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Wayanad district

Index Wayanad district

Wayanad is a district in the north-east of Kerala state, India with headquarters at the town of Kalpetta. [1]

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Abu Salim (actor)

Abu Salim (born 1956) is an Indian actor in Malayalam movies.

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Ambalavayal

Ambalavayal is a village in Wayanad district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Anno Domini

The terms anno Domini (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used to label or number years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

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Anu Sithara

Anu Sithara is an Indian film actress who appears in Malayalam cinema.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Baby Esther

Esther Jones, known by her stage name "Baby Esther", was an African American singer and entertainer of the late 1920s, known for her "baby" singing style.

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Backward Regions Grant Fund

The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is an Indian government program designed to "address regional imbalances in development." The programme was launched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Barpeta, Assam on 19 February 2007.

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Badagas

The Badugas are the peoples living in the Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Banasura Hill

Banasura Hill is one of the tallest mountains in the Western Ghats of Wayanad district, Kerala, India.

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Bandipur National Park

Bandipur National Park established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka, which is the state with the highest tiger population in India.

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Basil Joseph

Basil Joseph (born 28 April 1990) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and actor, who works in Malayalam film industry.

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C. K. Janu

Ck Janu (born 1970) is an Indian social activist.

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Chamarajanagar district

Chamarajanagar is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Comoros

The Comoros (جزر القمر), officially the Union of the Comoros (Comorian: Udzima wa Komori, Union des Comores, الاتحاد القمري), is a sovereign archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar.

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Demographics of India

India is the second most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world's population.

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District

A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by local government.

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District Collector (India)

A District Collector, often abbreviated to Collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India.

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Earl of Mornington

Earl of Mornington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.

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Edakkal Caves

Edakkal Caves (Malayalam: ഇടക്കൽ ഗുഹകൾ) are two natural caves at a remote location at Edakkal, from Kalpetta in the Wayanad district of Kerala in India's Western Ghats.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Family planning in India

Family planning in India is based on efforts largely sponsored by the Indian government.

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Folk etymology

Folk etymology or reanalysis – sometimes called pseudo-etymology, popular etymology, or analogical reformation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.

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Governor-general

Governor-general (plural governors-general) or governor general (plural governors general), in modern usage, is the title of an office-holder appointed to represent the monarch of a sovereign state in the governing of an independent realm.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Hoysala Empire

The Hoysala Empire was a Kannadiga power originating from the Indian subcontinent, that ruled most of the what is now Karnataka, India between the 10th and the 14th centuries.

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Hyder Ali

Hyder Ali Khan, Haidarālī (c. 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAST), often abbreviated to I.A.S., or simply IAS, is the administrative arm of the All India Services.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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ISO 3166-2:IN

ISO 3166-2:IN is the entry for India in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

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Kadamba dynasty

The Kadambas (Kannada: ಕದಂಬರು) (345–525 CE) were an ancient royal family of Karnataka, India, that ruled northern Karnataka and the Konkan from Banavasi in present-day Uttara Kannada district.

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Kalpetta

Kalpetta is a town and a municipality in the Wayanad district, state of Kerala, India.

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad.

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Kannur

Kannur, also known by its anglicised name Cannanore, is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Kannur district, state of Kerala, India.

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Kannur district

Kannur District is one of the 14 districts along the west coast in the state of Kerala, India.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Kayakkunn

Kayakkunnu (കായക്കുന്ന്) is a village near Nadavayal, Mananthavady in the Wayanad District of Kerala, India.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kodagu district

Kodagu is an administrative district in Karnataka, India.

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Kozhikode

Kozhikode, or Calicut, is a city in Kerala, India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kozhikode district

Kozhikode District or Calicut district is a district of Kerala state, on the southwest coast of India.

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Kurichiya

Kurichiya or Kurichiyar also known as Hill Brahmins Stud.

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List of districts in India

A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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List of educational institutions in Wayanad district

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List of religious sites in Wayanad

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Literacy in India

Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate has grown to 74% (2011 Census figure) with recent reports of 80% literacy.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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M. I. Shanavas

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M. P. Veerendra Kumar

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Malabar region

Malabar region refers to the historic and geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram and Palakkad Districts.

