Kalpetta
Kalpetta കല്പറ്റ |
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State : | Kerala | |
District : | Wayanad | |
Location : | 11 ° 37 ' N , 76 ° 5' E | |
Height : | 767 m | |
Area : | 40.74 km² | |
Residents : | 31,580 (2011) | |
Population density : | 775 inhabitants / km² | |
Website : | www.kalpettamunicipality.in | |
Kalpetta ( Malayalam : കല്പറ്റ Kalpaṯṯa [ ˈkalpətːa ]) is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala .
It is located in the mountains in northern Kerala at an altitude of 780 meters on the other side of the main chain of the Western Ghats . Kalpetta is the administrative seat of the Wayanad District . The population was around 31,000 in the 2011 census. The national highway NH 212 runs through Kalpetta from Kozhikode to Mysore . The city is a traffic junction through which the tourist destinations in the area can be reached, and a transshipment point for the agricultural products of the plantations in the area.
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