns.

The is located about 20 km from the Wayanad district of . It is situated at a place called Mananthavady in Wayanad near the Western Ghats.

Wayanad

Latitude of center
11.605° or 11° 36′ 18″ north
Longitude of center
76.083° or 76° 4′ 59″ east
Population
817,000
Elevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)
Abbreviation
“WAY”
Geo­Names ID
6951502
Wiki­data ID
Q1364427
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wayanad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “واياناد”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Wayanad”
  • Asturian: “Wayanad (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Wayanad”
  • Basque: “Wayanad barrutia”
  • Bengali: “বয়নাড় জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “वायनाड जिला”
  • Catalan: “Vayanad”
  • Catalan: “Wainad”
  • Catalan: “Wayanad”
  • Catalan: “Waynad”
  • Catalan: “Wynaad”
  • Cebuano: “Wayanad”
  • Chinese: “Wayanad”
  • Chinese: “瓦亞納德縣”
  • Dutch: “Wayanad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “واياناد”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Wayanad”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Wayanad”
  • French: “Wayanad”
  • German: “Wayanad”
  • German: “Wynaad”
  • German: “Wynad”
  • Gujarati: “વયનાડ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “वयनाड जिला”
  • Hindi: “वयनाडु जिला”
  • Hindi: “वयानाड जिला”
  • Hindi: “वायनाड जिला”
  • Hindi: “वायानद जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Wayanad”
  • Italian: “distretto di Wayanad”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Wayanad”
  • Japanese: “ワイナード県”
  • Japanese: “ワヤナード県”
  • Kannada: “ವಯನಾಡು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kannada: “ವಯನಾಡು”
  • Kashmiri: “وایاناڑ ضلع”
  • Malayalam: “Wayanad district”
  • Malayalam: “Wayanad”
  • Malayalam: “Waynad”
  • Malayalam: “വയനാട് ജില്ല”
  • Malayalam: “വയനാട്”
  • Marathi: “वायनाड जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wayanad”
  • Nepali: “वायनाड जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “वयनाट जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wayanad”
  • Norwegian: “Wayanad”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Wayanad”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਇਨਾਡ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “بخش ویاناد”
  • Russian: “Ваянад”
  • Sanskrit: “वय्नाड् मण्डलम्”
  • Sanskrit: “वायनाडमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱣᱟᱭᱱᱟᱰ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Wayanad”
  • Spanish: “Wayanad”
  • Swedish: “Wayanad”
  • Tamil: “வயநாடு மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “வயநாடு”
  • Telugu: “వయనాడు”
  • Telugu: “వయనాడ్ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “వైనాడ్”
  • Urdu: “وایاناڑ ضلع”
  • Urdu: “ویاناڈ ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Wayanad”
  • “वायनाड जिला”

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