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Pulpally is a mid - sized town in Wayanad ___MASK89___ ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ , India . Geographically a Village in Sultan Battery Taluk and a " Grama Panchayath " under local self governance system . It is about 24 km from Sultan Battery , and is almost surrounded by forest . Kannur ( Malayalam :      ), also known by its English name Cannanore , is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Kannur ___MASK89___ , state ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ , India . It is the administrative headquarters ___MASK17___ the Kannur District and situated 518 km north ___MASK17___ the state capital Thiruvananthapuram . During British rule in India , Kannur was known as Cannanore , which is used now only by the Indian Railways . It is largest city ___MASK17___ the North Malabar region . Talap is the nearest village or town next to railway station . Kannur is one ___MASK17___ the million - plus urban agglomerations in India with a population ___MASK17___ 1 , 642 , 892 in 2011 , Kannur on the other hand is the 4th largest city after Kozhikode , Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi . ___MASK46___ , officially the Republic ___MASK17___ ___MASK46___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay ___MASK17___ Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK28___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK46___ is in the vicinity ___MASK17___ Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK46___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Wayanad ___MASK89___ is a ___MASK89___ in the north - east ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ state , India with headquarters at the town ___MASK17___ Kalpetta . The ___MASK89___ was formed on 1 November 1980 as the 12th ___MASK89___ in ___MASK78___ by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts . The ___MASK89___ is 3 . 79 % urbanised , with three municipal towns Kalpetta , Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery . A village is a clustered human settlement or community , larger than a ___MASK10___ but smaller than a town , with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand . Though often located in rural areas , the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods . Villages are normally permanent , with fixed dwellings ; however , transient villages can occur . Further , the dwellings ___MASK17___ a village are fairly close to one another , not scattered broadly over the landscape , as a dispersed settlement . ___MASK59___ , also known as Calicut , is a city in the state ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ in southern India on the Malabar Coast . ___MASK59___ is the largest urban area in the state and 195th largest urban area in the world . The city lies about 275 km west ___MASK17___ Bangalore . The greater Calicut urban area in the Malabar coast is the part ___MASK17___ the ninth biggest urban area in the world and the second biggest in India after the greater Kolkatta urban area , which constitute ___MASK17___ the northern ___MASK78___ region or the Malabar coast . City ___MASK17___ spices . During classical antiquity and the Middle Ages , ___MASK59___ was dubbed the " City ___MASK17___ Spices " for its role as the major trading point ___MASK17___ eastern spices . It was the capital ___MASK17___ an independent kingdom ruled by the Samoothiris ( Zamorins ) in the Middle Ages and later ___MASK17___ the erstwhile Malabar District under British rule . Arab merchants traded with the region as early as 7th century , and Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed at ___MASK59___ on 20 May 1498 , thus opening a trade route between Europe and Malabar . A Portuguese factory and fort was intact in ___MASK59___ for short period ( 1511  1525 , until the Fall ___MASK17___ Calicut ), the English landed in 1615 ( constructing a trading post in 1665 ), followed by the French ( 1698 ) and the Dutch ( 1752 ). In 1765 , Mysore captured ___MASK59___ as part ___MASK17___ its occupation ___MASK17___ the Malabar Coast . ___MASK59___ , once a famous cotton - weaving centre , gave its name to the Calico cloth . Kabanigiri is a place near Pulpally , Wayanad ___MASK89___ . It is One ___MASK17___ the nearest places ___MASK17___ Kabani River . So it named as Kabanigiri . ___MASK78___ , historically known as Keralam , is an Indian state in South India on the Malabar coast . It was formed on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act by combining Malayalam - speaking regions . Spread over , it is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast , Tamil Nadu to the east and south , and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west . With 33 , 387 , 677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census , ___MASK78___ is the thirteenth - largest state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram . Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language of the state . Kalpetta is a town and a municipality in the Wayanad ___MASK89___ , state ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ , India . Kalpetta is the headquarters ___MASK17___ Wayanad ___MASK89___ as well as the headquarters ___MASK17___ Vythiri taluk . It is a bustling town surrounded by dense coffee and tea plantations and mountains . It lies on the Kozhikode - Mysore National Highway NH 766 ( Old NH 212 ) at an altitude ___MASK17___ about 780 m above sea level . Kalpetta is 72 km from Kozhikode and 140 km from Mysore . Mananthavady ( Malayalam :        ) is a municipality and taluk in the Wayanad ___MASK89___ ___MASK17___ ___MASK78___ , India . It is the largest town in Wayanad . The town is located on the banks ___MASK17___ Mananthavady Puzha , a tributary ___MASK17___ the Kabini River . Mananthavady has been referred to as " Hosenkadi " in a dictum scribbled under a copper artifact found at the Ananthanathaswamy Temple at Varadoor . The dominant view on the etymology is that the word is derived from " Mane Eytha Vady ( The place where an arrow was shot at the deer )". This view is strengthened by the existence ___MASK17___ a place called Ambukuthy , literally the location where the arrow pierced , on the outskirts ___MASK17___ the town . This area was once ruled by the Pazhassi dynasty and the tomb ___MASK17___ Pazhassi Raja is an important heritage site located in the heart ___MASK17___ the town . Mananthavady was a major army camp for the British during their campaign against Pazhassi . One can still see the vestiges ___MASK17___ the colonial period - canteen , club , barracks , rest house , cemetery - around Mananthavady . This is also the headquarters ___MASK17___ the Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha . The District Hospital in Mananthavady is the only major treatment facility for the service ___MASK17___ the tribal communities and other less privileged sections ___MASK17___ Wayanad .