Wayanad is a district located in northeastern Kerala, India with an area of 2,132 square kilometers. It has a population of around 846,637 people and is the least populous district in Kerala. Wayanad has hilly terrain with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 meters and a tropical climate. The district economy is based around agriculture, with major cash crops including coffee, tea, rubber and spices. Tourism is also an important industry, with the district attracting visitors for its natural scenery, wildlife, waterfalls and temples.
Wayanad is a district located in northeastern Kerala, India with an area of 2,132 square kilometers. It has a population of around 846,637 people and is the least populous district in Kerala. Wayanad has hilly terrain with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 meters and a tropical climate. The district economy is based around agriculture, with major cash crops including coffee, tea, rubber and spices. Tourism is also an important industry, with the district attracting visitors for its natural scenery, wildlife, waterfalls and temples.
Wayanad is a district located in northeastern Kerala, India with an area of 2,132 square kilometers. It has a population of around 846,637 people and is the least populous district in Kerala. Wayanad has hilly terrain with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 meters and a tropical climate. The district economy is based around agriculture, with major cash crops including coffee, tea, rubber and spices. Tourism is also an important industry, with the district attracting visitors for its natural scenery, wildlife, waterfalls and temples.
Wayanad is a district located in northeastern Kerala, India with an area of 2,132 square kilometers. It has a population of around 846,637 people and is the least populous district in Kerala. Wayanad has hilly terrain with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2100 meters and a tropical climate. The district economy is based around agriculture, with major cash crops including coffee, tea, rubber and spices. Tourism is also an important industry, with the district attracting visitors for its natural scenery, wildlife, waterfalls and temples.
NUPUR CHIMANKAR 5TH YR B.ARCH ABOUT WANAYAD DISTRICT : • SITE LOCATION : BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WAYANAD, KERALA. • COUNTRY : INDIA • STATE : KERALA • SITE AREA : 9 ACRES • TOTAL AREA : 2,132KM2 (823 SQ MI)
• WAYANAD IS AN INDIAN DISTRICT
IN THE NORTH-EAST OF KERALA STATE WITH ADMINISTRATIVE INDIA MAP KERALA MAP HEADQUARTERS AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF KALPETTA. • IT IS SET HIGH ON THE WESTERN GHATS WITH ALTITUDES RANGING FROM 700 TO 2100 METERS. • WAYANAD HAS THREE MUNICIPAL TOWNS KALPETTA, MANANTHAVADY AND SULTHAN BATHERY. THERE ARE MANY INDIGENOUS TRIBALS IN THIS AREA. • ABOUT 885.92 SQ.KM OF AREA OF THE DISTRICT IS UNDER FOREST. ABOUT SITE : • SITE LOCATION : BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WAYANAD, KERALA. • COUNTRY : INDIA • STATE : KERALA • SITE AREA : 9 ACRES MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD • SITE LANDMARKS : 1. BANASURA SAGAR DAM 2. SERENITY RESORT NOISES BANASURA 3. MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD SAGAR http://maps.app.goo.gl/CvpKjTs6VpkM57bd9 DAM
SUNPATH AYYAPPA TEMPLE
WIND DIRECTION
N SITE LANDMARKS: SENERITY HILL RESORT: • THE SERENITY WAYANAD IS A CONTEMPORARY CONCEPT WHICH AIMS TO EVOLVE AND ENHANCE THE HOLIDAYING EXPERIENCE IN THE WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA. • IDEALLY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE BANASURA SAGAR DAM WHICH IS THE LARGEST EARTH DAM IN INDIA. • THE RESORT OFFERS A SPECTACULAR VIEW WITH THE BANASURA HILLS IN THE BACKGROUND. • BANASURA SAGAR DAM AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IS ONE OF THE FAST GROWING HOTSPOTS IN WAYANAD.
