Kalpetta is a municipality, taluk and headquarters of the Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala. Kalpetta serves as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk. It is surrounded by dense coffee and tea plantations and mountains. It lies on the Kozhikode-Mysore National Highway NH 766 (formerly NH 212) at an altitude of about 780 m above sea level. Kalpetta is located northeast of Kozhikode and southeast of Mysore.

History

In Wayanad, the Indian independence movement started first at Kalpetta. The first political conference was held in 1921 under the leadership of Dharmaraja Iyer. K. P. Kesava Menon and A. K. Gopalan participated in this meeting. Formation of the committee of Indian National Congress also occurred around the same time. Mahatma Gandhi visited Kalpetta on 1934 January 14.

Kalpetta became the headquarters when Wayanad district was formed on 1 November 1980. Kalpetta was still a Village Panchayath when it became district headquarters and it attained Municipality status on 1 April 1990.

Municipality Members

Demographics

Kalpetta municipality has a mixed population of all religions. Hindu community Is predominantly Nair, Muslims are Mapillas and Christians are Syro Malabar Catholics.

Tourist sites

• Pookode Lake

• Anantnath Swami Temple

• Chembra Peak

• Soochipara Falls

• 900 Kandi

• Banasura Sagar Dam

Notable personalities

• Kalpatta Narayanan – Indian poet and novelist

• Abu Salim – Actor

• M. P. Veerendra Kumar – Writer and politician

• Anu Sithara – Actress

• Sunny Wayne – Actor

• Midhun Manuel Thomas – Script writer and director

Climate

See also

• Padinjarathara

• Chundale

• Meppadi

• Muttil, Kalpetta

• Vythiri

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