Kalpetta

Kalpetta is a small city and Wayanad Grade 2 municipality in the Wayanad district of the Indian state of Kerala. Kalpetta is the headquarters of the Wayanad district, as well 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 from Kozhikode and from Mysore. Kainatty is the administrative suburb of Kalpetta.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kalpetta
Settlement.native_name: കൽപ്പറ്റ
Settlement.native_name_lang: ml
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Civil Station complex at Kalpetta Dec 2013.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Kalpetta Civil Station complex entrance in December, 2013
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Kerala#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Kerala, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kerala
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Wayanad
Settlement.governing_body: Kalpatta Municipality
Settlement.leader_party: CPM
Settlement.leader_title: Chairperson
Settlement.leader_name: P Viswanathan