MEENMUTTY WATERFALL ROAD :
• MEENMUTTY FALLS IS LOCATED 29 KM FROM KALPETTA IN WAYANAD DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF KERALA, INDIA. • IT IS A THREE-TIERED WATERFALL WITH A HEIGHT OF 300 METRES. • MEENMUTTY IS A COMBINATION OF MALAYALAM WORDS MEEN (FISH) AND MUTTY (BLOCKED). • MEENMUTTY FALLS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MANANTHAVADY - KUTTIADY ROAD. • MEENMUTTY FALLS IS SURROUNDED BY LUSH GREEN TEA PLANTATIONS MAKING THE HIKE TO THE FALLS A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE TO THE TOURISTS. BANASURA HILL RESORT : • BANASURA SAGAR DAM, WHICH IMPOUNDS THE KARAMANATHODU TRIBUTARY OF THE KABINI RIVER. • IT IS APART OF THE INDIAN BANASURASAGAR PROJECT CONSISTING OF A DAM AND A CANAL PROJECT STARTED IN 1979. • THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE KAKKAYAM HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT AND SATISFY THE DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION AND DRINKING WATER IN A REGION KNOWN TO HAVE WATER SHORTAGES IN SEASONAL DRY PERIODS.
WHY WAYANAD : • MOST TOURIST ATTRACTION • LOTS OF CULTURAL FESTIVALS ARE HELD IN THE WAYANAD. • MAJOR TOURIST HUB. • KNOWN AS EVERGREEN CITY OF INDIA BECAUSE OF ITS GREEN LANDSCAPE & PRESENCE OF MANY PUBLICPARKS. CLIMATE: LANDUSE: • SUMMER – HOT & HUMID • MAJOR PART OF THE WAYANAD DISTRICTS COMES UNDER • MANSOON – HEAVY RAINFALL PLANTATION CROPS. • WINTER – CHILLY • COFFEE, TEA, RUBBER, COCOA & PEPPER ARE THE MAJOR CASH WAYANAD IN SUMMER (MARCH TO MAY) CROPS CULIVATED HERE. • THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF WINTER • WAYANAD DISTRICT FALLS WITHIN THE TROPICAL FOREST HAVING FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 25°C AND 35°C. SIGNIFICANT BIO-DIVERSITY & RARE SPECIES OF PATHS. • WEATHER IN WAYANAD DURING SUMMER IS SIMILAR TO OTHER FLORA AND FAUNA REGIONS IN THE INDIAN STATE OF KERALA. • THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF WAYANAD ARE SUITABLE FOR • THE AIR IS COATED WITH THICK LAYERS OF HUMIDITY. HORTICULTURE ON COMMERCIAL BASIS. WAYANAD IN MONSOON (JUNE TO SEPTEMBER) • FOR PROMOTING THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES AND RAISING • THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF MONSOON OF ORCHARDS, THE KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IS FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 24°C AND 32°C. RUNNING A REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION AT • THE WEATHER OF WAYANAD IN MONSOON CAN BE AMBALAVAYAL. DESCRIBED AS VARIABLE. THE FIRST HALF EXPERIENCES • ELEPHANT, BEAR AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS FROM THE UNRELENTING SHOWERS, INTERSPERSED WITH HUMIDITY, NEIGHBOURING WILD LIFE SANCTUARIES OF KARNATAKA AND WHILE THE SECOND HALF IS AT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. TAMIL NADU, STRAY INTO THE BEGUR FOREST RANGE AND THE FORESTS AROUND MUTHANGA, WHICH IS 20 KILOMETRES AWAY WAYANAD IN WINTER (OCTOBER TO FEBRUARY) FROM THE TOWN OF SULTAN BATHERY. • THE AIR TEMPERATURE DURING THE SEASON OF WINTER • FRANKY'S NARROW-MOUTHED FROG WAS RECENTLY DISCOVERED FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 22°C AND 30°C. IN WAYANAD DISTRICT. • THE CLIMATE OF WAYANAD IN WINTER CAN BE DESCRIBED AS CRISP AND CHILLY. THE TEMPERATURES ARE EASY-BREEZY AND COOL.
