Kalpetta


Kalpetta is a city and town 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 at an altitude of about 780 m above sea level. Kalpetta is from Kozhikode and from Mysore. Kainatty is the administrative suburb of Kalpetta.
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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

Ward No.Ward NameCouncilor NamePartyAlliance
001ManiangodeBinduCPILDF
002PuliyarmalaRanjith R.BJPNDA
003Government High SchoolC.K. NishaINCUDF
004NedungodeShabana C.CPILDF
005EmilyChithraOTHOthers
006KanyagurukulamMuhammad RafilCPILDF
007KainattyJithesh V.A.BJPNDA
008Civil StationA.V. DeepaCPILDF
009GoodalaiM.P. NavasOTHOthers
010Chathothu VayalShareefa TeacherOTHOthers
011Municipal OfficeGeetha TeacherCPILDF
012Emily ThadamSowmya S.CPILDF
013AmbileryK.K. KunhammadIUMLUDF
014PallithazheMoideenIUMLUDF
015Gramathu VayalHaritha K.OTHOthers
016Puthiya Bus StandGireesh KalpettaINCUDF
017PulpparaShamir OduvilIUMLUDF
018RattakollyRajaraniINCUDF
019PuthoorvayalBini A.R.CPILDF
020ManjalamkollyVargheseCPILDF
021MadiyoorkuniReena VasudevanCPILDF
022PerumthattaMuhammad INCUDF
023VellaramkunnuRavi V.C.CPILDF
024AdelaideRajnaCPILDF
025OnivayalSashidharan MasterOTHOthers
026TurkeyAnisha K.A.CPILDF
027Kendriya VidyalayamShakiraCPILDF
028EdaguniP. VishwanathanCPILDF
029MunderiT.G. BeenaCPILDF
030MaravayalSarojiniIUMLUDF

Demographics

India census, Kalpetta had a population of 31,580. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. In Kalpetta, 11% of the population is under the age of 6.
Kalpetta Town Has Around 45 % Hindus,41% Muslims And 14 % Christians

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