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 | ||
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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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