Kalpetta

{{Short description|Town in Kerala, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kalpetta

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| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = File:Civil Station complex at Kalpetta Dec 2013.jpg

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| image_caption = Kalpetta Civil Station complex entrance in December, 2013

| pushpin_map = India Kerala#India

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India

| coordinates = {{coord|11.622550|N|76.081252|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Kerala

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Wayanad

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 40.74

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 780

| population_total = 31,580

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/kerala/|title = Kerala (India): Districts, Cities and Towns - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Malayalam, English

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = +91 4936

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 673121 (Kalpetta Head PO), 673122 (Kalpetta North)

| registration_plate = KL-12

| website = {{URL|www.kalpettamunicipality.in}}

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Kalpetta is a city and town and Grade 2 municipality in the Wayanad district of the Indian state of Kerala. Kalpetta is the headquarters of the Wayanad district,{{cite web

|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Kalpetta-22770.htm

|title=Kalpetta

|publisher=india9

|access-date=2006-10-14

}} as well as the headquarters of Vythiri taluk.Taluks of Kerala 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 {{cvt|72|km}} from Kozhikode and {{cvt|140|km}} from Mysore. Kainatty is the administrative suburb of Kalpetta.