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Malappuram district

Malappuram district, with its headquarters at Malappuram, is a district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken across the Indian state of Kerala by the Malayali people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India.

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Mananthavady

Mananthavady is a municipality and taluk in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India.The town is located on the banks of Mananthavady Puzha, a tributary of the Kabini River.

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Manu Manjith

Manu Manjith is an Indian lyricist and poet in Malayalam language.

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Mathews Mor Aphrem

Mathews Mor Aphrem (James Chitteth; born August 5, 1968) is a Syriac Orthodox bishop and the Metropolitan of the Perumbavoor region of the Angamali diocese.

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Mayyanad

Mayyanad is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Meenangadi

Meenangadi is an old town situated on the highway NH 766 between Kalpetta and Sulthan Bathery in Wayanad District, in Kerala, India.

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Meppadi

Meppadi is a town in the South Indian state of Kerala.

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Midhun Manuel Thomas

Midhun Manuel Thomas is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Malayalam film industry.

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Ministry of Panchayati Raj

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a branch of the Government of India looking after the ongoing process of decentralisation and local governance in the States.

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Municipality

A municipality is usually a single urban or administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws to which it is subordinate.

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Muslim

A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.

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Mysore

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the third most populous city in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Mysore district

Mysore District is an administrative district located in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India.

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Nadavayal

Nadavayal is a town near Sultan Bathery in Wayanad district, Kerala, India.

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National Highway 766 (India)

National Highway 766 (NH 766) (previously NH-212)is a National Highway in Southern India.

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Natural environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial.

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Natural resource

Natural resources are resources that exist without actions of humankind.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Ooty

Udagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund), and abbreviated as Udhagai or Ooty, (is a town and municipality in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 86 km north of Coimbatore and 128 km south of Mysore and is the capital of the Nilgiris district. It is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills. Originally occupied by the Toda people, the area came under the rule of the East India Company at the end of the 18th century. The economy is based on tourism and agriculture, along with the manufacture of medicines and photographic film. The town is connected by the Nilgiri ghat roads and Nilgiri Mountain Railway. Its natural environment attracts tourists and it is a popular summer destination. In 2011, the town had a population of 88,430.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice.

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Padinharethara

Padinharethara, Padinjarethara or Padincharethara is a big town and important junction in Wayanad district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Panamaram

Panamaram is a village in Wayanad district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Paniya people

The Paniya, also known as Paniyar and Paniyan, are an ethnic group of India.

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Pazhassi Raja

Pazhassi Raja (3 January 1753-30 November 1805) was born as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number or PIN or PIN code is a code in the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration.

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Poverty in India

Poverty is a significant issue in India, despite having one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, clocked at a growth rate of 7.6% in 2015, and a sizable consumer economy.

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Pulpally

Pulpally is a mid-sized town in Wayanad District of Kerala, India.

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Sex ratio

The sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population.

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Srirangapatna

Srirangapatna (also spelled Shrirangapattana; anglicized to Seringapatam during the British Raj) is a town in Mandya district of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Sultan Bathery

Sultan Bathery, previously known as Sultan's Battery or Ganapathyvattam, is a town and municipality in Wayanad district of Kerala, India, near the borders with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka states.

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Sunny Wayne

Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), better known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as a mandal, taluk, taluq or taluka) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia.

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Thalassery

Thalassery formerly Tellicherry is a commercial city on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry), Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kasaragod and Kodagu (Karnataka).

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The Nilgiris District

The Nilgiris District is in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tipu Sahib, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore.

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Tourist attractions in Wayanad

The Wayanad District of Kerala, India has a wide variety of tourist attractions ranging from religious, natural, and historical sites.

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Tribe

A tribe is viewed developmentally, economically and historically as a social group existing outside of or before the development of states.

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Vaduvanchal

Vaduvanchal is a small town in Wayanad district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Vijayanagara

Vijayanagara (Sanskrit: "City of Victory") was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire.

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Vythiri

Vythiri is a small town and tourist destination located in the Wayanad district in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of twenty Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

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Western Ghats

Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India.

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Women in India

The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia.

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Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos

Yuhanon Mor Philoxenos (born John Jacob Elappanal; 5 December 1941 – 30 December 2015) was a Syriac Orthodox bishop.

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2011 Census of India

The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayanad_district

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