VEGETATION LONG TREE
DEMOGRAPICS: TOPOGRAPHY: • IT IS THE LEAST POPULOUS DISTRICT IN KERALA. UNLIKE THE OTHER DISTRICTS OF KERALA, BARRING IDUKKI, IN WAYANAD DISTRICT, THERE IS NO TOWN OR VILLAGE NAMED SAME AS THE DISTRICT. • ACCORDING TO THE 2018 STATATICS REPORT WAYANAD DISTRICT HAD APOPULATION OF 846,637,[3] ROUGHLY EQUAL TO THE NATION OF COMOROS. • 2011 CENSUS OF INDIA GIVES DISTRICT A RANKING OF 482ND IN INDIA (OUT OF A TOTAL OF 640). • THE DISTRICT HAS A POPULATION DENSITY OF 397 INHABITANTS PER SQUARE KILOMETRE (1,030/SQ MI). ITS POPULATION GROWTH RATE OVER THE DECADE 2001–2011 WAS 4.6%. • THE ENTIRE WAYANAD REGION FELL UNDER • MINIMUM ELEVATION : 12 MM THE KANNADA SPEAKING AREA AS PER THE LINGUISTIC • MAXIMUM ELEVATION : 2.368 MM SURVEY AND HISTORY OF COLONEL WILKS. • AVERAGE ELEVATION : 679 MM
SOIL TYPE IN WAYANAD:
• MAJOR PARTS OF WAYANAD DISTRICTS HAS LATERITE SOIL. • VALLEYS IN THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE WAYANAD DISTRICTS HAS LOAMY SOIL. TOURISM : TRANSPORTATION : PILGRIM TOURISM IN WAYANAD : • HISTORICALLY & CULTURALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF WAYANAD BY RAIL : LIES VERY CLOSELY LINKED WITH ITS TEMPLES. • KOZHIKODE RAILWAY STATION IS LOCTED SOUTH OF THE • THIRUNELLY TEMPLE, JAIN TEMPLES AT SULTHAN BAHERY & MANACHIRA SQUARE. PANAMARAM & VALLIYOORKAV AT MANANTHAVADY • THE CITY IS WELL CONNECTED BY TRAIN TO IMPORT PLACES HISTORICALLY DATE BACK FROM 12TH TO 16TH CENTURIES. LIKE MANGLORE, ERNAKULAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, CHENNAI, COIMATORE, GOA & MUMBAI. BY ROAD : • KOZHIKODE IS WELL LINKED WITH VARIOUS DESTINATINS IN KEREELA & BEYOND. • NATIONAL HIGHWAY 17 LINKS KOZHIKODE WITH THE REST OF THE CITIES IN KERELA & NEIGHBORING STATES. BY AIR : ADVENTURE TOURISM IN WAYANAD : • KOZHIKODE AIRPORT IS LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 25 • THE NATURAL SCENIC BEAUTY OF WAYANAD & ITS RICH KM FROM THE CENTRE OF THE CITY. NATURALRESOURCES OFFER SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR • KOZHIKODE IS WELL CONNECTED BY AIR TO MUMBAI, ADVENTURE TOURISM. BANGALORE, COIMBATORE, GOA, MADURAI & CHENNAI. • THE HILLS ROCKS & VALLEY WHICH MAKE THE VERY UNQUE CHARACTER OF WAYANAD PROVID A LOT FOR CATERING TO THE EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR ADVENTURE TOURIST. WILD LIFE : • WAYANAD HAS A SALUBRIOUS CLIMATE. • THE MEAN AVERAGE RAIN FALL IN THIS DISTRICT IS 2322MM. • LAKKIDI, VYTHIRI & MEPPADI ARE THE HIHG RAINFALL AREAS IN WAYANAD. • HIHG VELOCITY WINDS ARE COMMON DURING THE SOUTH WEST MANSOON & DRY WIND BLOW IN MARCH-APRIL. • HIGH ALTITUDE REGIONS EXPERIENCE SEVERE COLD. NAGARHOLE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY : • SITUATED IN KARNATAKA, THIS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IS SOME 40KMS FROM MANANTHAVADY IN WAYANAD. • JEEPS & TRUCKS REGULARLY TRANSPORT VISITORS TO THIS LOCATION.
BANDIPUR NATIONAL PARK & TIGER RESERVE :
• THIS FAMOUS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 7 TIGER RESERVE IS ALSO EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM MALABAR & IS ENROUTE TO OOTY. • MUDUMALAI ELEPHANT PARK IS TAMILNADU’S MOST WELL KNOWN WILD LIFE SANCTUARY IS WITHIN EASY REACH & IS JUST 130KMS FROM VYTHIRI. THANK YOU
